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Enrollment
624
High
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WELLSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363048004099
WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
126 W STATE ST, WELLSVILLE, NY 14895 · (585) 596-2182 · Allegany County
GRADES 06–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL624 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
277 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 6 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 90 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 10 | 2% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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 WELLSVILLE 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
54.1%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
55.4%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.1% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 53.5% | 52.1% |
% 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL this school | 624 | 44.4% | 48.5% |
| CAMDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CAMDEN | 630 | 45.9% | 71.7% |
| FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL MALONE | 705 | 45.1% | 56.7% |
| OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY OGDENSBURG | 646 | 46.0% | 62.2% |
| PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL YORKSHIRE | 636 | 46.9% | 81.7% |
| MEXICO HIGH SCHOOL MEXICO | 619 | 47.3% | 59.3% |
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 WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #761 of 1,135 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #497 of 1,109 ▲ 102 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #887 of 1,135 ▲ 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 624 | #419 of 1,216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #404 of 1,058 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.7% | #984 of 1,070 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.4% | #774 of 1,167 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #538 of 743 |
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
624
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 624 | 59.8 | 10.4:1 | 44% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 653 | 58.7 | 11.1:1 | 42% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 56.6 | 11.4:1 | 35% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 647 | 57 | 11.3:1 | 44% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 672 | 55.5 | 12.1:1 | 50% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 43% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 27 | 16.2:1 | 37% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 23% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 571 | 32 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL.
About WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL is a high school in WELLSVILLE, New York, and it is part of WELLSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school has 624 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 12.
WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL is run by WELLSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, whose 2 schools enroll 1,141 students.
Roughly 94% of students at WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL are White. Other groups include 2% multiracial. Allegany County residents are about 93% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL scores 12%.
With 59.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.4:1. It is about the same as the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL, 44% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public high schools, WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.7% for WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL. The school posts 48.5%, 10.1 points below the prediction.
In Allegany County, the median household earns about $62,869 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Allegany County, 21 public schools serve about 5,589 students.
WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is WELLSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (about 1.1 miles). Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL is 6th among 9 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Remote: in a town far from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 23 students, from 647 to 624.
This page is set up for the WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Allegany County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,159
Census ACS
Median income
$62,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,589 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WELLSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WELLSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 517 students
Nearby schools
- WELLSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 517
- SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL3.9 mi · 267
- ANDOVER SCHOOL8.5 mi · 239
- GENESEE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL9.0 mi · 594
- WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL10.3 mi · 112
- BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.7 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL?
WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 624 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL serve?
WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL is approximately 10.4:1 (60 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL?
At WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL public or private?
WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WELLSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.