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Enrollment
376
High
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHWESTERN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AT JAMESTOWN·NCES 362766003756
SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
600 HUNT RD W, JAMESTOWN, NY 14701 · (716) 664-6273 · Chautauqua County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% 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
9.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
143 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 92 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 88 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 101 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 90 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
24%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 SOUTHWESTERN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AT JAMESTOWN. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
80.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +17.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 up about 17 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
75.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (75.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 376 | 38.0% | 75.7% |
| HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL HOOSICK FALLS | 342 | 38.9% | 76.8% |
| NEWFANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL NEWFANE | 393 | 38.2% | 72.5% |
| CALEDONIA-MUMFORD MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL CALEDONIA | 404 | 37.1% | 63.5% |
| LOWVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LOWVILLE | 385 | 37.1% | 76.0% |
| DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL DELHI | 399 | 37.8% | 63.7% |
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 SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Chautauqua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #246 of 1,135 | #3 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #236 of 1,109 ▲ 335 | #4 of 17 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #432 of 1,135 ▼ 70 | #3 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #772 of 1,216 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #227 of 1,058 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.8% | #842 of 1,070 | #6 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.0% | #883 of 1,167 | #15 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #416 of 743 | #8 of 14 |
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
376
-63 (-14%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 376 | 39.4 | 9.6:1 | 38% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 39.5 | 10.2:1 | 38% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 37.4 | 11.5:1 | 40% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 36 | 12.2:1 | 34% (149) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 32% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 27% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 45 | 10.2:1 | 24% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 612 | 49 | 12.5:1 | 10% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 40 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school in JAMESTOWN, New York, under SOUTHWESTERN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AT JAMESTOWN. The school's 376 students are in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
The district, SOUTHWESTERN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AT JAMESTOWN, operates 3 schools serving 1,230 students.
SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls a student body that is 87% White. The school is also 6% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. For comparison, Chautauqua County is about 86% White. The chance that two students picked at random at SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 24%.
A ratio of 9.6:1 comes from the school's 39.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 38% of students at SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 57% average for public schools in Chautauqua County is 19 points higher.
Measured against New York public high schools, SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the prediction is 61.0% and the result is 75.7%.
In Chautauqua County (population about 125,544), median household income is about $58,351, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Chautauqua County, which together enroll about 17,056 students.
The closest other public school is SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The number of students dropped from 439 to 376 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 12.2 to 9.6 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Chautauqua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,544
Census ACS
Median income
$58,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
17,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTHWESTERN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AT JAMESTOWN
- SOUTHWESTERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 588 students
- SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 266 students
Other schools in JAMESTOWN
- JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,292 students
- SOUTHWESTERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 588 students
- MILTON J FLETCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 509 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 455 students
- THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 419 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 377 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 266
- SOUTHWESTERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 588
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 377
- PERSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 373
- SAMUEL G LOVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 289
- MILTON J FLETCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 376 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of SOUTHWESTERN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AT JAMESTOWN.
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