Enrollment
212
High
DISTRICT 236 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362925003937
UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
239 CAYUGA ST, UNION SPRINGS, NY 13160 · (315) 889-4110 · Cayuga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL212 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of New York public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
10.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
73 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 56 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 51 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 64 | 30% |
| Grade 12 | 41 | 19% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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 UNION SPRINGS 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
90.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 94.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 212 | 34.4% | 81.8% |
| NORTH COLLINS JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL NORTH COLLINS | 234 | 35.5% | 65.3% |
| BLOOMFIELD HIGH SCHOOL BLOOMFIELD | 238 | 33.2% | 72.8% |
| CHAZY CENTRAL RURAL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHAZY | 225 | 34.7% | 73.6% |
| POLAND JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL POLAND | 251 | 31.5% | 64.9% |
| HOLLAND HIGH SCHOOL HOLLAND | 216 | 30.1% | 78.7% |
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 UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cayuga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #152 of 1,135 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #176 of 1,109 ▲ 80 | #2 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #191 of 1,135 ▼ 26 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 212 | #1,059 of 1,216 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #505 of 1,058 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.1% | #840 of 1,070 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.4% | #946 of 1,167 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.0% | #128 of 743 | #1 of 6 |
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
212
-21 (-9%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 212 | 19.4 | 10.9:1 | 34% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 217 | 21.9 | 9.9:1 | 36% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 233 | 23.3 | 10.0:1 | 34% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 233 | 23 | 10.1:1 | 35% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 279 | 17 | 16.4:1 | 33% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 408 | 17 | 24.0:1 | 31% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 33 | 13.0:1 | 25% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 382 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 11% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 504 | 44 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL.
About UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is a public small high school in UNION SPRINGS, New York. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 212 students. The school's enrollment is 68% smaller than the 668 average for high schools in New York.
UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL falls under UNION SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 3 schools enrolling 709 students.
White students make up 87% of enrollment at UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL. Other students are 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Cayuga County is about 88% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 24% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.9:1. For comparison, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 34%. For comparison, public schools in Cayuga County average 50%.
Measured against New York public high schools, UNION SPRINGS 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.
On BeatsExpectations, UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is 19.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Within Cayuga County, the median household income is $67,904, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, Cayuga County has 21 other public schools.
UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the public school closest to UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Ranked by average proficiency, UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL places 1st out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school enrolled 212 students in 2024-25, 21 fewer than the 233 it had in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Cayuga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,102
Census ACS
Median income
$67,904
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,576 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UNION SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ANDREW J SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 332 students
- UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 165 students
Other schools in UNION SPRINGS
- ANDREW J SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 332 students
- UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 165 students
Nearby schools
- UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 165
- ANDREW J SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 332
- CAYUGA-ONONDAGA BOCES6.0 mi · 292
- ELIZABETH CADY STANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.4 mi · 272
- SENECA FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL7.3 mi · 266
- MYNDERSE ACADEMY7.3 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHow large is UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL?
UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 212 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL serve?
UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL?
UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL in?
UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is part of UNION SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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