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What's the biggest difference between SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
2,968
High
DISTRICT 779 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362667003640
SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL
970 RT 146, CLIFTON PARK, NY 12065 · (518) 881-0310 · Saratoga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,968 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of New York public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.5:1
220 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
649 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 725 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 745 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 734 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 715 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 49 | 2% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Based on grade levels within SHENENDEHOWA 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
92.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 95.0% | 85.0% |
% 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
85.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL
SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (85.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,968 | 21.9% | 85.5% |
| COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL COMMACK | 1,728 | 18.9% | 90.5% |
| CONNETQUOT HIGH SCHOOL BOHEMIA | 1,774 | 18.1% | 79.5% |
| JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOPEWELL JUNCTION | 1,768 | 23.2% | 71.3% |
| GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL GUILDERLAND CENTER | 1,476 | 28.3% | 76.2% |
| ITHACA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ITHACA | 1,411 | 26.7% | 74.8% |
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 SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Saratoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.5% | #118 of 1,135 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #146 of 1,109 ▲ 6 | #3 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #142 of 1,135 ▼ 13 | #3 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,968 | #19 of 1,216 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #885 of 1,058 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #552 of 1,070 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.9% | #1,078 of 1,167 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #481 of 743 | #4 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
2,968
-169 (-5%) vs 2020
+61% since 1990-91, when it was 1,846
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 2,968 | 219.9 | 13.5:1 | 22% (649) |
| 2023-24 | 2,956 | 216.5 | 13.7:1 | 21% (620) |
| 2022-23 | 3,036 | 217.7 | 13.9:1 | 21% (628) |
| 2020-21 | 3,137 | 231 | 13.6:1 | 19% (593) |
| 2017-18 | 3,246 | 191.7 | 16.9:1 | 15% (485) |
| 2015-16 | 3,208 | 185 | 17.3:1 | 12% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 3,016 | 204 | 14.8:1 | 8% (256) |
| 2000-01 | 2,747 | 165 | 16.6:1 | 8% (232) |
| 1990-91 | 1,846 | 112 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL.
About SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL
SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL sits in CLIFTON PARK, New York, and is classified as a high school. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 2,968 students. High schools in New York have about 668 students on average; enrollment here is 344% higher.
SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL reports to SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 12 schools and 9,348 students.
White students are 71% of those enrolled at SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 12% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Saratoga County's population at about 88%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 47, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 219.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.5:1. High schools in New York average 11.0:1, 2.5 fewer students per teacher than here. SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 22%.
Among New York public high schools, SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
In New York, SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 85.5% actual against a predicted 67.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Saratoga County show that median household income comes to about $100,787, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 50, with about 30,097 students.
GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL is 1st of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 3,137 students in 2020-21 to 2,968 in 2024-25.
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Saratoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
238,284
Census ACS
Median income
$100,787
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
30,097 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- KODA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
- ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 761 students
- ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 589 students
- SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 560 students
- ORENDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 548 students
Other schools in CLIFTON PARK
- KODA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
- ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 761 students
- ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 589 students
- SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 560 students
- ORENDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 548 students
Nearby schools
- GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 764
- KODA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 765
- ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 761
- SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 524
- TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 361
- ORENDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL?
SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,968 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL have?
SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL employs 220 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
How diverse is SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL?
SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 71% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL in?
SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL is part of SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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