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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
1,385
High
DISTRICT 649 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST GENESEE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363063004119
WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
5201 W GENESEE ST, CAMILLUS, NY 13031 · (315) 487-4592 · Onondaga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,385 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% 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.
- BBeats 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
11.8:1
117 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
376 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 322 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 350 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 347 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 357 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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 WEST GENESEE 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
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
70.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 89.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,385 | 27.1% | 73.0% |
| VICTOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL VICTOR | 1,319 | 26.2% | 78.0% |
| THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL WEBSTER | 1,256 | 27.9% | 78.7% |
| CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL BALDWINSVILLE | 1,240 | 28.0% | 54.5% |
| HILTON HIGH SCHOOL HILTON | 1,358 | 24.2% | 82.3% |
| FAIRPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FAIRPORT | 1,245 | 23.8% | 83.5% |
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 WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #285 of 1,135 | #7 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #269 of 1,109 ▼ 89 | #7 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #349 of 1,135 ▼ 46 | #10 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,385 | #118 of 1,216 | #4 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #673 of 1,058 | #13 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.2% | #770 of 1,070 | #17 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.1% | #1,028 of 1,167 | #20 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #358 of 743 | #10 of 20 |
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
1,385
0 (0%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 1,350
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 1,385 | 117 | 11.8:1 | 27% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 1,387 | 110.6 | 12.5:1 | 29% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 1,357 | 109.4 | 12.4:1 | 30% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 1,385 | 107 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,585 | 106 | 14.9:1 | 23% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 1,603 | 104 | 15.4:1 | 23% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 1,705 | 119 | 14.3:1 | 16% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 1,701 | 109 | 15.6:1 | 5% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 1,350 | 92 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in CAMILLUS, New York, and is classified as a high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 1,385 students. For comparison, high schools in New York average about 668 students.
Across its 7 schools, WEST GENESEE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 4,543 students. WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment is 82% White. After that, the student body is 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 117 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL was 11.8:1. This ratio sits 0.8 above the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 27%. Compared with the 49% average for public schools in Onondaga County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is B+. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 69% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 73.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 65.0%.
Federal survey data for Onondaga County show that the median household income is $76,945, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 123 public schools in Onondaga County, enrolling about 67,044 students in all.
WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is located about 0.4 miles from WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 56.8% proficiency; WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL posts 73.0%.
Federal data place WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 1,385, starting from 1,385. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.9:1 in 2020-21 to 11.8:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Onondaga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
471,129
Census ACS
Median income
$76,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
67,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WEST GENESEE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- STONEHEDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 759 students
- WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 724 students
- CAMILLUS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 693 students
- EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
- SPLIT ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 324 students
- ONONDAGA ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 322 students
Other schools in CAMILLUS
- STONEHEDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 759 students
- WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 724 students
- CAMILLUS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 693 students
- EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
- SPLIT ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 324 students
Nearby schools
- WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 724
- STONEHEDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 759
- EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 336
- ONONDAGA ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 322
- WALBERTA PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 256
- SPLIT ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 324
Frequently asked questions
About WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,385 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 82% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
WEST GENESEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WEST GENESEE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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