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If you had an hour of school board time for WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
487
High
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363156004223
WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
374-80 LAKE ST, WILSON, NY 14172 · (716) 751-9341 · Niagara County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of New York public high schools
- C+Test 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
8.2:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
195 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 76 | 16% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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 WILSON 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
50.2%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.3pp since 2023
Math
55.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 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 are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.2% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 56.5% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL this school | 487 | 40.0% | 50.5% |
| COBLESKILL-RICHMONDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RICHMONDVILLE | 479 | 39.7% | 71.8% |
| SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL SARANAC | 468 | 39.7% | 72.7% |
| HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOMER | 558 | 38.2% | 71.0% |
| BYRON-BERGEN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BERGEN | 444 | 42.6% | 54.3% |
| ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL ALLEGANY | 562 | 40.9% | 60.1% |
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 WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Niagara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #726 of 1,135 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #499 of 1,109 ▲ 49 | #7 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #950 of 1,135 ▲ 119 | #9 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #565 of 1,216 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.2:1 | #74 of 1,058 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.9% | #867 of 1,070 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #852 of 1,167 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #121 of 743 | #2 of 7 |
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
487
-92 (-16%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 677
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 487 | 59.3 | 8.2:1 | 40% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 60.3 | 8.2:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 61.4 | 8.4:1 | 41% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 56 | 10.3:1 | 37% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 651 | 57.1 | 11.4:1 | 35% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 56 | 12.6:1 | 36% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 783 | 66 | 11.9:1 | 29% (229) |
| 2000-01 | 878 | 68 | 12.9:1 | 23% (206) |
| 1990-91 | 677 | 49 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL.
About WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, a small high school, is located in WILSON, New York. A federal count lists 487 students at the school, in grades 6 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in New York is about 668, so this school runs 27% smaller than that.
Within WILSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is one of 2 schools. The district enrolls 970 students.
Federal enrollment data show WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is 89% White. Other groups include 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 59.3 full-time equivalents, or about 8.2 students per teacher. This ratio sits 2.8 below the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 40%. It compares with 49% for public schools in Niagara County.
Measured against New York public high schools, WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In New York, WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 50.5% actual against a predicted 60.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Niagara County, the median household income is $69,633, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Niagara County is home to 51 public schools and about 26,388 public school students.
The next-closest public school is WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within ten miles. WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency of 50.5% compares with 49.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment dropped 16% from its 2020-21 level of 579. The ratio of students to teachers went from 10.3:1 to 8.2:1 over the same years.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Niagara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,721
Census ACS
Median income
$69,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
26,388 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WILSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 483 students
Nearby schools
- WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 483
- NEWFANE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER6.0 mi · 55
- NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL6.6 mi · 363
- NEWFANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.7 mi · 393
- NEWFANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.9 mi · 467
- AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL11.0 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 487 students in grades 06-12.
Is WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 8.2:1 students per teacher at WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
At WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL in?
WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is part of WILSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.