PANAMA HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 41 NORTH ST, in PANAMA, New York, PANAMA HIGH SCHOOL is a minimally staffed four-year high school that teaches 189 students (grades 7 through 12), part of PANAMA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so PANAMA HIGH SCHOOL sits 72% below that benchmark.

PANAMA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 402 students. PANAMA HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PANAMA HIGH SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (95%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at school resources, PANAMA HIGH SCHOOL logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting PANAMA HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at PANAMA HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Chautauqua County's rate of about 57%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PANAMA HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.8%, the actual is 69.2%, a residual of +9.3 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Chautauqua County) reports that median household income runs about $58,351, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. PANAMA HIGH SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Chautauqua County (combined enrollment of about 17,056 students).

Nearest neighbor: PANAMA K-6 SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PANAMA HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 61.3%.

PANAMA HIGH SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 217 students in 2018 compared to 189 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

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