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How has RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
388
High
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANDOLPH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362409003321
RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
18 MAIN ST, RANDOLPH, NY 14772 · (716) 358-7007 · Cattaraugus County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% 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.
- B+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
9.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
164 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 10 | 79 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 65 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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 RANDOLPH 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
68.4%
NY avg 58.3% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -10.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.4% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.5% | 76.2% |
% 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
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% 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 RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 388 | 42.3% | 72.0% |
| CATO-MERIDIAN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CATO | 383 | 42.6% | 54.7% |
| WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL WATKINS GLEN | 419 | 42.2% | 55.3% |
| OAKFIELD-ALABAMA MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL OAKFIELD | 360 | 41.1% | 67.8% |
| CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL MAYVILLE | 372 | 43.0% | 73.8% |
| PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PORTVILLE | 445 | 42.9% | 68.5% |
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 RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cattaraugus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #303 of 1,135 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #324 of 1,109 ▼ 52 | #6 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #605 of 1,135 ▼ 54 | #5 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #745 of 1,216 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #233 of 1,058 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.4% | #859 of 1,070 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.3% | #815 of 1,167 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #708 of 743 | #7 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
388
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 388 | 40.5 | 9.6:1 | 42% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 40.5 | 9.5:1 | 46% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 39 | 10.4:1 | 46% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 38 | 10.3:1 | 47% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 40 | 9.8:1 | 49% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 408 | 35 | 11.7:1 | 46% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 36 | 12.7:1 | 41% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 39 | 13.1:1 | 31% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 495 | 37 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in RANDOLPH, New York, and is classified as a high school. It teaches 388 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, high schools in New York enroll about 668 students on average.
RANDOLPH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools with a combined 816 students. RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of them.
The share of White students at RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 88%. Other groups make up 6% Native American, 3% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. In Cattaraugus County overall, the White share is about 89%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 21%.
For every teacher at RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, there are about 9.6 students; the school has 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 72% of New York public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is +12.6 points: 72.0% actual, 59.5% predicted.
For Cattaraugus County, Census Bureau data show 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%. Public schools in Cattaraugus County number 31, with about 11,228 students.
The closest school to RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is G N CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 0.1 miles away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Federal data place RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 393; in 2024-25, 388.
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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 RANDOLPH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- G N CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 428 students
Other schools in RANDOLPH
- G N CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 428 students
- RANDOLPH ACADEMYCombined · 80 students
Nearby schools
- G N CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 428
- RANDOLPH ACADEMY0.3 mi · 80
- PAUL B D TEMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.8 mi · 232
- SENECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL11.6 mi · 404
- SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL11.6 mi · 493
- HARVEY C FENNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.9 mi · 222
Frequently asked questions
About RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 388 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 88% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by RANDOLPH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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