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THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL

1203 HILTON AVE, UTICA, NY 13501 · (315) 368-6489 · Oneida County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,820 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of New York public high schools
  • C+Test 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

Enrollment
2,820
High
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 668
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
170 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
1,648 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 970025%
Grade 1067024%
Grade 1170925%
Grade 1269225%
Ungraded492%
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
65323%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
61322%
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
73726%
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
63422%
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
1786%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
40%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
1,41750%
Female
1,40350%

School pathway

Feeds from
JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL07–08SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL07–08
Based on grade levels within UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
86.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2586.0%36.0%
2023-2480.0%38.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL

THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL this school2,82058.4%50.3%
EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL
BROOKLYN
3,50368.2%53.8%
SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL
SCHENECTADY
2,88574.2%38.5%
ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL
ALBANY
2,93765.2%42.2%
SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL
STATEN ISLAND
2,74369.4%57.2%
NEW DORP HIGH SCHOOL
STATEN ISLAND
3,05568.0%54.2%
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 THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Oneida County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
50.3%#728 of 1,135#15 of 15
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
36.0%#798 of 1,109
▼ 13
#14 of 15
▲ 1
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
86.0%#308 of 1,135
▲ 169
#6 of 15
▲ 4
Enrollment
ranked largest first
2,820#24 of 1,216#1 of 17
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.6:1#1,034 of 1,058#14 of 14
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
77.6%#2 of 1,070#1 of 14
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
58.4%#611 of 1,167#1 of 15
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+3.4%#255 of 339#6 of 7
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 2024-25
Enrollment
2,820
+251 (+10%) vs 2020
+84% since 1990-91, when it was 1,532
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252,82017016.6:158% (1,648)
2023-242,725161.316.9:177% (2,087)
2022-232,675159.616.8:176% (2,030)
2020-212,56916715.4:182% (2,098)
2017-182,72717815.3:181% (2,214)
2015-162,72216816.2:175% (2,035)
2010-112,66319513.7:167% (1,780)
2000-011,6039716.5:144% (702)
1990-911,53211413.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL.

About THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL

THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school found in UTICA, New York. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 2,820 students. That is 322% above the average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.

UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 9,075 students spread across 13 schools.

Black students make up 26% of enrollment at THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. Next come 23% White, 22% Asian, 22% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 6% Black among all Oneida County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 78%.

Teacher count: 170 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.6:1. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is 11.0:1. Roughly 58% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 47% average for public schools in Oneida County, the school's rate is higher.

THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 29% of New York public high schools.

A school with THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 53.5%. THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 50.3%, 3.2 points below that line.

For Oneida County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $70,154 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL, Oneida County has 72 public schools.

The closest school to THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL is CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 50.3% is above the 34.5% average for nearby schools.

THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Enrollment increased 10% over 4 years, reaching 2,820 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.4:1 to 16.6:1.

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Oneida County at a glance

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Population
229,124
Census ACS
Median income
$70,154
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
32,265 students

Quick facts

School name
THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL
District
UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
1203 HILTON AVE, UTICA, NY 13501
Phone
(315) 368-6489
County
Oneida County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
2,820
Teachers (FTE)
170
Student–teacher ratio
16.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
1,648 (58%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
362937003963
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL
How large is THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL?
THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,820 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 23% White, 22% Hispanic, 26% Black, 22% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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