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Enrollment
1,450
High
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUFFERN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362832003818
SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
49 VIOLA RD, SUFFERN, NY 10901 · (845) 357-3800 · Rockland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,450 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.4:1
117 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
537 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 | 334 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 352 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 382 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 382 | 26% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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 SUFFERN 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
81.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 81 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,450 | 37.0% | 65.2% |
| WASHINGTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WASHINGTONVILLE | 1,308 | 35.9% | 69.7% |
| FOX LANE HIGH SCHOOL BEDFORD | 1,155 | 36.5% | 81.5% |
| MONROE-WOODBURY HIGH SCHOOL CENTRAL VALLEY | 2,285 | 38.2% | 71.8% |
| BREWSTER HIGH SCHOOL BREWSTER | 1,076 | 38.4% | 60.2% |
| CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL CARMEL | 1,299 | 35.9% | 80.5% |
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 SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rockland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #429 of 1,135 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #525 of 1,109 ▼ 56 | #8 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #406 of 1,135 ▲ 7 | #7 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,450 | #107 of 1,216 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #755 of 1,058 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #161 of 1,070 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #902 of 1,167 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.1% | #743 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
1,450
-44 (-3%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 1,209
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 1,450 | 117 | 12.4:1 | 37% (537) |
| 2023-24 | 1,428 | 115.3 | 12.4:1 | 37% (529) |
| 2022-23 | 1,486 | 115 | 12.9:1 | 31% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 1,494 | 117 | 12.8:1 | 26% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 1,451 | 111.5 | 13.0:1 | 23% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 1,494 | 105 | 14.2:1 | 20% (299) |
| 2010-11 | 1,515 | 117 | 12.9:1 | 14% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 1,257 | 102 | 12.3:1 | 7% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 1,209 | 107 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
At 49 VIOLA RD in SUFFERN, New York, SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a large high school. It educates 1,450 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 117% larger than the 668 average for high schools in New York.
SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports to SUFFERN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 7 schools and 4,170 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. The largest is Hispanic students, at 46%. The remaining students are 34% White, 9% Black, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Rockland County is about 21% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 117 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.4 students per teacher. That is 1.4 students per teacher above the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 37% of students. The 48% average for public schools in Rockland County is 11 points higher.
allk12 grades SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 61.4% for a school in New York with SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL posts 65.2%.
Across Rockland County, the median household income is $109,959, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. In all, Rockland County has 66 public schools and roughly 41,335 students.
The next-closest public school is VIOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 9.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment is down 3% from 2020-21, when SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL had 1,494 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,450.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Rockland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
341,883
Census ACS
Median income
$109,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
41,335 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SUFFERN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SUFFERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 880 students
- RICHARD P CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 437 students
- CHERRY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 413 students
- MONTEBELLO ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 343 students
- VIOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 325 students
- SLOATSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 322 students
Other schools in SUFFERN
- SUFFERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 880 students
- POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 689 students
- LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 584 students
- RICHARD P CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 437 students
- CHERRY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 413 students
- MONTEBELLO ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 343 students
Nearby schools
- VIOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 325
- MONTEBELLO ROAD SCHOOL1.1 mi · 343
- SUFFERN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 880
- GRANDVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 609
- RICHARD P CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 437
- CHERRY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,450 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 12.4:1 (117 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 34% White, 46% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SUFFERN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.