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How has SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
493
High
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALAMANCA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362544003519
SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL
50 IROQUOIS DR, SALAMANCA, NY 14779 · (716) 945-2404 · Cattaraugus County
GRADES 07–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
8.5:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
342 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 8 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 105 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 114 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 85 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 10 | 2% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
51.9%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
39.9%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.9% | 39.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.9% | 33.6% |
% 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL
SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 493 | 69.4% | 38.8% |
| SALMON RIVER HIGH SCHOOL FORT COVINGTON | 430 | 62.1% | 48.0% |
| SOLVAY HIGH SCHOOL SOLVAY | 434 | 64.3% | 61.0% |
| COHOES HIGH SCHOOL COHOES | 607 | 68.5% | 48.3% |
| BROADWAY ACADEMY ELMIRA | 379 | 68.3% | 52.0% |
| GLOVERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GLOVERSVILLE | 669 | 71.6% | 42.5% |
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 SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cattaraugus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #967 of 1,135 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #744 of 1,109 ▲ 94 | #10 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #930 of 1,135 ▲ 46 | #10 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #551 of 1,216 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.5:1 | #99 of 1,058 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #179 of 1,070 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.4% | #530 of 1,167 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.4% | #48 of 339 | N/A |
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
493
+44 (+10%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 493 | 57.8 | 8.5:1 | 69% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 53.9 | 9.4:1 | 65% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 51.5 | 9.3:1 | 61% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 49 | 9.2:1 | 45% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 38 | 9.9:1 | 58% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 52 | 9.7:1 | 51% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 341 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 47% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 42% (191) |
| 1990-91 | 707 | 58 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL.
About SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL
SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL is classified as a high school. It is located in SALAMANCA, New York. It reports enrollment of 493 students in grades 7 through 12. The school is 26% below the average for high schools in New York.
SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL is one of the 3 schools that make up SALAMANCA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,323 students in total).
No group is above 50% at SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL; the largest is White, at 48%. The rest of enrollment is 32% Native American, 11% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Among all residents of Cattaraugus County, the White share is about 89%. The diversity index for SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 57.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 8.5:1. High schools in New York average 11.0:1, 2.5 more students per teacher than here. A total of 342 students, or 69%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 50% average for public schools in Cattaraugus County.
On the allk12 Grade, SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL lands at D, ahead of 10% of New York public high schools.
SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.8% and a predicted 49.5%.
Census data for Cattaraugus County show median household income comes to about $59,540, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 31 public schools and about 11,228 students.
Measured in a straight line, SENECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
From 449 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 493 by 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 SALAMANCA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PROSPECT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 426 students
- SENECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 404 students
- WARRIOR ACADEMYElementary
Other schools in SALAMANCA
- PROSPECT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 426 students
- SENECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 404 students
- WARRIOR ACADEMYElementary
Nearby schools
- SENECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 404
- PROSPECT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 426
- ELLICOTTVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL7.8 mi · 294
- ELLICOTTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.8 mi · 218
- RANDOLPH ACADEMY11.4 mi · 80
- RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL11.6 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOLHow large is SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL?
SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 493 students in grades 07-12.
Is SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL have?
SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.5:1.
How diverse is SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL?
SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 48% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL?
SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by SALAMANCA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Cattaraugus County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.