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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)
361059000830	441	Thomas A Edison High School	Public	9-12	2083 College Ave	Elmira Heights	14903	Chemung County	Elmira Heights Central School District	No	No	No	No	(607) 733-5604	321	26	12.3	51.7%	274 (85.4%)	13 (4.0%)	7 (2.2%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.5%)	$12,358			$00			$12,358	64.8	61.1	487	46
360384000128	442	Baldwin Senior High School	Public	9-12	841 E T Kloberg Dr	Baldwin	11510	Nassau County	Baldwin Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 434-6100	1,484	131	11.3	37.1%	167 (11.3%)	743 (50.1%)	463 (31.2%)	57 (3.8%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.5%)	46 (3.1%)	$20,252			$394			$19,859	64.8	60.1	502	60
361086004440	443	Fabius-Pompey Middle School High School	Public	6-12	1211 Mill St	Fabius	13063	Onondaga County	Fabius-Pompey Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 683-5811	344	43	8	35.5%	323 (93.9%)	2 (0.6%)	10 (2.9%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	$19,333			$1,115			$18,218	64.8	72.1	293	150
360465000208	444	Berne-Knox-Westerlo Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	1738 Helderberg Trail	Berne	12023	Albany County	Berne-Knox-Westerlo Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 872-1482	320	38	8.5	32.5%	304 (95.0%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	$23,308			$972			$22,336	64.7	65.4	414	30
362043001886	445	New Lebanon Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	14665 Rte 22	New Lebanon	12125	Columbia County	New Lebanon Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 794-7600	183	26	6.9	49.7%	153 (83.6%)	4 (2.2%)	8 (4.4%)	8 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.5%)	$19,807			$659			$19,148	64.7	55.8	586	141
360015302032	446	Midwood High School	Public	9-12	2839 Bedford Ave	Brooklyn	11210	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 724-8500	4,062	235	17.2	73.3%	863 (21.2%)	888 (21.9%)	527 (13.0%)	1,592 (39.2%)	27 (0.7%)	41 (1.0%)	123 (3.0%)	$12,028			$828			$11,200	64.6	65.1	418	28
360789000562	447	Clymer Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	8672 E Main St	Clymer	14724	Chautauqua County	Clymer Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 355-4444	360	42	8.5	40.8%	325 (90.3%)	2 (0.6%)	11 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (5.6%)	$14,982			$400			$14,582	64.5	70.5	317	130
361554001324	448	Islip High School	Public	9-12	2508 Union Blvd	Islip	11751	Suffolk County	Islip Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 650-8301	892	92	9.6	32.8%	454 (50.9%)	56 (6.3%)	305 (34.2%)	45 (5.0%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (3.1%)	$21,126			$373			$20,753	64.5	73.1	266	182
360252000033	449	Charles D'Amico High School	Public	9-12	302 East Ave	Albion	14411	Orleans County	Albion Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 589-2040	514	44	11.6	62.8%	382 (74.3%)	48 (9.3%)	71 (13.8%)	6 (1.2%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,657			$417			$14,240	64.4	57.4	557	108
360010204894	450	Frank Sinatra School Of The Arts High School	Public	9-12	35-12 35th Ave	Long Island City	11106	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	No	(718) 361-9920	839	58	14.4	32.4%	310 (36.9%)	76 (9.1%)	206 (24.6%)	87 (10.4%)	5 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	152 (18.1%)	$16,238			$208			$16,030	64.2	63.6	449	1

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Regents Common Core Algebra I, Regents Chemistry, Regents Common Core Algebra II, Regents Common Core English Language Arts, Regents Common Core Geometry, Regents Earth Science, Regents Global History and Geography, Regents Living Environment, Regents Physics, Regents U.S. History and Government, Regents Algebra I test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on November 14, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the NY State Education Department, usually on a yearly basis.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.