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Enrollment
961
High
DISTRICT 521 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362124003013
NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL
405 MEADOW DR, NORTH TONAWANDA, NY 14120 · (716) 807-3600 · Niagara County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL961 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.8:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
405 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 235 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 232 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 255 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 225 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 14 | 1% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NORTH TONAWANDA CITY 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
86.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -21.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 21 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL
NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (69.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 961 | 42.1% | 69.2% |
| NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SANBORN | 1,041 | 40.1% | 81.2% |
| WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 1,069 | 37.1% | 69.5% |
| CARTHAGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CARTHAGE | 887 | 43.5% | 65.3% |
| CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY CANANDAIGUA | 998 | 36.7% | 86.7% |
| BROCKPORT HIGH SCHOOL BROCKPORT | 995 | 42.3% | 69.8% |
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 NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Niagara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #366 of 1,135 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #474 of 1,109 ▼ 217 | #6 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #298 of 1,135 ▲ 133 | #4 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 961 | #253 of 1,216 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #663 of 1,058 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.2% | #813 of 1,070 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #820 of 1,167 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #406 of 743 | #5 of 7 |
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
961
-55 (-5%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 1,573
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 961 | 81.6 | 11.8:1 | 42% (405) |
| 2023-24 | 973 | 86.6 | 11.2:1 | 43% (417) |
| 2022-23 | 1,001 | 85.7 | 11.7:1 | 46% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 1,016 | 88 | 11.6:1 | 40% (404) |
| 2017-18 | 1,078 | 83.8 | 12.9:1 | 39% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 1,132 | 75 | 15.1:1 | 38% (435) |
| 2010-11 | 1,307 | 98 | 13.3:1 | 24% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 1,774 | 118 | 15.0:1 | 9% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 1,573 | 104 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL.
About NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL
NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL runs as a mid-sized high school in NORTH TONAWANDA, New York. It had 961 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in New York have about 668 students on average; enrollment here is 44% higher.
NORTH TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL and 5 other schools, with 3,126 students in total.
White students account for 85% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among Niagara County residents, the White share is about 83%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 27, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL, there are about 11.8 students; the school has 81.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is lower. There are 405 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 42% of enrollment.
NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 67% of New York public high schools.
The model predicts 59.5% for a school in New York with NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL posts 69.2%.
The school's county is Niagara County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $69,633 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Niagara County number 51, with about 26,388 students.
Of the public schools around it, NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL is closest to NORTH TONAWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 69.2% against a local average of 46.5%.
NCES assigns NORTH TONAWANDA 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.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% decline, from 1,016 to 961.
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Niagara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,721
Census ACS
Median income
$69,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
26,388 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTH TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 725 students
- NORTH TONAWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 495 students
- OHIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 367 students
- SPRUCE SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
- DRAKE SCHOOLElementary · 242 students
Other schools in NORTH TONAWANDA
- NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 725 students
- ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 501 students
- NORTH TONAWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 495 students
- OHIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 367 students
- SPRUCE SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
- DRAKE SCHOOLElementary · 242 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH TONAWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 495
- NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 725
- OHIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 367
- DRAKE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 242
- SPRUCE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 336
- ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOLHow large is NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL?
NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 961 students in grades 09-12.
Is NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL have?
NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL employs 82 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
How diverse is NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL?
NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 85% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL?
NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NORTH TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Niagara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.