Is Athena High School a good school?

Athena High School ranks 743 rd of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Athena High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,057 students attended Athena High School.

What is the racial makeup of Athena High School?

Students at Athena High School are 56% White, 18% African American, 15% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

What schools feed into Athena High School?

Athena High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Greece Community Early Learning Center Elementary : Pine Brook Elementary School Middle : Athena Middle School

Athena High School

Summary:

Athena High School is a public high school located in Rochester, NY, serving 1,044 students in grades 9-12. It is part of the Greece Central School District, which is ranked 734 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Athena High School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past several years, dropping from a high of 535 in 2014-2015 to 743 in the current 2023-2024 school year, with a 2-star rating.

Athena High School's academic performance, as measured by Regents/Common Core exam proficiency rates, is generally below the state and district averages across most subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates were lower than the state and district in Algebra I, Geometry, and Earth Science. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with Asian and Hispanic students performing relatively better, while White, Multi-racial, English Language Learner, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status students perform significantly worse. Additionally, Athena High School has a high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 34.1% to 39.7% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

Compared to nearby schools, Arcadia High School and Olympia High School, both part of the Greece Central School District, outperform Athena High School. However, Athena High School outperforms the schools in the Rochester City School District, such as Edison Career and Technology High School and Northeast College Preparatory High School. Addressing the challenges faced by Athena High School, including lower academic performance, achievement gaps, and high chronic absenteeism, will require a comprehensive and targeted approach to improve the school's overall academic outcomes.

Detail:

Public 9-12

800 Long Pond Rd
Rochester, NY 14612-3097

(585) 966-4000

District: Greece Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
743^rd of 1,242 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,185

Feeder schools for Athena High School:

Elementary:	Greece Community Early Learning Center
	Pine Brook Elementary School
Middle:	Athena Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.0

Number of students: 1,057

Racial breakdown:

White:

55.6%

African American:

18.2%

Hispanic:

14.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 48.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Athena High School ranks worse than 59.8% of high schools in New York. It also ranks first among 4 ranked high schools in the Greece Central School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 41.3. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Athena 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 Student population at Athena High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (55.6%), African American (18.2%), Hispanic (14.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 48.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Greece Central School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Athena High School is 11, which is the highest among 4 high schools in the Greece Central School District! (See more...)

Compare Athena High School employs 95.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Athena High School is $17,185, which is the 2^nd highest among 4 high schools in the Greece Central School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Athena High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Athena High School 743^rd of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Athena High School in the ranking list.)

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Greece Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Greece Central School District 734^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Athena High School

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Rank History for all students at Athena High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	69.15	193^rd	935	79.4%
2006	65.78	293^rd	986	70.3%
2007	61.33	422^nd	1002	57.9%
2008	60.32	471^st	1027	54.1%
2009	51.21	611^th	1086	43.7%
2010	54.56	564^th	1117	49.5%
2011	53.69	615^th	1165	47.2%
2012	61.92	499^th	1198	58.3%
2013	56.57	614^th	1217	49.5%
2014	56.94	553^rd	1237	55.3%
2015	57.13	535^th	1255	57.4%
2016	46.98	685^th	1255	45.4%
2017	46.20	669^th	1221	45.2%
2018	47.93	695^th	1210	42.6%
2019	51.92	655^th	1207	45.7%
2021	21.79	454^th	519	12.5%
2022	44.28	681^st	1190	42.8%
2023	43.44	702^nd	1228	42.8%
2024	41.30	743^rd	1242	40.2%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Athena High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	13.73	152^nd	157	3.2%
2019	32.09	138^th	165	16.4%
2022	29.06	166^th	212	21.7%
2023	9.93	262^nd	272	3.7%
2024	25.72	245^th	306	19.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Athena High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	64.02	150^th	546	72.5%
2019	50.96	225^th	565	60.2%
2022	33.30	342^nd	481	28.9%
2023	40.55	339^th	583	41.9%
2024	30.94	482^nd	637	24.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Athena High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.44	706^th	1095	35.5%
2019	33.64	756^th	1132	33.2%
2021	16.12	128^th	137	6.6%
2022	20.60	883^rd	1038	14.9%
2023	24.79	900^th	1130	20.4%
2024	21.65	977^th	1144	14.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Athena High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	32.82	806^th	1154	30.2%
2019	37.29	779^th	1179	33.9%
2021	13.07	281^st	289	2.8%
2022	26.89	816^th	1101	25.9%
2023	29.71	816^th	1155	29.4%
2024	29.26	837^th	1170	28.5%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Athena High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	47.22	240^th	498	51.8%
2024	27.17	456^th	564	19.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Athena High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	51.07	632^nd	1176	46.3%
2019	53.79	621^st	1193	47.9%
2021	35.04	218^th	290	24.8%
2022	48.83	626^th	1155	45.8%
2023	51.31	620^th	1197	48.2%
2024	44.79	708^th	1219	41.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Athena High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	43.98	715^th	1176	39.2%
2019	48.76	661^st	1190	44.5%
2021	12.54	329^th	354	7.1%
2022	38.61	702^nd	1154	39.2%
2023	37.47	738^th	1191	38.0%
2024	39.06	744^th	1211	38.6%

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Rank History for Asian students at Athena High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	60.54	193^rd	426	54.7%
2019	61.28	205^th	447	54.1%
2022	56.44	189^th	386	51.0%
2023	61.03	178^th	424	58.0%
2024	33.64	313^th	426	26.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Athena High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	30.79	483^rd	679	28.9%
2019	27.72	520^th	686	24.2%
2021	27.27	31^st	42	26.2%
2022	36.14	365^th	593	38.4%
2023	31.39	460^th	671	31.4%
2024	34.88	438^th	690	36.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Athena High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	41.00	454^th	791	42.6%
2019	44.53	428^th	815	47.5%
2022	42.12	415^th	760	45.4%
2023	47.42	394^th	851	53.7%
2024	41.83	463^rd	865	46.5%

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Rank History for White students at Athena High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	43.51	497^th	765	35.0%
2019	48.51	450^th	793	43.3%
2021	26.25	116^th	133	12.8%
2022	33.12	562^nd	738	23.8%
2023	35.46	558^th	776	28.1%
2024	31.73	584^th	781	25.2%

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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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by a student
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

One of the best music programs out of any in the city and athletic teams are generally strong. A wide and challenging offering of classes and a safe environment. I never once felt in danger here and have made so many lifelong friends. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Athena High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	1204	43	27	15	3	n/a	n/a	1292
1990	1226	50	29	22	0	n/a	n/a	1327
1991	1170	46	20	23	0	n/a	n/a	1259
1992	1204	64	22	24	3	n/a	n/a	1317
1993	1220	52	30	33	4	n/a	n/a	1339
1994	1221	59	29	37	4	n/a	n/a	1350
1995	1283	63	34	33	7	n/a	n/a	1420
1996	1283	63	34	33	7	n/a	n/a	1420
1997	1325	74	49	42	4	n/a	n/a	1494
1998	1308	88	32	29	19	n/a	n/a	1476
1999	1304	74	45	41	5	n/a	n/a	1469
2000	1302	82	50	53	2	n/a	n/a	1489
2001	1304	82	43	51	3	n/a	n/a	1483
2002	1317	72	45	45	2	n/a	n/a	1481
2003	1317	72	45	45	2	n/a	n/a	1481
2004	1292	83	31	46	4	n/a	n/a	1456
2005	1283	87	25	46	3	n/a	n/a	1444
2006	1236	103	28	45	5	n/a	n/a	1417
2007	1160	137	26	54	4	n/a	n/a	1381
2008	1123	160	29	52	4	n/a	n/a	1368
2009	1054	178	25	56	3	n/a	n/a	1316
2010	1050	159	31	76	2	n/a	n/a	1318
2011	1031	168	31	79	5	0	3	1317
2012	980	169	36	84	2	0	4	1275
2013	962	152	41	86	2	0	10	1253
2014	892	159	42	96	1	0	14	1204
2015	844	170	45	115	0	0	18	1192
2016	810	173	39	114	1	0	15	1152
2017	770	173	46	121	1	0	18	1129
2018	762	179	51	132	0	0	30	1154
2019	735	182	51	114	0	0	37	1119
2020	707	162	55	138	0	0	42	1104
2021	665	164	48	157	0	0	53	1087
2022	618	179	44	149	0	1	51	1042
2023	603	184	45	149	0	1	62	1044
2024	588	192	46	156	0	0	75	1057

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 Athena High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1292	86.3	14.9	n/a
1990	1327	89.9	14.7	n/a
1991	1259	90.5	13.9	n/a
1992	1317	87.9	14.9	n/a
1993	1339	82.6	16.2	n/a
1994	1350	89.4	15.1	5.4
1995	1420	85.4	16.6	5.6
1996	1420	85.4	16.6	5.6
1997	1494	88.2	16.9	5.1
1998	1476	96.5	15.3	6
1999	1469	93.0	15.8	5
2000	1489	94.6	15.7	9.2
2001	1483	98.2	15.1	10.2
2002	1481	103.4	14.3	10.6
2003	1481	103.4	14.3	10.6
2004	1456	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1444	97.9	14.7	13.4
2006	1417	93.0	15.2	13
2007	1381	89.9	15.4	20.3
2008	1368	93.9	14.6	22.6
2009	1316	87.5	15.0	26.2
2010	1318	86.2	15.2	26.9
2011	1317	85.5	15.3	29.2
2012	1275	82.4	15.4	28.9
2013	1253	83.2	15.0	30.2
2014	1204	85.1	14.1	27.6
2015	1192	82.0	14.5	30.3
2016	1152	89.0	12.9	35.2
2017	1129	88.9	12.6	37.2
2018	1154	90.8	12.7	47.9
2019	1119	88.6	12.6	48
2020	1104	123.2	8.9	47.6
2021	1087	88.7	12.2	47.5
2022	1042	93.9	11.0	48.1
2023	1044	97.8	10.6	44.2
2024	1057	95.9	11.0	48.4

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 Athena High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1292	86.3	14.9	n/a
1990	1327	89.9	14.7	n/a
1991	1259	90.5	13.9	n/a
1992	1317	87.9	14.9	n/a
1993	1339	82.6	16.2	n/a
1994	1350	89.4	15.1	5.4
1995	1420	85.4	16.6	5.6
1996	1420	85.4	16.6	5.6
1997	1494	88.2	16.9	5.1
1998	1476	96.5	15.3	6
1999	1469	93.0	15.8	5
2000	1489	94.6	15.7	9.2
2001	1483	98.2	15.1	10.2
2002	1481	103.4	14.3	10.6
2003	1481	103.4	14.3	10.6
2004	1456	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1444	97.9	14.7	13.4
2006	1417	93.0	15.2	13
2007	1381	89.9	15.4	20.3
2008	1368	93.9	14.6	22.6
2009	1316	87.5	15.0	26.2
2010	1318	86.2	15.2	26.9
2011	1317	85.5	15.3	29.2
2012	1275	82.4	15.4	28.9
2013	1253	83.2	15.0	30.2
2014	1204	85.1	14.1	27.6
2015	1192	82.0	14.5	30.3
2016	1152	89.0	12.9	35.2
2017	1129	88.9	12.6	37.2
2018	1154	90.8	12.7	47.9
2019	1119	88.6	12.6	48
2020	1104	123.2	8.9	47.6
2021	1087	88.7	12.2	47.5
2022	1042	93.9	11.0	48.1
2023	1044	97.8	10.6	44.2
2024	1057	95.9	11.0	48.4

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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