Is Penfield Senior High School a good school?

Penfield Senior High School ranks 168 th of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Penfield Senior High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,398 students attended Penfield Senior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Penfield Senior High School?

Students at Penfield Senior High School are 79% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% African American, 5% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

What schools feed into Penfield Senior High School?

Penfield Senior High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Cobbles Elementary School Elementary : Harris Hill Elementary School Elementary : Indian Landing Elementary School Elementary : Scribner Road Elementary School Middle : Bay Trail Middle School

Penfield Senior High School

Summary:

Penfield Senior High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,424 students. Located in Penfield, New York, the school is part of the Penfield Central School District, which is ranked 140 out of 865 school districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Penfield Senior High School consistently ranks among the top high schools in New York, with a statewide ranking between 35-168 over the past 10 years. The school's performance on Regents/Common Core exams is exceptional, with proficiency rates significantly higher than the state averages across various subjects, including Algebra II (94.98%), English Language Arts (90.78%), and Global History and Geography (95.28%). Penfield Senior High School also maintains a strong four-year graduation rate, ranging from 84.3% to 94.6% over the past few years, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's dropout rates are low, ranging from 0.8% to 10% in recent years.

Compared to nearby schools, Penfield Senior High School's academic performance and rankings are generally higher. For example, its proficiency rates on Regents/Common Core exams are significantly higher than those of East Upper High School, a school in the Rochester City School District. However, some nearby schools, such as Vertus Charter School, have a higher percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a more economically diverse student population compared to Penfield Senior High School.

Detail:

Public 9-12

25 High School Dr
Penfield, NY 14526-1422

(585) 249-6701

District: Penfield Central School District

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,966

Feeder schools for Penfield Senior High School:

Elementary:	Cobbles Elementary School
	Harris Hill Elementary School
	Indian Landing Elementary School
	Scribner Road Elementary School
Middle:	Bay Trail Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.7

Number of students: 1,398

Racial breakdown:

White:

78.8%

Hispanic:

6.7%

African American:

5.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 23.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Penfield Senior High School ranks better than 86.5% of high schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 78.19. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Penfield 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 (78.8%), Hispanic (6.7%), African American (5.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 23.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Penfield Senior High School is 11.7. (See more...)

Compare Penfield Senior High School employs 119.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Penfield Senior High School is $13,966.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Penfield Senior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Penfield Senior High School 168^th of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Penfield Senior High School in the ranking list.)

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Penfield Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Penfield Central School District 140^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Penfield Senior High School

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Rank History for all students at Penfield Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	65.26	275^th	935	70.6%
2006	65.79	292^nd	986	70.4%
2007	65.55	313^th	1002	68.8%
2008	66.63	305^th	1027	70.3%
2009	64.16	369^th	1086	66.0%
2010	74.90	116^th	1117	89.6%
2011	73.15	176^th	1165	84.9%
2012	77.68	124^th	1198	89.6%
2013	79.43	97^th	1217	92.0%
2014	78.14	81^st	1237	93.5%
2015	82.31	44^th	1255	96.5%
2016	79.05	93^rd	1255	92.6%
2017	84.19	53^rd	1221	95.7%
2018	79.90	85^th	1210	93.0%
2019	79.78	103^rd	1207	91.5%
2021	81.51	35^th	519	93.3%
2022	77.45	162^nd	1190	86.4%
2023	78.00	159^th	1228	87.1%
2024	78.19	168^th	1242	86.5%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Penfield Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	72.87	34^th	157	78.3%
2019	68.51	52^nd	165	68.5%
2022	58.20	90^th	212	57.5%
2023	61.10	109^th	272	59.9%
2024	65.17	93^rd	306	69.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Penfield Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	83.68	39^th	583	93.3%
2024	73.09	87^th	637	86.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Penfield Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	78.37	159^th	1095	85.5%
2019	72.43	240^th	1132	78.8%
2022	76.12	155^th	1038	85.1%
2023	72.57	205^th	1130	81.9%
2024	76.47	185^th	1144	83.8%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	74.39	132^nd	1154	88.6%
2019	70.93	198^th	1179	83.2%
2021	74.02	39^th	289	86.5%
2022	73.13	140^th	1101	87.3%
2023	67.84	248^th	1155	78.5%
2024	65.10	298^th	1170	74.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Penfield Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	80.86	64^th	1176	94.6%
2019	80.30	90^th	1193	92.5%
2021	84.08	9^th	290	96.9%
2022	76.79	165^th	1155	85.7%
2023	77.49	185^th	1197	84.5%
2024	77.25	186^th	1219	84.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Penfield Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	77.46	127^th	1176	89.2%
2019	77.85	133^rd	1190	88.8%
2022	76.28	166^th	1154	85.6%
2023	75.91	193^rd	1191	83.8%
2024	78.08	156^th	1211	87.1%

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Rank History for Asian students at Penfield Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	73.07	90^th	426	78.9%
2019	67.55	155^th	447	65.3%
2022	72.99	90^th	386	76.7%
2023	59.37	190^th	424	55.2%
2024	61.99	171^st	426	59.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Penfield Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	91.79	10^th	679	98.5%
2019	87.73	27^th	686	96.1%
2022	80.59	64^th	593	89.2%
2023	78.13	80^th	671	88.1%
2024	76.71	102^nd	690	85.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Penfield Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	78.79	97^th	791	87.7%
2019	79.95	95^th	815	88.3%
2022	77.28	116^th	760	84.7%
2023	81.68	86^th	851	89.9%
2024	72.58	170^th	865	80.3%

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Rank History for White students at Penfield Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	73.26	100^th	765	86.9%
2019	71.98	122^nd	793	84.6%
2021	80.73	8^th	133	94.0%
2022	68.24	160^th	738	78.3%
2023	68.19	174^th	776	77.6%
2024	69.77	162^nd	781	79.3%

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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 Penfield 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	1200	62	38	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	1323
1990	1130	63	59	10	2	n/a	n/a	0	1264
1991	1108	69	60	9	1	n/a	n/a	0	1247
1992	1103	71	71	8	1	n/a	n/a	0	1254
1993	1084	63	71	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	1226
1994	1140	72	54	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	1277
1995	1163	85	50	19	1	n/a	n/a	0	1318
1996	1163	85	50	19	1	n/a	n/a	0	1318
1997	1225	94	57	23	1	n/a	n/a	0	1400
1998	1246	86	60	36	0	n/a	n/a	0	1428
1999	1289	82	67	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	1457
2000	1429	32	30	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	1498
2001	1482	36	41	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	1568
2002	1456	56	60	27	17	n/a	n/a	0	1616
2003	1456	56	60	27	17	n/a	n/a	0	1616
2004	1412	64	78	29	12	n/a	n/a	0	1595
2005	1453	51	73	22	5	n/a	n/a	0	1604
2006	1425	55	89	25	1	n/a	n/a	0	1595
2007	1469	53	76	33	1	n/a	n/a	0	1632
2008	1442	57	70	34	0	n/a	n/a	0	1603
2009	1466	59	69	43	0	n/a	n/a	8	1645
2010	1426	51	61	43	1	n/a	n/a	14	1596
2011	1361	60	63	48	1	0	8	0	1541
2012	1319	53	54	59	2	0	16	0	1503
2013	1263	58	52	71	2	0	23	0	1469
2014	1240	53	54	71	2	0	18	0	1438
2015	1236	54	50	81	2	0	23	0	1446
2016	1242	57	47	86	1	0	30	0	1463
2017	1239	57	45	86	1	0	34	0	1462
2018	1201	59	48	81	1	0	45	0	1435
2019	1154	69	38	66	2	0	50	0	1379
2020	1148	71	37	75	3	0	57	0	1391
2021	1130	74	33	74	4	0	57	0	1372
2022	1110	82	35	85	3	0	61	1	1377
2023	1128	76	40	105	2	0	69	4	1424
2024	1101	82	43	93	2	0	75	2	1398

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 Penfield Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1323	105.2	12.5	n/a
1990	1264	101.1	12.5	n/a
1991	1247	103.8	12.0	n/a
1992	1254	95.0	13.2	n/a
1993	1226	90.8	13.5	n/a
1994	1277	90.4	14.1	3.1
1995	1318	93.0	14.2	3.9
1996	1318	93.0	14.2	3.9
1997	1400	93.3	15.0	4.4
1998	1428	101.8	14.0	5
1999	1457	106.2	13.7	4.4
2000	1498	106.5	14.1	7.3
2001	1568	114.4	13.7	4.7
2002	1616	122.8	13.2	5
2003	1616	122.8	13.2	5
2004	1595	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1604	119.9	13.4	5.5
2006	1595	120.0	13.3	6.4
2007	1632	120.1	13.6	6.1
2008	1603	121.6	13.2	7.5
2009	1645	120.7	13.6	8
2010	1596	118.6	13.4	11.1
2011	1541	112.0	13.7	11.6
2012	1503	109.6	13.7	11.3
2013	1469	109.5	13.4	13.2
2014	1438	106.8	13.4	12
2015	1446	100.0	14.4	12.9
2016	1463	106.0	13.8	14.1
2017	1462	105.8	13.8	17.2
2018	1435	111.8	12.8	18
2019	1379	111.6	12.3	19.9
2020	1391	113.5	12.2	20.5
2021	1372	110.0	12.4	20.6
2022	1377	110.9	12.4	22.6
2023	1424	112.8	12.6	24.6
2024	1398	119.3	11.7	23.5

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 Penfield Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1323	105.2	12.5	n/a
1990	1264	101.1	12.5	n/a
1991	1247	103.8	12.0	n/a
1992	1254	95.0	13.2	n/a
1993	1226	90.8	13.5	n/a
1994	1277	90.4	14.1	3.1
1995	1318	93.0	14.2	3.9
1996	1318	93.0	14.2	3.9
1997	1400	93.3	15.0	4.4
1998	1428	101.8	14.0	5
1999	1457	106.2	13.7	4.4
2000	1498	106.5	14.1	7.3
2001	1568	114.4	13.7	4.7
2002	1616	122.8	13.2	5
2003	1616	122.8	13.2	5
2004	1595	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1604	119.9	13.4	5.5
2006	1595	120.0	13.3	6.4
2007	1632	120.1	13.6	6.1
2008	1603	121.6	13.2	7.5
2009	1645	120.7	13.6	8
2010	1596	118.6	13.4	11.1
2011	1541	112.0	13.7	11.6
2012	1503	109.6	13.7	11.3
2013	1469	109.5	13.4	13.2
2014	1438	106.8	13.4	12
2015	1446	100.0	14.4	12.9
2016	1463	106.0	13.8	14.1
2017	1462	105.8	13.8	17.2
2018	1435	111.8	12.8	18
2019	1379	111.6	12.3	19.9
2020	1391	113.5	12.2	20.5
2021	1372	110.0	12.4	20.6
2022	1377	110.9	12.4	22.6
2023	1424	112.8	12.6	24.6
2024	1398	119.3	11.7	23.5

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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