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Schenectady High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1445 The Plaza
Schenectady, NY 12308
Phone
(518) 881-2044
District
SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
SCHENECTADY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2743
Classroom Teachers
209

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New York

5

(10 is best)

Better than 40.2% of all NY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Schenectady High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
58%
65%
59%
78%
56%
53%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 860 31.4%
Grade 10 687 25.0%
Grade 11 530 19.3%
Grade 12 619 22.6%
Total 2743 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 19.3% 19.9% 42.2%
Black 30.9% 29.3% 16.4%
Hispanic 23.8% 25.8% 30.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 25.6% 24.7% 10.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.3% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 70.9% 73.7% 53.7%
Free lunch eligible 70.9% 73.7% 51.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 68,476 19,677,151
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 6,335.9 416
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.3% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.7% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.6% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.8% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 14.5% 17.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 28,108 7,604,523
Single Parent Households With Children 9.4% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.6% 87.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 22.6% 38.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.3% 24.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.2% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.5% 11.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.4% 14.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.2% 12.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.6% 10.4%
$15,000 or less 14.8% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,413 $112,373,000 49.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,617 $14,637,000 6.4%
Staff $986 $8,924,000 3.9%
General Administration $385 $3,481,000 1.5%
School Administration $871 $7,889,000 3.4%
Operation $1,528 $13,837,000 6.0%
Transportation $1,117 $10,116,000 4.4%
Other $495 $4,485,000 2.0%
Total Support $7,000 $63,369,000 27.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,912 $53,520,000 23.3%
Total Expenditures $25,324 $229,262,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $18,290 $46,325,753,000 57.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $766 $1,940,420,000 2.4%
Staff $1,213 $3,072,691,000 3.8%
General Administration $408 $1,032,797,000 1.3%
School Administration $1,144 $2,897,632,000 3.6%
Operation $2,258 $5,718,874,000 7.1%
Transportation $1,460 $3,697,044,000 4.6%
Other $779 $1,972,819,000 2.4%
Total Support $8,027 $20,332,277,000 25.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,552 $14,062,158,000 17.4%
Total Expenditures $31,869 $80,720,188,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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