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Enrollment
1,549
High
DISTRICT 732 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORT CHESTER-RYE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362346003278
PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
1 TAMARACK RD, PORT CHESTER, NY 10573 · (914) 934-7950 · Westchester County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,549 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
14.1:1
110 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
1,031 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 402 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 367 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 374 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 388 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 18 | 1% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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 CHESTER-RYE UNION FREE 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% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -23.0pp 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 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 23 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
66.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (66.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,549 | 66.6% | 66.7% |
| WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL OLD WESTBURY | 1,574 | 64.3% | 52.2% |
| HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL HEMPSTEAD | 1,879 | 68.2% | 43.7% |
| GLEN COVE HIGH SCHOOL GLEN COVE | 1,060 | 58.4% | 45.5% |
| FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL FREEPORT | 2,244 | 64.3% | 52.8% |
| BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN CAMPUS BRENTWOOD | 1,287 | 82.1% | 48.5% |
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 CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #403 of 1,135 | #29 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #655 of 1,109 ▼ 274 | #36 of 48 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #429 of 1,135 ▲ 131 | #33 of 48 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,549 | #91 of 1,216 | #5 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #939 of 1,058 | #41 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.1% | #822 of 1,070 | #48 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.6% | #556 of 1,167 | #11 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #238 of 339 | #8 of 18 |
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
1,549
+19 (+1%) vs 2020
+90% since 1990-91, when it was 816
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 1,549 | 109.9 | 14.1:1 | 67% (1,031) |
| 2023-24 | 1,572 | 111.7 | 14.1:1 | 75% (1,177) |
| 2022-23 | 1,555 | 110.3 | 14.1:1 | 73% (1,133) |
| 2020-21 | 1,530 | 98 | 15.6:1 | 72% (1,102) |
| 2017-18 | 1,490 | 100.5 | 14.8:1 | 64% (954) |
| 2015-16 | 1,348 | 93 | 14.5:1 | 66% (888) |
| 2010-11 | 1,183 | 80 | 14.8:1 | 52% (611) |
| 2000-01 | 965 | 65 | 14.8:1 | 38% (371) |
| 1990-91 | 816 | 62 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PORT CHESTER, New York, is home to PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, a large high school. Enrolled students number 1,549 students, in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
PORT CHESTER-RYE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 4,392 students in 6 schools, including PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
Federal enrollment data show PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 85% Hispanic. Other groups include 9% White and 3% Black. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 26% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1 at PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, with 109.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.1 above the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 67%. It compares with 38% for public schools in Westchester County.
PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 71% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 50.5% at PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 66.7%.
In the county around the school, Westchester County, the median household income is $118,976, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 255 public schools in Westchester County, enrolling about 140,968 students in all.
PARK AVENUE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 1,530 students in 2020-21 and 1,549 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The ratio was 15.6:1 in 2020-21 and 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PORT CHESTER-RYE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PORT CHESTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 956 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 725 students
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- KING STREET SCHOOLElementary · 374 students
- THOMAS A EDISON SCHOOLElementary · 356 students
Other schools in PORT CHESTER
- PORT CHESTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 956 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 725 students
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- KING STREET SCHOOLElementary · 374 students
- THOMAS A EDISON SCHOOLElementary · 356 students
Nearby schools
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 432
- PORT CHESTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 956
- WESTCHESTER BOCES0.8 mi · 316
- KING STREET SCHOOL0.8 mi · 374
- THOMAS A EDISON SCHOOL1.0 mi · 356
- JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 725
Frequently asked questions
About PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,549 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 14.1:1 (110 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 9% White, 85% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by PORT CHESTER-RYE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Westchester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.