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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1242)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
362346003278	541	Port Chester Senior High School	Public	9-12	1 Tamarack Rd	Port Chester	10573	Westchester County	Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 934-7950	1,555	110	14	72.9%	160 (10.3%)	47 (3.0%)	1,313 (84.4%)	26 (1.7%)	6 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.2%)	$15,798			$377			$15,421	58.6	59.7	515	26
363192004574	542	Yonkers High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	150 Rockland Ave	Yonkers	10705	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(914) 376-8191	1,060	69	15.4	75.9%	160 (15.1%)	117 (11.0%)	581 (54.8%)	176 (16.6%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (1.8%)	$18,435			$1,331			$17,104	58.6	59.8	507	35
362388003312	543	Pulaski Middle-High School	Public	6-12	4624 Salina St	Pulaski	13142	Oswego County	Pulaski Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 298-5103	517	46	11.1	46.4%	490 (94.8%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.5%)	6 (1.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.7%)	$16,604			$1,731			$14,873	58.6	59.2	529	14
360939000717	544	Dundee Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	55 Water St	Dundee	14837	Yates County	Dundee Central School District	No	No	No	No	(607) 243-5534	279	35	7.9	57.0%	250 (89.6%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.2%)	$19,125			$776			$18,349	58.5	50.3	641	97
360306000078	545	Schenevus Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	159 Main St	Schenevus	12155	Otsego County	Schenevus Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 638-5881	252	28	9.1	45.6%	230 (91.3%)	7 (2.8%)	6 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.6%)	$20,510			$3,221			$17,289	58.5	74.2	246	299
361641001448	546	La Fayette Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	3122 Route 11n	La Fayette	13084	Onondaga County	Lafayette Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 677-3152	324	34	9.6	40.4%	214 (66.0%)	4 (1.2%)	5 (1.5%)	2 (0.6%)	93 (28.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$23,047			$1,885			$21,163	58.4	59.7	516	30
360010002881	547	Thomas A Edison Career And Technical Education High School	Public	9-12	165-65 84th Ave	Jamaica	11432	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 297-6580	2,215	131	16.9	75.0%	75 (3.4%)	332 (15.0%)	522 (23.6%)	1,040 (47.0%)	99 (4.5%)	36 (1.6%)	111 (5.0%)	$13,974			$1,019			$12,955	58.3	58.5	538	9
360010505602	548	Buffalo Academy Of Science Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	190 Franklin St	Buffalo	14202	Erie County	Buffalo Academy Of Science Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(716) 854-2490	881	72	12.1	95.3%	73 (8.3%)	422 (47.9%)	106 (12.0%)	251 (28.5%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (2.7%)	$16,852			$3,484			$13,368	58.3	42.7	706	158
362136003045	549	Norwood-Norfolk School	Public	9-12	7852 State Hwy 56	Norwood	13668	St. Lawrence County	Norwood-Norfolk Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 353-6631	314	30	10.5	58.6%	303 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$15,777			$2,201			$13,577	58.1	59.4	526	23
362619003604	550	Scio Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	3968 Washington St	Scio	14880	Allegany County	Scio Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 593-5510	265	39	6.8	54.0%	247 (93.2%)	8 (3.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	$20,943			$3,904			$17,040	58	70.2	326	224

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