Enrollment
232
High
DISTRICT 238 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANCHESTER-SHORTSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (RED JACKET)·NCES 362427003336
RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL
1506 RT 21, SHORTSVILLE, NY 14548 · (585) 289-3966 · Ontario County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL232 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% 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.
- C+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
9.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
111 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 53 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 63 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 58 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 58 | 25% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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 MANCHESTER-SHORTSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (RED JACKET). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -11.0pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp 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 42 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL
RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL this school | 232 | 47.8% | 59.8% |
| WARSAW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WARSAW | 233 | 47.2% | 87.2% |
| MCGRAW SECONDARY SCHOOL MCGRAW | 234 | 47.9% | 63.5% |
| HARTFORD MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL HARTFORD | 212 | 46.2% | 66.0% |
| NORTHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL NORTHVILLE | 239 | 45.6% | 57.5% |
| SANDY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL SANDY CREEK | 230 | 47.0% | 80.2% |
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 RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ontario County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #551 of 1,135 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #715 of 1,109 ▲ 27 | #8 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #623 of 1,135 ▼ 121 | #5 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 232 | #1,031 of 1,216 | #9 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #215 of 1,058 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #843 of 1,070 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.8% | #720 of 1,167 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #245 of 743 | #1 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
232
-8 (-3%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 232 | 24.5 | 9.5:1 | 48% (111) |
| 2023-24 | 237 | 27.1 | 8.8:1 | 57% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 220 | 23 | 9.6:1 | 60% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 240 | 21 | 11.4:1 | 45% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 278 | 17 | 16.3:1 | 41% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 258 | 16 | 16.1:1 | 40% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 271 | 21 | 12.9:1 | 29% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 290 | 18 | 16.1:1 | 14% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 39 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL.
About RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL
RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL is classified as a high school. It is located in SHORTSVILLE, New York. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 232 students. That is 65% below the average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
The district, MANCHESTER-SHORTSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (RED JACKET), has 715 students enrolled across 3 schools.
By race and ethnicity, RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL is 87% White. Enrollment also includes 7% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. In Ontario County overall, the White share is about 89%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 23%.
For every teacher at RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL, there are about 9.5 students; the school has 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is higher. There are 111 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 48% of enrollment.
RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 47% of New York public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL would score about 57.4%. It scores 59.8%, 2.4 points above that figure.
The school's county is Ontario County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $82,324 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Ontario County number 27, with about 14,114 students.
RED JACKET MIDDLE SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 4. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 54.0%; RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL's is 59.8%, ranking 3rd of 9.
NCES assigns RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment decreased by 3% across 4 years, from 240 in 2020-21 to 232 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.4:1 to 9.5:1 over the same years.
The allk12 page for RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Ontario County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,625
Census ACS
Median income
$82,324
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
14,114 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MANCHESTER-SHORTSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (RED JACKET)
- RED JACKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 323 students
- RED JACKET MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 160 students
Other schools in SHORTSVILLE
- RED JACKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 323 students
- RED JACKET MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 160 students
Nearby schools
- RED JACKET MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 160
- RED JACKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 323
- CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY4.1 mi · 998
- CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL4.7 mi · 687
- CANANDAIGUA PRIMARY-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.6 mi · 1,433
- MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.5 mi · 761
Frequently asked questions
About RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL?
RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 232 students in grades 09-12.
Is RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.5:1 students per teacher at RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL?
RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MANCHESTER-SHORTSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (RED JACKET).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.