Enrollment
343
High
DISTRICT 309 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YORK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363195004279
YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
2578 GENESEE ST, RETSOF, NY 14539 · (585) 243-1730 · Livingston County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of New York public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
7.5:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
144 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 6 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 47 | 14% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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 YORK 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
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
56.9%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 | 62.0% | 56.9% |
| 2023-24 | 62.5% | 54.1% |
% 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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL this school | 343 | 42.0% | 57.1% |
| OAKFIELD-ALABAMA MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL OAKFIELD | 360 | 41.1% | 67.8% |
| FRANKLINVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FRANKLINVILLE | 318 | 42.8% | 65.7% |
| CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL MAYVILLE | 372 | 43.0% | 73.8% |
| H C WILLIAMS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CANTON | 332 | 41.0% | 92.6% |
| MADRID-WADDINGTON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MADRID | 309 | 41.1% | 56.9% |
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 YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Livingston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #598 of 1,135 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #476 of 1,109 ▲ 102 | #5 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #755 of 1,135 ▲ 21 | #5 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #847 of 1,216 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.5:1 | #35 of 1,058 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.8% | #952 of 1,070 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.0% | #825 of 1,167 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.9% | #216 of 339 | N/A |
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
343
-42 (-11%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 423
Student : Teacher
7.5:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 343 | 45.5 | 7.5:1 | 42% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 47.8 | 7.7:1 | 46% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 46.9 | 7.9:1 | 46% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 44 | 8.8:1 | 41% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 327 | 31 | 10.5:1 | 41% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 328 | 26 | 12.6:1 | 38% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 44 | 10.7:1 | 28% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 43 | 12.0:1 | 23% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 423 | 40 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL.
About YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school in RETSOF, New York. A federal count lists 343 students at the school, in grades 6 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in New York is about 668, so this school runs 49% smaller than that.
YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is run by YORK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, whose 2 schools enroll 618 students.
At YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, White students make up 93% of the student body. Other students are 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 89% White, within a few points of the school. YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 14%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 7.5:1 comes from the school's 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 42% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Livingston County, the average is about the same, 42%.
YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 38% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (57.1%) and its predicted rate (59.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
Across Livingston County, median household income is about $74,001, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Livingston County number 21 and enroll about 7,217.
The next-closest public school is YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL had 385 students in 2020-21 and 343 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 8.8:1 to 7.5:1.
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Livingston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,498
Census ACS
Median income
$74,001
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
7,217 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in YORK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 275 students
Nearby schools
- YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 275
- GENESEO MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL4.4 mi · 467
- GENESEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.4 mi · 406
- D B BUNCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.8 mi · 295
- PAVILION JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.9 mi · 331
- MOUNT MORRIS MIDDLE/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL8.2 mi · 238
Frequently asked questions
About YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 343 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL serve?
YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 7.5:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 93% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by YORK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Livingston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.