Is Falconer Middle/High School a good school?

Falconer Middle/High School ranks 516 th of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Falconer Middle/High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 629 students attended Falconer Middle/High School.

What is the racial makeup of Falconer Middle/High School?

Students at Falconer Middle/High School are 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% African American.

What schools feed into Falconer Middle/High School?

Falconer Middle/High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Harvey C Fenner Elementary School Elementary : Paul B D Temple Elementary School

Falconer Middle/High School

Summary:

Falconer Middle/High School is a public school serving 630 students in grades 6-12 in the Falconer Central School District in Falconer, New York. The school's academic performance is generally in the middle range compared to other New York high schools, with some strengths and weaknesses across different subject areas and student subgroups.

Falconer Middle/High School has a 4-year graduation rate around 85-93%, which is in line with the state average, but its dropout rate of 4.9-10% is higher than the state average. The school also faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 25-38% in recent years, which is significantly above the state average. Additionally, the school has a relatively high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic status backgrounds, with 46-51% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

When compared to nearby schools, Chautauqua Lake Secondary School, Maple Grove Junior/Senior High School, and Randolph Senior High School generally outperform Falconer Middle/High School, while the school performs better than lower-ranked schools like Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School and Jamestown High School. The school's performance also varies significantly by student subgroup, with female and White students tending to perform better than male and special education students.

Detail:

Public 6-12

2 East Ave N
Falconer, NY 14733-1395

(716) 665-6624

District: Falconer Central School District

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,768

Feeder schools for Falconer Middle/High School:

Elementary:	Harvey C Fenner Elementary School
	Paul B D Temple Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.1

Number of students: 629

Racial breakdown:

White:

92.5%

Hispanic:

3.8%

African American:

2.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 49.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Falconer Middle/High School ranks worse than 68% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 34.74. (See more...)

Compare Details Falconer Middle/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 60.46. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Falconer Middle/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 (92.5%), Hispanic (3.8%), African American (2.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 49.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Falconer Middle/High School is 12.1. (See more...)

Compare Falconer Middle/High School employs 51.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Falconer Middle/High School is $14,768.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Falconer Middle/High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Falconer Middle/High School 1023^rd of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Falconer Middle/High School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Falconer Middle/High School 516^th of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Falconer Middle/High School in the ranking list.)

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Falconer Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Falconer Central School District 657^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Falconer Middle/High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Falconer Middle/High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2008	58.05	634^th	1185	46.5%
2009	63.16	591^st	1224	51.7%
2010	52.88	690^th	1243	44.5%
2011	49.71	738^th	1295	43.0%
2012	54.85	669^th	1337	50.0%
2013	41.89	782^nd	1373	43.0%
2014	47.19	716^th	1401	48.9%
2015	52.58	613^th	1407	56.4%
2016	51.10	645^th	1429	54.9%
2017	42.91	816^th	1455	43.9%
2018	37.29	910^th	1438	36.7%
2019	35.30	920^th	1439	36.1%
2021	54.98	487^th	1242	60.8%
2022	46.75	755^th	1479	49.0%
2023	38.07	957^th	1500	36.2%
2024	34.74	1023^rd	1504	32.0%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Falconer Middle/High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	29.64	952^nd	1170	18.6%
2019	34.45	744^th	1139	34.7%
2022	32.52	929^th	1283	27.6%
2023	18.15	1264^th	1307	3.3%
2024	17.88	1253^rd	1303	3.8%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Falconer Middle/High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	28.78	967^th	1245	22.3%
2019	23.33	1041^st	1241	16.1%
2021	49.98	394^th	935	57.9%
2022	40.85	729^th	1306	44.2%
2023	29.23	994^th	1288	22.8%
2024	30.05	958^th	1296	26.1%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Falconer Middle/High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.65	937^th	1353	30.7%
2019	29.20	1010^th	1370	26.3%
2021	49.44	501^st	1066	53.0%
2022	43.24	813^th	1454	44.1%
2023	35.53	988^th	1463	32.5%
2024	29.23	1100^th	1465	24.9%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Falconer Middle/High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	41.53	783^rd	1352	42.1%
2019	42.05	741^st	1366	45.8%
2021	56.61	397^th	1071	62.9%
2022	50.01	650^th	1455	55.3%
2023	41.97	851^st	1464	41.9%
2024	43.06	808^th	1464	44.8%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Falconer Middle/High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	47.46	314^th	614	48.9%
2024	30.74	581^st	778	25.3%

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

Rank History for Falconer Middle/High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Falconer Middle/High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	59.21	426^th	935	54.4%
2006	58.31	480^th	986	51.3%
2007	55.62	531^st	1002	47.0%
2008	62.87	397^th	1027	61.3%
2009	56.61	528^th	1086	51.4%
2010	65.92	328^th	1117	70.6%
2011	62.45	431^st	1165	63.0%
2012	58.99	562^nd	1198	53.1%
2013	59.15	570^th	1217	53.2%
2014	62.01	445^th	1237	64.0%
2015	54.41	595^th	1255	52.6%
2016	58.78	480^th	1255	61.8%
2017	58.13	508^th	1221	58.4%
2018	65.17	419^th	1210	65.4%
2019	56.81	586^th	1207	51.4%
2021	48.30	322^nd	519	38.0%
2022	65.19	411^th	1190	65.5%
2023	57.53	552^nd	1228	55.0%
2024	60.46	516^th	1242	58.5%

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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Falconer Middle/High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	25.92	852^nd	1095	22.2%
2019	24.98	893^rd	1132	21.1%
2022	52.82	398^th	1038	61.7%
2023	34.00	736^th	1130	34.9%
2024	31.52	791^st	1144	30.9%

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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Falconer Middle/High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	59.79	413^th	1154	64.2%
2019	47.62	640^th	1179	45.7%
2021	34.19	222^nd	289	23.2%
2022	58.63	392^nd	1101	64.4%
2023	46.31	607^th	1155	47.4%
2024	48.61	567^th	1170	51.5%

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Rank History for high school Female students at Falconer Middle/High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	63.81	435^th	1176	63.0%
2019	58.38	550^th	1193	53.9%
2021	37.97	210^th	290	27.6%
2022	63.50	423^rd	1155	63.4%
2023	59.47	519^th	1197	56.6%
2024	65.76	421^st	1219	65.5%

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Rank History for high school Male students at Falconer Middle/High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	64.86	403^rd	1176	65.7%
2019	54.09	589^th	1190	50.5%
2021	59.48	154^th	354	56.5%
2022	64.99	381^st	1154	67.0%
2023	55.23	551^st	1191	53.7%
2024	56.18	554^th	1211	54.3%

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Rank History for high school White students at Falconer Middle/High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	44.33	483^rd	765	36.9%
2019	36.73	576^th	793	27.4%
2022	44.09	446^th	738	39.6%
2023	34.28	570^th	776	26.5%
2024	37.07	540^th	781	30.9%

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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 Falconer Middle/High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	418	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	419
1990	395	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	396
1991	381	1	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	386
1992	775	4	3	3	0	n/a	n/a	785
1993	827	2	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	833
1994	848	1	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	851
1995	512	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	514
1996	512	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	514
1997	882	2	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	887
1998	863	6	2	3	1	n/a	n/a	875
1999	497	7	2	4	1	n/a	n/a	511
2000	471	8	2	1	2	n/a	n/a	484
2001	484	4	1	1	1	n/a	n/a	491
2002	451	5	2	1	2	n/a	n/a	461
2003	451	5	2	1	2	n/a	n/a	461
2004	463	4	2	2	3	n/a	n/a	474
2005	471	2	3	2	2	n/a	n/a	480
2006	462	5	5	2	0	n/a	n/a	474
2007	470	2	5	3	0	n/a	n/a	480
2008	755	8	7	7	0	n/a	n/a	777
2009	727	9	4	5	0	n/a	n/a	745
2010	713	12	5	7	1	n/a	n/a	738
2011	698	7	4	10	1	0	0	720
2012	661	7	7	7	1	0	0	683
2013	661	14	7	12	2	0	0	696
2014	626	12	8	13	2	0	1	662
2015	611	15	4	15	3	0	0	648
2016	582	13	4	14	2	0	1	616
2017	558	10	4	16	1	0	0	589
2018	594	10	3	18	1	0	2	628
2019	600	12	3	20	3	0	0	638
2020	571	11	6	21	4	0	1	614
2021	565	12	3	24	4	0	1	609
2022	581	10	3	22	4	0	1	621
2023	580	14	3	28	4	0	1	630
2024	582	16	3	24	3	0	1	629

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 Falconer Middle/High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	419	28.0	14.9	n/a
1990	396	30.2	13.1	n/a
1991	386	30.8	12.5	n/a
1992	785	53.1	14.7	n/a
1993	833	54.2	15.4	n/a
1994	851	59.2	14.4	14.1
1995	514	30.5	16.9	10.5
1996	514	30.5	16.9	10.5
1997	887	58.4	15.2	16.2
1998	875	51.5	17.0	13
1999	511	22.8	22.4	13.5
2000	484	19.5	24.8	14.3
2001	491	20.0	24.6	15.5
2002	461	23.0	20.0	18.9
2003	461	23.0	20.0	18.9
2004	474	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	480	22.4	21.4	19
2006	474	22.0	21.5	24.1
2007	480	20.5	23.4	26
2008	777	59.4	13.1	26.4
2009	745	60.0	12.4	27.2
2010	738	62.0	11.9	32.5
2011	720	60.5	11.8	32.8
2012	683	63.0	10.8	32.4
2013	696	60.5	11.5	35.5
2014	662	58.5	11.3	35.3
2015	648	57.0	11.3	44
2016	616	56.0	11.0	49.2
2017	589	55.1	10.6	46.2
2018	628	58.0	10.8	46.7
2019	638	n/a	n/a	45.5
2020	614	54.0	11.3	46.7
2021	609	52.6	11.5	45.5
2022	621	58.2	10.6	46.4
2023	630	57.3	10.9	51
2024	629	51.8	12.1	49.8

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 Falconer Middle/High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	419	28.0	14.9	n/a
1990	396	30.2	13.1	n/a
1991	386	30.8	12.5	n/a
1992	785	53.1	14.7	n/a
1993	833	54.2	15.4	n/a
1994	851	59.2	14.4	14.1
1995	514	30.5	16.9	10.5
1996	514	30.5	16.9	10.5
1997	887	58.4	15.2	16.2
1998	875	51.5	17.0	13
1999	511	22.8	22.4	13.5
2000	484	19.5	24.8	14.3
2001	491	20.0	24.6	15.5
2002	461	23.0	20.0	18.9
2003	461	23.0	20.0	18.9
2004	474	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	480	22.4	21.4	19
2006	474	22.0	21.5	24.1
2007	480	20.5	23.4	26
2008	777	59.4	13.1	26.4
2009	745	60.0	12.4	27.2
2010	738	62.0	11.9	32.5
2011	720	60.5	11.8	32.8
2012	683	63.0	10.8	32.4
2013	696	60.5	11.5	35.5
2014	662	58.5	11.3	35.3
2015	648	57.0	11.3	44
2016	616	56.0	11.0	49.2
2017	589	55.1	10.6	46.2
2018	628	58.0	10.8	46.7
2019	638	n/a	n/a	45.5
2020	614	54.0	11.3	46.7
2021	609	52.6	11.5	45.5
2022	621	58.2	10.6	46.4
2023	630	57.3	10.9	51
2024	629	51.8	12.1	49.8

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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