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Enrollment
668
High
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLEAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362172003082
OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
410 W SULLIVAN ST, OLEAN, NY 14760 · (716) 375-8029 · Cattaraugus County
GRADES 08–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL668 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
337 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
57.4%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
57.3%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 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 down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
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
52.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
668
-120 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 15.2:1
% White
77%
was 83%
% Hispanic
5%
was 2%
% Black
4%
was 6%
% Asian
2%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a moderately sized high school in OLEAN, New York, one of the schools within OLEAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 668 students in grades 8 through 12.
Within OLEAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 1,833 students, OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Cattaraugus County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.4%, the actual is 52.2%, a residual of -4.2 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Cattaraugus County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,540 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Cattaraugus County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,228 students), of which OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is OLEAN INTERMEDIATE-MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.7%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has contracted 15%, going from 788 students in 2018 to 668 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 83% to 77% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.
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Cattaraugus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
76,145
Census ACS
Median income
$59,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
11,228 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OLEAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- OLEAN INTERMEDIATE-MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 534 students
- EAST VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 347 students
- WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 284 students
Other schools in OLEAN
- OLEAN INTERMEDIATE-MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 534 students
- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-ERIE-WYOMING BOCESCombined · 452 students
- EAST VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 347 students
- WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 284 students
Nearby schools
- OLEAN INTERMEDIATE-MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 534
- WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 284
- EAST VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 347
- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-ERIE-WYOMING BOCES1.7 mi · 452
- ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 466
- ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL5.0 mi · 562
Frequently asked questions
About OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 668 students in grades 08-12.
What grades does OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 08-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 12.2:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 77% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of OLEAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.