Is Ballston Spa Senior High School a good school?

Ballston Spa Senior High School ranks 372 nd of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Ballston Spa Senior High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,288 students attended Ballston Spa Senior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Ballston Spa Senior High School?

Students at Ballston Spa Senior High School are 85% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 1% African American.

What schools feed into Ballston Spa Senior High School?

Ballston Spa Senior High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Gordon Creek Elementary School Elementary : Malta Avenue Elementary School Elementary : Milton Terrace Elementary School Elementary : Wood Road Elementary School Middle : Ballston Spa Middle School

Ballston Spa Senior High School

Summary:

Ballston Spa Senior High School is a public high school serving 1,249 students in grades 9-12 in the Ballston Spa Central School District in Ballston Spa, New York. The school has consistently ranked in the top 30% of New York high schools over the past decade, with a current statewide ranking of 372 out of 1,242 schools, and is rated 4 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.

Ballston Spa Senior High School's students consistently outperform the state average on Regents/Common Core exams across multiple subjects, including Algebra II, Chemistry, and English Language Arts. This strong academic performance is reflected in the school's high graduation rate of 86.5% and low dropout rate of 7.9% in the 2022-2023 school year. The school's performance is particularly strong for Asian students, who rank in the top 25% of New York high schools for Algebra II and English Language Arts. However, the school's performance for African American and low socioeconomic status students is less impressive, with these subgroups ranking in the bottom 50% of New York high schools.

Ballston Spa Senior High School generally outperforms nearby high schools, such as Waterford-Halfmoon Junior-Senior High School and Scotia-Glenville Senior High School, on academic measures. However, the school lags behind higher-performing schools in the region, such as Niskayuna High School and Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Senior High School, which rank among the top 10% of New York high schools. The school's high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 29.0% to 37.8% over the past few years, is an area of concern that may be impacting overall student achievement and engagement.

Detail:

Public 9-12

220 Ballston Ave
Ballston Spa, NY 12020-3691

(518) 884-7150

District: Ballston Spa Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
372^nd of 1,242 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,346

Feeder schools for Ballston Spa Senior High School:

Elementary:	Gordon Creek Elementary School
	Malta Avenue Elementary School
	Milton Terrace Elementary School
	Wood Road Elementary School
Middle:	Ballston Spa Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.1

Number of students: 1,288

Racial breakdown:

White:

85.4%

Hispanic:

7.1%

Two or more races:

4.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 33.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ballston Spa Senior High School ranks better than 70% of high schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 68.28. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Ballston Spa 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 (85.4%), Hispanic (7.1%), two or more races (4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 33.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ballston Spa Senior High School is 11.1. (See more...)

Compare Ballston Spa Senior High School employs 115.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ballston Spa Senior High School is $16,346.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ballston Spa Senior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Ballston Spa Senior High School 372^nd of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Ballston Spa Senior High School in the ranking list.)

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Ballston Spa Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Ballston Spa Central School District 262^nd of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ballston Spa Senior High School

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Rank History for all students at Ballston Spa Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	62.95	342^nd	935	63.4%
2006	69.48	206^th	986	79.1%
2007	68.57	224^th	1002	77.6%
2008	71.74	172^nd	1027	83.3%
2009	64.82	353^rd	1086	67.5%
2010	60.59	449^th	1117	59.8%
2011	68.10	296^th	1165	74.6%
2012	69.66	320^th	1198	73.3%
2013	71.43	297^th	1217	75.6%
2014	68.58	293^rd	1237	76.3%
2015	69.49	234^th	1255	81.4%
2016	67.93	277^th	1255	77.9%
2017	69.37	277^th	1221	77.3%
2018	68.75	344^th	1210	71.6%
2019	68.70	366^th	1207	69.7%
2021	73.58	102^nd	519	80.3%
2022	69.31	324^th	1190	72.8%
2023	69.19	353^rd	1228	71.3%
2024	68.28	372^nd	1242	70.0%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Ballston Spa Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2022	50.81	113^th	212	46.7%
2023	70.45	64^th	272	76.5%
2024	76.49	50^th	306	83.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ballston Spa Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	55.14	430^th	1095	60.7%
2019	47.97	545^th	1132	51.9%
2022	44.67	511^th	1038	50.8%
2023	44.13	562^nd	1130	50.3%
2024	37.87	673^rd	1144	41.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ballston Spa Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	54.11	524^th	1154	54.6%
2019	54.66	527^th	1179	55.3%
2021	58.62	112^th	289	61.2%
2022	46.54	587^th	1101	46.7%
2023	45.28	623^rd	1155	46.1%
2024	45.95	616^th	1170	47.4%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Ballston Spa Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	69.76	92^nd	498	81.5%
2019	65.80	124^th	493	74.8%
2022	65.11	67^th	389	82.8%
2023	51.23	206^th	531	61.2%
2024	54.58	191^st	564	66.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Ballston Spa Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	68.68	341^st	1176	71.0%
2019	65.95	417^th	1193	65.0%
2021	78.80	29^th	290	90.0%
2022	69.95	307^th	1155	73.4%
2023	72.78	281^st	1197	76.5%
2024	67.84	377^th	1219	69.1%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Ballston Spa Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	62.34	8^th	15	46.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Ballston Spa Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	67.50	348^th	1176	70.4%
2019	69.91	317^th	1190	73.4%
2021	67.60	85^th	354	76.0%
2022	67.37	346^th	1154	70.0%
2023	71.30	287^th	1191	75.9%
2024	71.94	275^th	1211	77.3%

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Rank History for Asian students at Ballston Spa Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	61.11	207^th	447	53.7%
2022	72.01	102^nd	386	73.6%
2023	66.27	141^st	424	66.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Ballston Spa Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	69.76	145^th	679	78.6%
2019	70.59	142^nd	686	79.3%
2023	9.63	644^th	671	4.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ballston Spa Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	53.23	347^th	791	56.1%
2019	52.10	359^th	815	56.0%
2022	61.07	257^th	760	66.2%
2023	66.11	227^th	851	73.3%
2024	66.93	221^st	865	74.5%

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Rank History for White students at Ballston Spa Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	53.79	372^nd	765	51.4%
2019	54.63	371^st	793	53.2%
2022	54.55	337^th	738	54.3%
2023	52.41	380^th	776	51.0%
2024	49.83	421^st	781	46.1%

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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 Ballston Spa Senior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	896	5	9	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	910
1990	861	5	8	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	876
1991	850	5	7	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	864
1992	953	6	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	961
1993	935	9	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	946
1994	944	4	3	1	2	n/a	n/a	0	954
1995	962	5	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	967
1996	962	5	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	967
1997	1021	5	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	1026
1998	1085	11	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	1098
1999	1117	4	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	1123
2000	1092	22	5	9	3	n/a	n/a	0	1131
2001	1175	13	4	9	3	n/a	n/a	0	1204
2002	1246	11	14	23	3	n/a	n/a	0	1297
2003	1246	11	14	23	3	n/a	n/a	0	1297
2004	1285	17	13	21	2	n/a	n/a	0	1338
2005	1305	15	17	22	1	n/a	n/a	0	1360
2006	1318	25	17	24	2	n/a	n/a	0	1386
2007	1358	35	15	23	2	n/a	n/a	0	1433
2008	1377	40	13	31	1	n/a	n/a	0	1462
2009	1362	33	9	32	1	n/a	n/a	0	1437
2010	1368	31	15	34	1	n/a	n/a	0	1449
2011	1275	34	14	38	2	0	1	0	1364
2012	1296	32	17	2	2	0	1	0	1350
2013	1301	36	19	5	2	1	2	0	1366
2014	1274	29	18	9	2	0	1	0	1333
2015	1256	26	17	22	1	0	2	0	1324
2016	1223	26	19	19	0	0	3	0	1290
2017	1218	28	17	20	1	0	3	0	1287
2018	1213	29	20	21	0	0	5	0	1288
2019	1189	33	22	30	0	0	8	0	1282
2020	1162	29	24	34	0	0	9	0	1258
2021	1136	31	27	57	1	1	31	0	1284
2022	1109	25	24	69	1	0	47	0	1275
2023	1083	19	21	74	3	0	45	4	1249
2024	1100	16	22	92	2	1	51	4	1288

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 Ballston Spa Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	910	68.1	13.3	n/a
1990	876	70.6	12.4	n/a
1991	864	69.5	12.4	n/a
1992	961	71.7	13.4	n/a
1993	946	62.4	15.2	n/a
1994	954	65.6	14.5	7.3
1995	967	65.8	14.7	8.9
1996	967	65.8	14.7	8.9
1997	1026	67.1	15.3	11.6
1998	1098	71.9	15.3	2.5
1999	1123	81.6	13.8	8.9
2000	1131	80.4	14.1	11.8
2001	1204	85.1	14.1	12.1
2002	1297	87.1	14.9	13.1
2003	1297	87.1	14.9	13.1
2004	1338	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1360	91.5	14.9	15.2
2006	1386	95.0	14.6	12.3
2007	1433	93.6	15.3	13.5
2008	1462	98.2	14.9	13.1
2009	1437	100.2	14.3	15.4
2010	1449	99.0	14.6	15.1
2011	1364	101.5	13.4	15.7
2012	1350	89.8	15.0	20.1
2013	1366	94.2	14.5	19.3
2014	1333	96.9	13.7	20.3
2015	1324	97.0	13.6	26.4
2016	1290	101.0	12.7	26.7
2017	1287	100.7	12.7	28.7
2018	1288	98.4	13.0	29.9
2019	1282	101.0	12.6	31.2
2020	1258	114.0	11.0	31
2021	1284	111.6	11.5	31.2
2022	1275	117.8	10.8	31
2023	1249	120.1	10.3	32.1
2024	1288	115.1	11.1	33.3

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 Ballston Spa Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	910	68.1	13.3	n/a
1990	876	70.6	12.4	n/a
1991	864	69.5	12.4	n/a
1992	961	71.7	13.4	n/a
1993	946	62.4	15.2	n/a
1994	954	65.6	14.5	7.3
1995	967	65.8	14.7	8.9
1996	967	65.8	14.7	8.9
1997	1026	67.1	15.3	11.6
1998	1098	71.9	15.3	2.5
1999	1123	81.6	13.8	8.9
2000	1131	80.4	14.1	11.8
2001	1204	85.1	14.1	12.1
2002	1297	87.1	14.9	13.1
2003	1297	87.1	14.9	13.1
2004	1338	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1360	91.5	14.9	15.2
2006	1386	95.0	14.6	12.3
2007	1433	93.6	15.3	13.5
2008	1462	98.2	14.9	13.1
2009	1437	100.2	14.3	15.4
2010	1449	99.0	14.6	15.1
2011	1364	101.5	13.4	15.7
2012	1350	89.8	15.0	20.1
2013	1366	94.2	14.5	19.3
2014	1333	96.9	13.7	20.3
2015	1324	97.0	13.6	26.4
2016	1290	101.0	12.7	26.7
2017	1287	100.7	12.7	28.7
2018	1288	98.4	13.0	29.9
2019	1282	101.0	12.6	31.2
2020	1258	114.0	11.0	31
2021	1284	111.6	11.5	31.2
2022	1275	117.8	10.8	31
2023	1249	120.1	10.3	32.1
2024	1288	115.1	11.1	33.3

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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