THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL

THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL, a well-populated high school in UTICA, New York, overseen by UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructs 2,820 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 322% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 9,075 students; THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that 26% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 23% White, 22% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 170 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Oneida County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.5%; this one delivers 50.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Oneida County) shows that median household income runs about $70,154, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 72 public schools in Oneida County (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students).

The closest other public school is CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 2,727 (now 2,820). The White share of enrollment shrank from 34% to 23% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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