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Enrollment
664
High
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363033004078
WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
6200 ONTARIO CTR RD, ONTARIO CENTER, NY 14520 · (315) 524-1050 · Wayne County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL664 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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
10.4:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
222 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 145 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 166 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 174 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 170 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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 WAYNE 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
66.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp 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 66 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (77.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 664 | 33.4% | 77.3% |
| SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SCOTIA | 689 | 31.6% | 74.5% |
| BROADALBIN-PERTH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BROADALBIN | 756 | 35.2% | 61.5% |
| MAINE-ENDWELL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENDWELL | 720 | 36.0% | 88.2% |
| CHITTENANGO HIGH SCHOOL CHITTENANGO | 592 | 36.5% | 83.2% |
| VERNON-VERONA-SHERRILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL VERONA | 584 | 30.8% | 70.3% |
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 WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #219 of 1,135 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #343 of 1,109 ▼ 48 | #4 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #193 of 1,135 ▲ 167 | #1 of 11 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 664 | #380 of 1,216 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #406 of 1,058 | #10 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.6% | #895 of 1,070 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.4% | #952 of 1,167 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #411 of 743 | #5 of 9 |
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
664
-17 (-2%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 655
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 9.5:1
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 | 664 | 63.6 | 10.4:1 | 33% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 671 | 63.7 | 10.5:1 | 35% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 67 | 10.0:1 | 37% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 681 | 72 | 9.5:1 | 32% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 745 | 63 | 11.8:1 | 29% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 68 | 10.9:1 | 28% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 839 | 78 | 10.8:1 | 21% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 822 | 61 | 13.5:1 | 7% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 655 | 55 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school in New York, with an address in ONTARIO CENTER. The school serves 664 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
WAYNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL and 3 other schools, with 2,031 students in total.
White students make up 90% of enrollment at WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. For comparison, Wayne County is about 88% White. WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 19%, against a US figure of 70%.
WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL counts 63.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.4 students for each one. That matches the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York fairly closely. About 33% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Among public schools in Wayne County, the average eligibility rate is 47%.
allk12 grades WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
In New York, WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 77.3% actual against a predicted 62.7%.
Wayne County census figures show that the median household income is $74,506, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 37 public schools in Wayne County, enrolling about 13,068 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, WAYNE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL had 681 students in 2020-21 and 664 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
90,929
Census ACS
Median income
$74,506
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
13,068 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAYNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WAYNE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 628 students
- WAYNE CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 434 students
- WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 305 students
Other schools in ONTARIO CENTER
- WAYNE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 628 students
- WAYNE CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 434 students
- WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 305 students
Nearby schools
- WAYNE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 628
- WAYNE CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 434
- WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 305
- SCHLEGEL ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.3 mi · 496
- WILLIAMSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.7 mi · 277
- STATE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.0 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 664 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by WAYNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Wayne County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.