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Enrollment
847
High
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362718003703
SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
120 PRIMROSE ST, LINCOLNDALE, NY 10540 · (914) 248-8585 · Westchester County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL847 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% 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.
- ABeats 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
9.6:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
116 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 192 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 197 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 213 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 237 | 28% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 1% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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 SOMERS 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
94.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
92.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 92.0% |
| 2023-24 | 96.0% | 90.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
93.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 70% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in New York's top 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 SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (93.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 847 | 13.7% | 93.3% |
| KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL KINGS PARK | 823 | 14.3% | 86.3% |
| SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WEST SAYVILLE | 814 | 13.6% | 91.8% |
| MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL MERRICK | 848 | 13.0% | 74.8% |
| PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA | 856 | 16.5% | 84.3% |
| WANTAGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WANTAGH | 826 | 10.8% | 87.3% |
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 SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 93.3% | #25 of 1,135 | #5 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #31 of 1,109 ▲ 72 | #4 of 48 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #108 of 1,135 ▼ 8 | #17 of 48 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 847 | #301 of 1,216 | #25 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #243 of 1,058 | #7 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.0% | #704 of 1,070 | #45 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.7% | #1,137 of 1,167 | #38 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #149 of 743 | #4 of 29 |
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
847
-211 (-20%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 668
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 847 | 88.1 | 9.6:1 | 14% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 910 | 91.3 | 10.0:1 | 12% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 980 | 96.2 | 10.2:1 | 10% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 1,058 | 94 | 11.3:1 | 9% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 1,086 | 89 | 12.2:1 | 9% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 1,079 | 81 | 13.3:1 | 7% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 1,032 | 74 | 13.9:1 | 4% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 710 | 61 | 11.6:1 | 4% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 668 | 53 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school found in LINCOLNDALE, New York. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 847 students. That compares with an average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits within SOMERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 4 schools and 2,475 students.
The share of White students at SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 77%, a majority. It is also 14% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Westchester County is roughly 52% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 38, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL totals 88.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.6:1. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is about 14%. It compares with 38% for public schools in Westchester County.
Among New York public high schools, SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations places SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in the top 10% of New York schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 23.4 points above it (93.3% actual, 70.0% predicted).
In Westchester County, the median household earns about $118,976 a year, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Westchester County, 255 public schools serve about 140,968 students.
SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is PRIMROSE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 1st of 7 on proficiency.
SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
A 20% decline took enrollment from 1,058 in 2020-21 to 847 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (9.6:1) than in 2020-21 (11.3:1).
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Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOMERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 560 students
- SOMERS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 553 students
- PRIMROSE SCHOOLElementary · 515 students
Nearby schools
- PRIMROSE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 515
- SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 560
- SOMERS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 553
- PUTNAM-WESTCHESTER BOCES3.6 mi · 327
- INCREASE MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 479
- BROOKSIDE SCHOOL3.9 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 847 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 9.6:1 (88 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 77% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by SOMERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Westchester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.