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Enrollment
1,379
High
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362088002959
NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL
1626 BALLTOWN RD, SCHENECTADY, NY 12309 · (518) 382-2511 · Schenectady County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,379 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of New York public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
109 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
299 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 338 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 347 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 335 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 344 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 15 | 1% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
94.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 94.0% | 90.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
81.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL
NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (81.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,379 | 21.7% | 81.7% |
| WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL EAST SETAUKET | 1,442 | 15.7% | 77.3% |
| GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL GUILDERLAND CENTER | 1,476 | 28.3% | 76.2% |
| GREAT NECK NORTH HIGH SCHOOL GREAT NECK | 1,155 | 26.8% | 92.3% |
| WILLIAMSVILLE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL WILLIAMSVILLE | 1,307 | 27.8% | 90.0% |
| COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL COMMACK | 1,728 | 18.9% | 90.5% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Schenectady County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.7% | #156 of 1,135 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #174 of 1,109 ▼ 75 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #102 of 1,135 ▲ 57 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,379 | #120 of 1,216 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #795 of 1,058 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #371 of 1,070 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.7% | #1,080 of 1,167 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #689 of 743 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,379
+40 (+3%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 1,111
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,379 | 108.8 | 12.7:1 | 22% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 1,363 | 101.6 | 13.4:1 | 20% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 1,375 | 101.2 | 13.6:1 | 25% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 1,339 | 101 | 13.3:1 | 20% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 1,407 | 101.5 | 13.9:1 | 13% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 1,392 | 97 | 14.3:1 | 12% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 1,414 | 115 | 12.3:1 | 4% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 1,340 | 84 | 15.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 1,111 | 68 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL.
About NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL
The public high school NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL is located in SCHENECTADY, New York. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 1,379 students on the rolls. Across high schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 668.
NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL and 7 other schools, with 4,315 students in total.
The largest group at NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL is White students, at 63%. Other groups make up 19% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. The diversity index for NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 108.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.7 students per teacher. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is 11.0:1. NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 22%. The 50% average for public schools in Schenectady County is 28 points higher.
NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 83% of New York public high schools.
NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL is 14.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (81.7% versus 67.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
For Schenectady County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $79,623 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL, Schenectady County has 40 public schools.
NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL's nearest public school is VAN ANTWERP MIDDLE SCHOOL (about 0.7 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES assigns NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL had a net gain of 40 students, or 3%.
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Schenectady County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,369
Census ACS
Median income
$79,623
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 614 students
- VAN ANTWERP MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 442 students
- HILLSIDE SCHOOLElementary · 383 students
- CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 377 students
- BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 376 students
- ROSENDALE SCHOOLElementary · 376 students
Other schools in SCHENECTADY
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,885 students
- MOHONASEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 924 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 671 students
- ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 657 students
- DRAPER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 655 students
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 614 students
Nearby schools
- VAN ANTWERP MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 442
- HILLSIDE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 383
- JESSIE T ZOLLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 439
- CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 377
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 2,885
- HOWE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOLHow large is NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL?
NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,379 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL serve?
NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 12.7:1 (109 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL?
At NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 63% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 19% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL in?
NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL is part of NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.