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Enrollment
513
High
DISTRICT 409 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALMYRA-MACEDON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362238003153
PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
151 HYDE PKWY, PALMYRA, NY 14522 · (315) 597-3420 · Wayne County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
9.9:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
179 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 113 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 121 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 140 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 126 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 13 | 3% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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 PALMYRA-MACEDON 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
86.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
69.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -10.0pp 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 69 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 513 | 34.9% | 65.0% |
| GRIFFITH INSTITUTE HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGVILLE | 501 | 34.3% | 83.2% |
| LE ROY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LE ROY | 520 | 35.4% | 60.3% |
| CHENANGO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 507 | 35.7% | 77.3% |
| CHITTENANGO HIGH SCHOOL CHITTENANGO | 592 | 36.5% | 83.2% |
| ONEIDA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ONEIDA | 487 | 33.1% | 62.2% |
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 PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #434 of 1,135 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #282 of 1,109 ▼ 52 | #2 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #300 of 1,135 ▼ 49 | #3 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #529 of 1,216 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #286 of 1,058 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.1% | #947 of 1,070 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #940 of 1,167 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #464 of 743 | #7 of 9 |
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
513
-89 (-15%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 513 | 51.9 | 9.9:1 | 35% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 49.4 | 11.5:1 | 37% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 605 | 47.4 | 12.8:1 | 37% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 602 | 51 | 11.8:1 | 37% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 49 | 11.5:1 | 36% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 54 | 11.2:1 | 35% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 48 | 14.2:1 | 39% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 719 | 53 | 13.6:1 | 10% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 642 | 44 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
As a low-enrollment high school, PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students in PALMYRA, New York. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 513 students. That puts enrollment 23% below the 668-student average for high schools in New York.
PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the 4 schools that make up PALMYRA-MACEDON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,637 students in total).
Of every 100 students at PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 92 are White. It is also 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 14, compared with 70 nationally.
PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 51.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 9.9:1. High schools in New York have an average ratio of 11.0:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 35%. That rate is below the 47% average among public schools in Wayne County.
PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of New York public high schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 62.2%. PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 65.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Wayne County show that median household income comes to about $74,506, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 37, with about 13,068 students.
PALMYRA-MACEDON MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: Town: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 15%, from 602 to 513. Students per teacher dropped from 11.8 in 2020-21 to 9.9 in 2024-25.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
90,929
Census ACS
Median income
$74,506
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
13,068 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PALMYRA-MACEDON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PALMYRA-MACEDON PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 431 students
- PALMYRA-MACEDON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 354 students
- PALMYRA-MACEDON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 339 students
Other schools in PALMYRA
- PALMYRA-MACEDON PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 431 students
- PALMYRA-MACEDON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 354 students
Nearby schools
- PALMYRA-MACEDON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 354
- PALMYRA-MACEDON PRIMARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 431
- PALMYRA-MACEDON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL3.1 mi · 339
- RUBEN A CIRILLO HIGH SCHOOL5.3 mi · 256
- RICHARD MANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.4 mi · 407
- GANANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL5.6 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 513 students in grades 09-12.
Is PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 9.9:1 (52 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
PALMYRA-MACEDON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of PALMYRA-MACEDON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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