Enrollment
345
High
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORT BYRON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362343003272
PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
30 MAPLE AVE, PORT BYRON, NY 13140 · (315) 776-5728 · Cayuga County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 25% of New York public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
159 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 7 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 58 | 17% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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 PORT BYRON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
52.8%
NY avg 58.3% . -12.6pp since 2023
Math
43.2%
NY avg 57.4% . -11.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.8% | 43.2% |
| 2023-24 | 65.3% | 55.0% |
% 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
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (49.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 345 | 46.1% | 49.7% |
| CAMPBELL-SAVONA JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPBELL | 343 | 46.1% | 60.9% |
| CORINTH HIGH SCHOOL CORINTH | 345 | 46.1% | 68.2% |
| SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL OVID | 329 | 47.4% | 40.1% |
| AUSABLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL CLINTONVILLE | 342 | 46.5% | 69.0% |
| BAINBRIDGE-GUILFORD HIGH SCHOOL BAINBRIDGE | 351 | 47.3% | 58.0% |
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 PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cayuga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #741 of 1,135 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #695 of 1,109 ▼ 120 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #915 of 1,135 ▼ 195 | #7 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 345 | #845 of 1,216 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #884 of 1,058 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.2% | #972 of 1,070 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #750 of 1,167 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #171 of 743 | #2 of 6 |
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
345
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 332
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 345 | 25.6 | 13.5:1 | 46% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 27 | 12.9:1 | 39% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 30.4 | 11.7:1 | 92% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 30 | 12.1:1 | 44% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 46% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 476 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 41% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | 38 | 12.5:1 | 32% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 23 | 17.2:1 | 14% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 332 | 30 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, located in PORT BYRON, New York, is a low-enrollment high school. It educates 345 students in grades 7 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in New York is about 668 students.
PORT BYRON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 792 students in 2 schools, including PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
White students are the large majority at PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, with 94% of enrollment. Other groups make up 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 12%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.5:1. That ratio is over the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 46% of enrollment.
Measured against New York public high schools, PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is -8.3 points: 49.7% actual, 58.0% predicted.
Across Cayuga County, median household income is about $67,904, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The public schools of Cayuga County number 22 and enroll about 8,576.
The shortest distance from PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to A A GATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL holds 3 other public schools. The school's 49.7% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL saw enrollment fall 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 12.1:1 to 13.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Cayuga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,102
Census ACS
Median income
$67,904
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,576 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in PORT BYRON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- A A GATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 447 students
Nearby schools
- A A GATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 447
- WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 324
- WEEDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.3 mi · 374
- CASEY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.2 mi · 381
- JORDAN-ELBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL7.3 mi · 336
- JORDAN-ELBRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL7.6 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 345 students in grades 07-12.
Is PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PORT BYRON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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