Horseheads Senior High School - Horseheads, New York/NY

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Horseheads Senior High School

401 Fletcher Street, Horseheads, NY, 14845-2396 -

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Definition of Terms

Horseheads Senior High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Chemung County, NY

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1475 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

95 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 348 students

Grade 10 - 398 students

Grade 11 - 363 students

Grade 12 - 366 students

This School

(NY) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:16

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NY) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	2%	4%
% Hispanic	1%	17%
% Black	2%	19%
% White	96%	58%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NY) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

28%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NY) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Horseheads Central School District

This School's Agency

(NY) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	7	4
Number of Students Managed	4,336 students	2,265 students
District Total Revenue	$57,021,000	$31,819,000
District Expenditure	$56,684,000	$31,869,000
District Revenue / Student	$13,151	$14,048
District Expenditure / Student	$13,073	$14,070
District Graduation Rates	91%	97%

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Horseheads High School is a public institution for secondary education (grades 9-12) in the rural town of Horseheads, New York. The current principal is Karen Donahue, and the current assistant principals are Dan Busek and Jeff Starr. The school follows a block schedule, meaning that instead of "shorter" classes that each meet on a daily basis, longer classes are taken and classes either meet every other day (A/B) or daily for one semester. Elective, Regents, classes with Corning Community College), and AP (roughly 12 on any given year) courses are offered by the school. However, AP is only offered through Social Studies and Language Arts/English and no AP course is offered in the math and science departments. Most ACE science and math scholars choose to conquer the AP exams on their own manner, despite this institutional set back. Students also have the option of attending the boces programs.
Demographics
The school is accredited with the New York State Board of Regents. Enrollment in the 2002-03 school year was 1,530, of which 96% were white, compared to 51% for the state mean. With 99 teachers on staff, the ratio of teacher to student is 1:15, compared to the state mean of 1:13.
Campus
The red-brick, two-story complex was built in the 1950s. It consists of two wings (north and south) connected by a link. The science, mathematics, and music departments along with the cafeteria, pool, library, main and guidance offices, auditorium, and a gym are located in the north wing. The humanities departments, along with another gym, are located in the south wing. Architecturally, the building is without a main facade and a central location, and going from one wing to another (a path that would roughly follow the perimeter of the central parking lot), is not a direct route. Formerly students were able to cross this central parking lot to get to class, but this policy has been discontinued due to safety concerns. Beyond the school buildings lies a two full size basketball courts, an indoor batting cage, an indoor and outdoor golf facility (designed by Joe Sindelar Sr. and funded by the First Tee program), an indoor track (although not proportional), and can convert into an indoor tennis and volleyball facility. The main gym in the middle school complex contains the official gym used for athletic contests, holding approximately 3,200 people. The high school contains two gyms, each with a regulation sized basketball court, and room for approximately 500 people. The high school also contains a weight room with an extensive collection of aerobic, cardiovascular and free weight equipment. A regulation 25 yard pool also is within Horseheads High School, it is used by a variety of groups, and is open to the general public at a variety of dates and times. Adjacent to the high school, the outdoor athletic facilities are second to none. Directly behind the school, bordered by Interstate 86 and Norfolk Southern Railway, is the main complex for soccer and lacrosse, and can accommodate up to three fields and a large area for practices. The football and baseball complex, bordered by a bus garage access road, and youth baseball fields, allow athletes to compete on the highest level.
External links
Horseheads School District
New York State School Report Card
Profile at Public School Review.com

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