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Enrollment
689
High
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362631003609
SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
1 TARTAN WAY, SCOTIA, NY 12302 · (518) 382-1231 · Schenectady County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL689 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of New York public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
11.3:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
218 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 9 | 179 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 172 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 168 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 161 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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 SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
87.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 87 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 down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
74.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (74.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 689 | 31.6% | 74.5% |
| WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ONTARIO CENTER | 664 | 33.4% | 77.3% |
| VERNON-VERONA-SHERRILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL VERONA | 584 | 30.8% | 70.3% |
| MAINE-ENDWELL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENDWELL | 720 | 36.0% | 88.2% |
| BROADALBIN-PERTH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BROADALBIN | 756 | 35.2% | 61.5% |
| THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BALDWINSVILLE | 848 | 28.1% | 59.2% |
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 SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Schenectady County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #265 of 1,135 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #522 of 1,109 ▼ 140 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #278 of 1,135 ▼ 53 | #3 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 689 | #363 of 1,216 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #579 of 1,058 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.7% | #870 of 1,070 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #972 of 1,167 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #348 of 743 | 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
689
-111 (-14%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 788
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 689 | 60.9 | 11.3:1 | 32% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 712 | 57.4 | 12.4:1 | 33% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 736 | 59.4 | 12.4:1 | 34% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 800 | 57 | 14.0:1 | 30% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 792 | 51 | 15.5:1 | 27% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 792 | 49 | 16.2:1 | 25% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 845 | 66 | 12.8:1 | 13% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 983 | 64 | 15.4:1 | 7% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 788 | 59 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school in SCOTIA, New York. It reports enrollment of 689 students in grades 9 through 12.
SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 6 schools. Combined enrollment is 2,102 students.
SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 89% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 5% Hispanic and 4% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Schenectady County's population at about 69%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 21%.
There are 60.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.3:1. The average for high schools in New York is about 11.0:1. Of all students at SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 32% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Schenectady County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 73% of New York public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is +11.1 points: 74.5% actual, 63.4% predicted.
In Schenectady County, home to about 160,369 people, the median household earns about $79,623 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shares Schenectady County with 39 other public schools.
About 0.2 miles separate SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL from the closest public school, SACANDAGA SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL places 1st out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 800 to 689, a 14% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.0:1 to 11.3:1.
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Schenectady County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SCOTIA-GLENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 489 students
- SACANDAGA SCHOOLElementary · 319 students
- GLENDAAL SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
- GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 196 students
- LINCOLN SCHOOLElementary · 185 students
Other schools in SCOTIA
- SCOTIA-GLENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 489 students
- PASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 470 students
- SACANDAGA SCHOOLElementary · 319 students
- GLENDAAL SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
- GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 196 students
- LINCOLN SCHOOLElementary · 185 students
Nearby schools
- SACANDAGA SCHOOL0.2 mi · 319
- SCOTIA-GLENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 489
- LINCOLN SCHOOL0.4 mi · 185
- GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 196
- DESTINE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL2.4 mi · 213
- YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 327
Frequently asked questions
About SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 689 students in grades 09-12.
Is SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 11.3:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Schenectady County.
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