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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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 142 | 21% |
| Grade 9 | 140 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 136 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 135 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 113 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 57.3% |
| 2023-24 | 58.9% | 55.3% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (52.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 668 | 50.4% | 52.2% |
| MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MASSENA | 743 | 49.4% | 66.8% |
| MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MEDINA | 569 | 48.5% | 46.0% |
| TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL TONAWANDA | 891 | 50.5% | 52.6% |
| HORNELL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HORNELL | 650 | 55.7% | 49.1% |
| FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL FALCONER | 616 | 49.4% | 46.9% |
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 OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cattaraugus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #700 of 1,135 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #462 of 1,109 ▲ 103 | #9 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #819 of 1,135 ▲ 30 | #7 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 668 | #376 of 1,216 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #723 of 1,058 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #693 of 1,070 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.4% | #687 of 1,167 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #286 of 743 | #2 of 8 |
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
668
-47 (-7%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 731
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 668 | 54.9 | 12.2:1 | 50% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 658 | 59.5 | 11.1:1 | 49% (325) |
| 2022-23 | 659 | 49 | 13.4:1 | 49% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 715 | 52 | 13.8:1 | 47% (338) |
| 2017-18 | 788 | 52 | 15.2:1 | 52% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 775 | 54 | 14.3:1 | 51% (397) |
| 2010-11 | 625 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 33% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 808 | 37 | 21.8:1 | 27% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 731 | 38 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school in OLEAN, New York. Enrollment is 668 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 8 through 12.
The district, OLEAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 1,833 students enrolled across 4 schools.
At OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, White students make up 77% of the student body. The school is also 11% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. That is lower than the 89% White share among all Cattaraugus County residents. The school's diversity index is 39%, meaning two students picked at random have a 39% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 12.2 students per teacher and 54.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.2 above the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 50%. That tracks the 50% average for public schools in Cattaraugus County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.4% for OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. The school posts 52.2%, 4.2 points below the prediction.
In the county around the school, Cattaraugus County, the median household income is $59,540, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 31 public schools in Cattaraugus County, enrolling about 11,228 students in all.
Nearest public school: OLEAN INTERMEDIATE-MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles are 6 other public schools. OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment is down 7% from 2020-21, when OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL had 715 students, to 2024-25, when it had 668. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.8:1 to 12.2:1 over the same years.
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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.