PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, a cozy senior high in PLATTSBURGH, New York, one of the schools within PLATTSBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 566 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

PLATTSBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,812 students. PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder comes out to 8% Black, 3% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 72% of students at PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Clinton County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.5%; actual is 77.0%, +28.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Clinton County) shows that median household earnings sit near $71,224, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clinton County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,729 students), of which PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is ARTHUR P MOMOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 34.1%.

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Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has ticked up 3%, going from 547 students in 2018 to 566 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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