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RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
As a small four-year high school in RAVENA, New York, RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL instructs 514 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 23% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.
RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,724 students. RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school shows 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.0%.
Across the wider county, census data for Albany County shows the typical household earns roughly $85,333 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Albany County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), of which RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 57.7%.
RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has declined 8%, going from 557 students in 2018 to 514 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 84% to 78% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.
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