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If you had an hour of school board time for PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
445
High
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362364003298
PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
500 ELM ST, PORTVILLE, NY 14770 · (716) 933-6704 · Cattaraugus County
GRADES 07–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
191 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 7 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 9 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 84 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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 PORTVILLE 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
71.3%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
68.7%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.3% | 68.7% |
| 2023-24 | 72.8% | 73.0% |
% 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
68.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (68.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 445 | 42.9% | 68.5% |
| MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MORAVIA | 442 | 42.1% | 61.8% |
| WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL WATKINS GLEN | 419 | 42.2% | 55.3% |
| NORTHERN ADIRONDACK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ELLENBURG DEPOT | 424 | 44.1% | 46.0% |
| BYRON-BERGEN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BERGEN | 444 | 42.6% | 54.3% |
| PENN YAN ACADEMY PENN YAN | 427 | 44.5% | 78.3% |
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 PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cattaraugus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #379 of 1,135 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #286 of 1,109 ▲ 37 | #5 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #558 of 1,135 ▲ 44 | #4 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #627 of 1,216 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #827 of 1,058 | #10 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.6% | #926 of 1,070 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #804 of 1,167 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #721 of 743 | #8 of 8 |
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
445
-42 (-9%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 511
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 445 | 34.4 | 12.9:1 | 43% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 36.2 | 12.9:1 | 40% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 33.6 | 13.4:1 | 47% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 36% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 32.1 | 14.0:1 | 41% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 40% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 418 | 31 | 13.5:1 | 33% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 625 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 19% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 511 | 36 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL runs as a small high school in PORTVILLE, New York. Total enrollment is 445 students, and the grades served are 7 through 12. It has 33% fewer students than the average for high schools in New York (about 668).
PORTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 2 schools. Combined enrollment is 979 students.
Of every 100 students at PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 92 are White. The remaining students are 6% multiracial. Census estimates put Cattaraugus County at about 89% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 16% means there is a 16% chance two randomly chosen students at PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a ratio of 12.9 students per teacher, from 34.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is 11.0:1. Lunch program data show 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 66% of New York public high schools.
PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 68.5%, compared with a predicted 59.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Cattaraugus County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $59,540 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shares Cattaraugus County with 30 other public schools.
PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits less than a tenth of a mile from PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. On state test proficiency, PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 9%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.3:1 to 12.9:1 over the same years.
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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 PORTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 534 students
Nearby schools
- PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 534
- EAST VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.5 mi · 347
- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-ERIE-WYOMING BOCES5.6 mi · 452
- Otto-Eldred Elementary School6.1 mi · 271
- OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.3 mi · 668
- OLEAN INTERMEDIATE-MIDDLE SCHOOL6.4 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 445 students in grades 07-12.
Is PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of PORTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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