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Enrollment
636
High
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YORKSHIRE-PIONEER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360897000686
PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
12145 COUNTY LINE RD, YORKSHIRE, NY 14173 · (716) 492-9345 · Cattaraugus County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL636 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
298 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within YORKSHIRE-PIONEER 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
80.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in New York's top 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
636
-91 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 10.9:1
% White
94%
was 96%
% Hispanic
3%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized secondary schools in YORKSHIRE, New York, one of the schools within YORKSHIRE-PIONEER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 636 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.
Across the 4 schools in YORKSHIRE-PIONEER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,137 students total), PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic.
On the resource side, PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 57.8%; this one delivers 81.7%, a residual of +23.9 points.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cattaraugus County indicate median household income runs about $59,540, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Cattaraugus County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,228 students), of which PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.2%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Five-year trend. PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 727 (now 636). Class-load math has tightened: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 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 YORKSHIRE-PIONEER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 659 students
- ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 505 students
- DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 337 students
Nearby schools
- PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 659
- ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 505
- DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 337
- HOLLAND HIGH SCHOOL9.0 mi · 216
- HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.1 mi · 303
- SPRINGVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.5 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 636 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.0:1 students per teacher at PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of YORKSHIRE-PIONEER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.