Is Maryvale High School a good school?

Maryvale High School ranks 560 th of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Maryvale High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 615 students attended Maryvale High School.

What is the racial makeup of Maryvale High School?

Students at Maryvale High School are 67% White, 13% African American, 8% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Maryvale High School?

Maryvale High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Maryvale Intermediate School Elementary : Maryvale Primary School Middle : Maryvale Middle School

Maryvale High School

Summary:

Maryvale High School is a public high school located in Cheektowaga, NY, serving grades 9-12 with a student population of 615. It is part of the Cheektowaga-Maryvale Union Free School District, which is ranked 557 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Maryvale High School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the years, dropping from a high of 225 out of 1,237 New York high schools in 2013-2014 to 560 out of 1,242 in 2023-2024. Its performance on Regents/Common Core exams is also mixed, with some subjects like Chemistry and Algebra II performing above the state average, while others like Algebra I and Living Environment performing below. The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with African American and Hispanic students performing relatively well compared to their peers statewide, but Asian and White students lagging behind. Maryvale High School also struggles with its male student population, ranking 612 out of 1,211 New York high schools for male students in 2023-2024.

Maryvale High School's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated between 83.2% and 87.1% over the past few years, which is generally on par with the state average. However, its dropout rate has been higher, ranging from 4.9% to 10% during the same period. The school also has a significant chronic absenteeism problem, with rates ranging from 29.5% to 37.8% in recent years, well above the state average. Additionally, Maryvale High School has a relatively high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 52.2% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023. While the school's performance is generally on par with or slightly below that of nearby schools like Depew High School and Cleveland Hill High School, it lags significantly behind higher-performing schools like Amherst Central High School and Williamsville South High School, which are located within a few miles.

Detail:

Public 9-12

1050 Maryvale Dr
Cheektowaga, NY 14225-2386

(716) 631-7481

District: Cheektowaga-Maryvale Union Free School District

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,977

Feeder schools for Maryvale High School:

Elementary:	Maryvale Intermediate School
	Maryvale Primary School
Middle:	Maryvale Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.2

Number of students: 615

Racial breakdown:

White:

67.0%

African American:

12.8%

Asian:

7.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 52.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Maryvale High School ranks better than 54.9% of high schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 57.36. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Maryvale 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 (67%), African American (12.8%), Asian (7.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 52.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Maryvale High School is 11.2. (See more...)

Compare Maryvale High School employs 54.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Maryvale High School is $13,977.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Maryvale High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Maryvale High School 560^th of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Maryvale High School in the ranking list.)

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Cheektowaga-Maryvale Union Free School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Cheektowaga-Maryvale Union Free School District 557^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Maryvale High School

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Rank History for all students at Maryvale High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	55.68	486^th	935	48.0%
2006	62.47	376^th	986	61.9%
2007	60.72	440^th	1002	56.1%
2008	59.03	494^th	1027	51.9%
2009	63.54	384^th	1086	64.6%
2010	53.69	576^th	1117	48.4%
2011	62.85	419^th	1165	64.0%
2012	67.88	364^th	1198	69.6%
2013	71.67	291^st	1217	76.1%
2014	71.30	225^th	1237	81.8%
2015	61.73	423^rd	1255	66.3%
2016	64.75	341^st	1255	72.8%
2017	66.91	322^nd	1221	73.6%
2018	69.98	325^th	1210	73.1%
2019	70.30	331^st	1207	72.6%
2021	7.81	491^st	519	5.4%
2022	61.41	472^nd	1190	60.3%
2023	61.91	475^th	1228	61.3%
2024	57.36	560^th	1242	54.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Maryvale High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	83.47	8^th	157	94.9%
2019	50.10	96^th	165	41.8%
2022	22.67	184^th	212	13.2%
2023	36.19	193^rd	272	29.0%
2024	51.19	151^st	306	50.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Maryvale High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	53.40	206^th	546	62.3%
2019	64.60	135^th	565	76.1%
2022	54.96	157^th	481	67.4%
2023	63.89	129^th	583	77.9%
2024	41.73	354^th	637	44.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Maryvale High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	73.59	201^st	1095	81.6%
2019	60.31	370^th	1132	67.3%
2022	52.54	405^th	1038	61.0%
2023	46.73	524^th	1130	53.6%
2024	55.96	403^rd	1144	64.8%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	66.00	259^th	1154	77.6%
2019	70.06	216^th	1179	81.7%
2022	57.44	408^th	1101	62.9%
2023	63.53	320^th	1155	72.3%
2024	49.72	550^th	1170	53.0%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Maryvale High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	49.00	243^rd	564	56.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Maryvale High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	70.64	298^th	1176	74.7%
2019	68.51	368^th	1193	69.2%
2022	57.50	518^th	1155	55.2%
2023	62.93	470^th	1197	60.7%
2024	62.77	469^th	1219	61.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Maryvale High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	67.72	343^rd	1176	70.8%
2019	70.44	300^th	1190	74.8%
2022	63.65	413^th	1154	64.2%
2023	60.27	480^th	1191	59.7%
2024	51.51	612^th	1211	49.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Maryvale High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	73.36	84^th	426	80.3%
2019	62.42	195^th	447	56.4%
2022	39.68	256^th	386	33.7%
2023	51.89	221^st	424	47.9%
2024	34.54	307^th	426	27.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Maryvale High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	54.04	272^nd	679	59.9%
2019	68.02	166^th	686	75.8%
2022	56.93	205^th	593	65.4%
2023	61.16	203^rd	671	69.7%
2024	69.16	157^th	690	77.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Maryvale High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	53.22	348^th	791	56.0%
2019	48.07	396^th	815	51.4%
2022	60.15	270^th	760	64.5%
2023	58.84	295^th	851	65.3%
2024	41.59	467^th	865	46.0%

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Rank History for White students at Maryvale High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	61.43	262^nd	765	65.8%
2019	63.07	249^th	793	68.6%
2022	48.87	398^th	738	46.1%
2023	48.04	430^th	776	44.6%
2024	44.10	473^rd	781	39.4%

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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 Maryvale High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	872	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	872
1990	781	2	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	787
1991	737	3	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	741
1992	718	2	1	1	2	n/a	n/a	0	724
1993	669	4	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	674
1994	668	4	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	0	674
1995	666	3	4	7	4	n/a	n/a	0	684
1996	666	3	4	7	4	n/a	n/a	0	684
1997	728	4	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	732
1998	747	3	5	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	761
1999	767	6	8	7	1	n/a	n/a	0	789
2000	754	7	5	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	772
2001	761	16	4	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	789
2002	772	17	3	3	2	n/a	n/a	0	797
2003	772	17	3	3	2	n/a	n/a	0	797
2004	718	28	13	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	766
2005	768	28	9	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	813
2006	768	31	11	2	1	n/a	n/a	0	813
2007	764	33	11	5	2	n/a	n/a	0	815
2008	751	39	14	7	2	n/a	n/a	1	814
2009	729	60	14	7	0	n/a	n/a	1	811
2010	685	47	17	10	0	n/a	n/a	1	760
2011	662	52	17	0	1	0	5	0	737
2012	619	55	20	11	2	0	4	0	711
2013	599	47	21	7	2	0	5	0	681
2014	572	49	15	13	4	0	11	0	664
2015	563	60	17	13	4	0	15	0	672
2016	562	71	15	23	2	0	19	0	692
2017	524	69	25	24	1	0	23	0	666
2018	502	84	29	22	1	0	27	0	665
2019	487	88	40	31	3	0	28	0	677
2020	483	69	43	28	3	0	26	0	652
2021	450	66	42	28	5	0	29	0	620
2022	461	69	48	30	4	0	33	0	645
2023	412	79	48	39	3	0	34	0	615

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 Maryvale High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	872	58.0	15.0	n/a
1990	787	56.5	13.9	n/a
1991	741	53.6	13.8	n/a
1992	724	46.0	15.7	n/a
1993	674	38.9	17.3	n/a
1994	674	42.9	15.7	7.7
1995	684	36.3	18.8	9.6
1996	684	36.3	18.8	9.6
1997	732	52.3	14.0	8.7
1998	761	48.5	15.7	11.8
1999	789	52.6	15.0	8.1
2000	772	55.0	14.0	22.9
2001	789	61.1	12.9	12.7
2002	797	59.4	13.4	13.2
2003	797	59.4	13.4	13.2
2004	766	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	813	60.6	13.4	18.2
2006	813	62.0	13.1	16.6
2007	815	59.1	13.8	18.5
2008	814	60.5	13.5	16.4
2009	811	61.5	13.2	14.2
2010	760	53.5	14.1	17.9
2011	737	51.0	14.4	22.7
2012	711	47.0	15.1	30.2
2013	681	46.0	14.7	28.2
2014	664	44.0	15.0	6.9
2015	672	42.0	16.0	40.9
2016	692	45.0	15.3	43.2
2017	666	45.7	14.5	40.5
2018	665	46.4	14.3	47.2
2019	677	48.6	13.9	44.9
2020	652	56.7	11.4	34.7
2021	620	52.6	11.7	41.5
2022	645	54.4	11.8	38.6
2023	615	54.4	11.2	52.2

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 Maryvale High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	872	58.0	15.0	n/a
1990	787	56.5	13.9	n/a
1991	741	53.6	13.8	n/a
1992	724	46.0	15.7	n/a
1993	674	38.9	17.3	n/a
1994	674	42.9	15.7	7.7
1995	684	36.3	18.8	9.6
1996	684	36.3	18.8	9.6
1997	732	52.3	14.0	8.7
1998	761	48.5	15.7	11.8
1999	789	52.6	15.0	8.1
2000	772	55.0	14.0	22.9
2001	789	61.1	12.9	12.7
2002	797	59.4	13.4	13.2
2003	797	59.4	13.4	13.2
2004	766	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	813	60.6	13.4	18.2
2006	813	62.0	13.1	16.6
2007	815	59.1	13.8	18.5
2008	814	60.5	13.5	16.4
2009	811	61.5	13.2	14.2
2010	760	53.5	14.1	17.9
2011	737	51.0	14.4	22.7
2012	711	47.0	15.1	30.2
2013	681	46.0	14.7	28.2
2014	664	44.0	15.0	6.9
2015	672	42.0	16.0	40.9
2016	692	45.0	15.3	43.2
2017	666	45.7	14.5	40.5
2018	665	46.4	14.3	47.2
2019	677	48.6	13.9	44.9
2020	652	56.7	11.4	34.7
2021	620	52.6	11.7	41.5
2022	645	54.4	11.8	38.6
2023	615	54.4	11.2	52.2

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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