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SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL

1445 THE PLAZA, SCHENECTADY, NY 12308 · (518) 881-2044 · Schenectady County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,885 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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

Enrollment
2,885
High
DISTRICT 597 · STATE 668
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
217 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
2,141 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 990231%
Grade 1073025%
Grade 1155219%
Grade 1265723%
Ungraded442%
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
45516%
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
68924%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
72925%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
73826%
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
2649%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
30%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
30%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
1,47351%
Female
1,40849%

School pathway

Feeds from
CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL06–08MONT PLEASANT MIDDLE SCHOOL06–08ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL06–08
Based on grade levels within SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2559.0%26.0%
2023-2465.0%33.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL

SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL this school2,88574.2%38.5%
EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL
BROOKLYN
3,50368.2%53.8%
JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL
OZONE PARK
2,40084.0%58.5%
SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL
STATEN ISLAND
2,74369.4%57.2%
FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL
FOREST HILLS
3,39472.6%57.3%
HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL
JAMAICA
2,29885.9%45.0%
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 SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Schenectady County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
38.5%#973 of 1,135#6 of 6
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
26.0%#946 of 1,109
▼ 93
#6 of 6
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
59.0%#809 of 1,135
▼ 74
#6 of 6
no change
Enrollment
ranked largest first
2,885#22 of 1,216#1 of 6
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.3:1#863 of 1,058#5 of 6
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
78.0%#1 of 1,070#1 of 6
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
74.2%#497 of 1,167#1 of 6
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+9.0%#163 of 339N/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 2024-25
Enrollment
2,885
+114 (+4%) vs 2020
+166% since 1990-91, when it was 1,086
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 15.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252,885216.813.3:174% (2,141)
2023-242,860217.413.2:169% (1,971)
2022-232,743208.913.1:171% (1,946)
2020-212,77118015.4:166% (1,826)
2017-182,646178.114.9:181% (2,152)
2015-162,71816116.9:160% (1,625)
2010-112,78118415.1:159% (1,654)
2000-012,11412916.4:133% (707)
1990-911,0867414.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL.

About SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL

SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL is the name of a high-enrollment high school in SCHENECTADY, New York. The latest federal count shows 2,885 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 668-student average for high schools in New York, enrollment here is 332% higher.

Federal data list 15 schools in SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 8,948 students enrolled.

Enrollment at SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL is mixed, with Asian students the largest group at 26%. Other reported shares: 25% Black, 24% Hispanic, 16% White, and 9% multiracial. That compares with about 5% Asian among all Schenectady County residents. SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 78%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Federal data list 216.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.3:1. Among high schools in New York, the typical ratio is 11.0:1. The lunch program counts 74% of students at SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 50% average among public schools in Schenectady County.

SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 47.7% at SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 38.5%.

According to the American Community Survey, in Schenectady County, median household income is about $79,623, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 40 public schools operate in Schenectady County, serving about 21,555 students.

The nearest public school is ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL, at about 0.4 miles. SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 49.1%, higher than SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL's 38.5%.

The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

The 2024-25 enrollment of 2,885 was 4% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 2,771. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.3:1, from 15.4:1.

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Schenectady County at a glance

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Population
160,369
Census ACS
Median income
$79,623
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,555 students

Quick facts

School name
SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL
District
SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
1445 THE PLAZA, SCHENECTADY, NY 12308
Phone
(518) 881-2044
County
Schenectady County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
2,885
Teachers (FTE)
217
Student–teacher ratio
13.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
2,141 (74%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
362601003583
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL
How large is SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL?
SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,885 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL have?
SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL employs 217 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 16% White, 24% Hispanic, 25% Black, 26% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL in?
SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL is part of SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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