POTSDAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in POTSDAM, New York, POTSDAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is an intimate 9-12 campus, one of the schools within POTSDAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 373 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 44% below the state mean of about 668.

POTSDAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by POTSDAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 1,292 students overall.

On the student-mix side, POTSDAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 4% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, POTSDAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, St. Lawrence County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), POTSDAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.1%, the actual is 81.8%, a residual of +18.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for St. Lawrence County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,850 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, St. Lawrence County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students), of which POTSDAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: LAWRENCE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around POTSDAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts POTSDAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 56.5%.

POTSDAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 389 students in 2018 compared to 373 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the POTSDAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.