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Enrollment
1,367
High
DISTRICT 795 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORCHARD PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362190003110
ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL
4040 BAKER RD, ORCHARD PARK, NY 14127 · (716) 209-6243 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,367 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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
11.3:1
121 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
210 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 | 325 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 354 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 321 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 362 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 0% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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 ORCHARD PARK 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
90.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 84.0% |
% 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
87.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL
ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (87.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,367 | 15.4% | 87.5% |
| MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA | 1,407 | 12.2% | 74.3% |
| CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CLARENCE | 1,256 | 18.6% | 93.0% |
| STARPOINT HIGH SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 929 | 16.8% | 91.0% |
| NORTHPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL NORTHPORT | 1,476 | 16.7% | 87.8% |
| BETHLEHEM CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DELMAR | 1,322 | 16.8% | 89.3% |
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 ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.5% | #95 of 1,135 | #8 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #189 of 1,109 ▼ 26 | #13 of 51 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #186 of 1,135 ▲ 1 | #10 of 51 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,367 | #123 of 1,216 | #2 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #567 of 1,058 | #36 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.2% | #907 of 1,070 | #43 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.4% | #1,127 of 1,167 | #50 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #435 of 743 | #25 of 35 |
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
1,367
-51 (-4%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 1,339
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
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 | 1,367 | 121.5 | 11.3:1 | 15% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 1,389 | 118.7 | 11.7:1 | 15% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 1,385 | 119 | 11.6:1 | 16% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 1,418 | 122 | 11.6:1 | 12% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 1,518 | 108.6 | 14.0:1 | 11% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 1,528 | 110 | 13.9:1 | 12% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 1,624 | 111 | 14.6:1 | 5% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 1,687 | 122 | 13.8:1 | 7% (113) |
| 1990-91 | 1,339 | 96 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL.
About ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL
ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in ORCHARD PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in ORCHARD PARK, New York. The school had 1,367 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in New York) has about 668 students.
ORCHARD PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 6 schools; together they serve 4,769 students.
Most students at ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL are White: 90% of enrollment. Other students are 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 74% White share among all Erie County residents. By the diversity index, ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL comes in at 17%.
With 121.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL was 11.3:1. High schools in New York average about 11.0:1, a similar figure. ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 15%. It compares with 51% for public schools in Erie County.
allk12 grades ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL an A. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL is 18.2 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 87.5% actual, 69.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
County data help place the school in context: in Erie County, median household income is about $72,839, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL is among the 226 public schools in Erie County.
Nearby, ORCHARD PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 1.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL is 1st of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 1,418 in 2020-21 and 1,367 in 2024-25, a decrease of 51 students.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORCHARD PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ORCHARD PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,086 students
- ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 718 students
- WINDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 625 students
- EGGERT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 596 students
- SOUTH DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 377 students
Other schools in ORCHARD PARK
- ORCHARD PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,086 students
- ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 718 students
- WINDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 625 students
- EGGERT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 596 students
- SOUTH DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 377 students
Nearby schools
- ORCHARD PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,086
- SOUTH DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 377
- EGGERT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 596
- ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 718
- ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 509
- WINDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 625
Frequently asked questions
About ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL?
ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,367 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 11.3:1 (121 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL?
ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by ORCHARD PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.