Is Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School a good school?

Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School ranks 515 th of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 378 students attended Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School?

Students at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School are 93% White, 4% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic.

What schools feed into Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School?

Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Cato-Meridian Elementary School

Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

Summary:

Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School is a public high school serving grades 7-12 in the Cato-Meridian Central School District, located in Cato, NY. The school has 378 students and is ranked 438 out of 865 districts in New York, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School consistently outperforms the state average on various Regents exams and state assessments, with 87.5% proficiency on the Regents Common Core English Language Arts exam compared to the state average of 78.55%. The school also maintains a strong 4-year graduation rate, ranging from 84.3% to 90.6% over the past few years, which is on par or above the state average. However, the school faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 24.8% to 37.8% over the past few years. Additionally, while the school performs well overall, there are some disparities in performance across student subgroups, with the school's rankings for female students and low socioeconomic status students generally higher than the rankings for male students, white students, and special education students.

When compared to nearby high schools, Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School generally outperforms schools in the North Rose-Wolcott, Phoenix, and Fulton City school districts on various academic measures. However, the school lags behind the higher-performing Weedsport Junior-Senior High School and Charles W. Baker High School in the Baldwinsville Central School District.

Detail:

Public 7-12

2851 State Rte 370
Cato, NY 13033

(315) 626-3439

District: Cato-Meridian Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
515^th of 1,242 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,824

Feeder schools for Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School:

Elementary:

Cato-Meridian Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.7

Number of students: 378

Racial breakdown:

White:

92.9%

Two or more races:

3.7%

Hispanic:

2.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 46.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School ranks better than 69.4% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 64.74. (See more...)

Compare Details Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School ranks better than 58.5% of high schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 60.52. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (92.9%), two or more races (3.7%), Hispanic (2.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 46.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School is 11.7. (See more...)

Compare Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School employs 32.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School is $17,824.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School 460^th of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Male students:

SchoolDigger ranks Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School 515^th of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School in the ranking list.)

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Cato-Meridian Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Cato-Meridian Central School District 438^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2021	34.18	846^th	1242	31.9%
2022	44.23	811^th	1479	45.2%
2023	68.20	417^th	1500	72.2%
2024	64.74	460^th	1504	69.4%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	34.95	855^th	1283	33.4%
2023	51.22	493^rd	1307	62.3%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2021	37.39	574^th	935	38.6%
2022	31.60	945^th	1306	27.6%
2023	60.45	419^th	1288	67.5%
2024	62.69	386^th	1296	70.2%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2021	37.83	675^th	1066	36.7%
2022	35.68	950^th	1454	34.7%
2023	64.24	471^st	1463	67.8%
2024	62.81	487^th	1465	66.8%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2021	29.23	796^th	1071	25.7%
2022	52.45	610^th	1455	58.1%
2023	70.14	360^th	1464	75.4%
2024	64.98	427^th	1464	70.8%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	30.39	546^th	748	27.0%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	46.68	626^th	935	33.0%
2006	48.37	622^nd	986	36.9%
2007	52.57	572^nd	1002	42.9%
2008	55.70	548^th	1027	46.6%
2009	49.38	636^th	1086	41.4%
2010	48.80	662^nd	1117	40.7%
2011	61.22	474^th	1165	59.3%
2012	67.10	380^th	1198	68.3%
2013	66.36	425^th	1217	65.1%
2014	65.53	363^rd	1237	70.7%
2015	61.65	424^th	1255	66.2%
2016	60.00	458^th	1255	63.5%
2017	64.56	372^nd	1221	69.5%
2018	60.13	529^th	1210	56.3%
2019	70.42	329^th	1207	72.7%
2021	78.65	54^th	519	89.6%
2022	62.41	461^st	1190	61.3%
2023	62.97	455^th	1228	62.9%
2024	60.52	515^th	1242	58.5%

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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	45.33	560^th	1095	48.9%
2019	47.21	556^th	1132	50.9%
2022	41.76	545^th	1038	47.5%
2023	26.67	871^st	1130	22.9%
2024	29.77	836^th	1144	26.9%

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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	54.62	517^th	1154	55.2%
2019	62.01	379^th	1179	67.9%
2022	59.31	378^th	1101	65.7%
2023	56.34	449^th	1155	61.1%
2024	49.88	543^rd	1170	53.6%

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Rank History for high school Female students at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	60.93	490^th	1176	58.3%
2019	69.01	358^th	1193	70.0%
2022	69.00	321^st	1155	72.2%
2023	64.87	441^st	1197	63.2%
2024	54.49	583^rd	1219	52.2%

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Rank History for high school Male students at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	59.18	511^th	1176	56.5%
2019	69.86	318^th	1190	73.3%
2021	80.55	24^th	354	93.2%
2022	53.87	556^th	1154	51.8%
2023	60.77	474^th	1191	60.2%
2024	65.50	398^th	1211	67.1%

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Rank History for high school White students at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	52.77	388^th	765	49.3%
2019	59.12	304^th	793	61.7%
2022	38.41	513^th	738	30.5%
2023	43.17	483^rd	776	37.8%
2024	42.65	487^th	781	37.6%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	458	2	3	0	8	n/a	n/a	471
1990	410	0	1	0	11	n/a	n/a	422
1991	410	3	2	0	10	n/a	n/a	425
1992	428	4	1	0	10	n/a	n/a	443
1993	453	4	2	0	8	n/a	n/a	467
1994	473	4	1	0	7	n/a	n/a	485
1995	504	4	2	0	8	n/a	n/a	518
1996	504	4	2	0	8	n/a	n/a	518
1997	519	3	3	0	8	n/a	n/a	533
1998	404	4	4	1	7	n/a	n/a	420
1999	429	4	4	2	8	n/a	n/a	447
2000	420	3	4	3	5	n/a	n/a	435
2001	467	2	4	5	3	n/a	n/a	481
2002	416	1	5	5	4	n/a	n/a	431
2003	416	1	5	5	4	n/a	n/a	431
2004	402	3	3	1	4	n/a	n/a	413
2005	365	6	3	6	4	n/a	n/a	384
2006	370	5	1	6	4	n/a	n/a	386
2007	358	4	0	6	3	n/a	n/a	371
2008	371	4	0	5	4	n/a	n/a	384
2009	345	2	0	4	3	n/a	n/a	354
2010	350	3	1	3	2	n/a	n/a	359
2011	329	5	2	0	2	0	0	338
2012	307	2	1	1	3	0	0	314
2013	299	1	2	5	3	0	5	315
2014	293	0	1	4	3	0	5	306
2015	278	1	3	8	3	0	8	301
2016	277	1	3	9	0	0	7	297
2017	278	1	1	5	0	1	8	294
2018	272	3	2	5	2	1	10	295
2019	268	5	3	4	3	0	11	294
2020	258	5	2	5	2	0	15	287
2021	361	5	2	9	2	1	19	399
2022	347	2	0	11	4	1	18	383
2023	351	2	0	8	1	2	14	378

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	471	34.8	13.5	n/a
1990	422	33.8	12.4	n/a
1991	425	34.0	12.5	n/a
1992	443	34.2	12.9	n/a
1993	467	34.5	13.5	n/a
1994	485	34.0	14.3	15.7
1995	518	34.5	15.0	13.1
1996	518	34.5	15.0	13.1
1997	533	34.5	15.4	12.8
1998	420	37.0	11.4	15.7
1999	447	34.2	13.1	15.4
2000	435	35.0	12.4	23
2001	481	35.8	13.4	22.2
2002	431	35.0	12.3	25.8
2003	431	35.0	12.3	25.8
2004	413	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	384	31.0	12.4	18.2
2006	386	33.0	11.7	26.9
2007	371	35.0	10.6	22.4
2008	384	35.7	10.8	20.3
2009	354	34.1	10.4	14.4
2010	359	33.0	10.8	28.7
2011	338	29.0	11.6	28.7
2012	314	26.0	12.0	27.7
2013	315	26.0	12.1	49.2
2014	306	25.0	12.2	34.3
2015	301	24.0	12.5	37.9
2016	297	24.0	12.3	36.4
2017	294	24.0	12.2	36.4
2018	295	24.5	12.0	40
2019	294	25.5	11.5	36.7
2020	287	30.0	9.5	37.3
2021	399	38.0	10.4	39.6
2022	383	36.8	10.3	44.6
2023	378	32.2	11.7	46.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	471	34.8	13.5	n/a
1990	422	33.8	12.4	n/a
1991	425	34.0	12.5	n/a
1992	443	34.2	12.9	n/a
1993	467	34.5	13.5	n/a
1994	485	34.0	14.3	15.7
1995	518	34.5	15.0	13.1
1996	518	34.5	15.0	13.1
1997	533	34.5	15.4	12.8
1998	420	37.0	11.4	15.7
1999	447	34.2	13.1	15.4
2000	435	35.0	12.4	23
2001	481	35.8	13.4	22.2
2002	431	35.0	12.3	25.8
2003	431	35.0	12.3	25.8
2004	413	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	384	31.0	12.4	18.2
2006	386	33.0	11.7	26.9
2007	371	35.0	10.6	22.4
2008	384	35.7	10.8	20.3
2009	354	34.1	10.4	14.4
2010	359	33.0	10.8	28.7
2011	338	29.0	11.6	28.7
2012	314	26.0	12.0	27.7
2013	315	26.0	12.1	49.2
2014	306	25.0	12.2	34.3
2015	301	24.0	12.5	37.9
2016	297	24.0	12.3	36.4
2017	294	24.0	12.2	36.4
2018	295	24.5	12.0	40
2019	294	25.5	11.5	36.7
2020	287	30.0	9.5	37.3
2021	399	38.0	10.4	39.6
2022	383	36.8	10.3	44.6
2023	378	32.2	11.7	46.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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