PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a secondary school of close-knit scale in PORT BYRON, New York, overseen by PORT BYRON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 345 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 48% leaner than typical.

Across the 2 schools in PORT BYRON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (792 students total), PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.0%, the actual is 49.7%, a residual of -8.3 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cayuga County) shows that median household income runs about $67,904, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 22 public schools in Cayuga County (combined enrollment of about 8,576 students).

The closest other public school is An A GATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has decreased 20%, going from 433 students in 2018 to 345 in 2025.

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