SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL

SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of modestly sized scale in SARANAC, New York, part of SARANAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 468 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by SARANAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 1,546 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Clinton County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.4%; this one delivers 72.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Clinton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,224 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Clinton County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,729 students), of which SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 50.3%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 10% since 2018, when it stood at 425 (now 468).

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