Is Frontier Senior High School a good school?

Frontier Senior High School ranks 282 nd of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Frontier Senior High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,308 students attended Frontier Senior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Frontier Senior High School?

Students at Frontier Senior High School are 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 1% African American, 1% Asian.

What schools feed into Frontier Senior High School?

Frontier Senior High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Big Tree Elementary School Elementary : Blasdell Elementary School Elementary : Cloverbank Elementary School Elementary : Pinehurst Elementary School Middle : Frontier Middle School

Frontier Senior High School

Summary:

Frontier Senior High School is a public high school located in Hamburg, New York, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,352 students. It is part of the Frontier Central School District, which is ranked 291 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Frontier Senior High School consistently ranks among the top high schools in New York, with a statewide ranking between 136 and 321 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 in subjects like Algebra II, English Language Arts, and Physics. Frontier Senior High School's graduation rate has been consistently high, ranging from 84.6% to 90.1% over the past five years, outperforming the state average. The school also has a moderate percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 24.75% to 32.22% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch over the past three years.

While Frontier Senior High School outperforms many of the nearby high schools, such as Eden Middle & High School, West Seneca East Senior High School, and West Seneca West Senior High School, in terms of academic performance, graduation rates, and college readiness, it lags behind the highly-ranked Orchard Park High School, which is located just a few miles away and consistently ranks among the top 5% of high schools in New York. Additionally, Frontier Senior High School has experienced fluctuations in its chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 25.2% to 37.8% over the past two years, which is an area of concern.

Detail:

Public 9-12

S 4432 Bay View Rd
Hamburg, NY 14075-1399

(716) 926-1720

District: Frontier Central School District

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,561

Feeder schools for Frontier Senior High School:

Elementary:	Big Tree Elementary School
	Blasdell Elementary School
	Cloverbank Elementary School
	Pinehurst Elementary School
Middle:	Frontier Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.0

Number of students: 1,308

Racial breakdown:

White:

88.2%

Hispanic:

5.4%

Two or more races:

3.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 36.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Frontier Senior High School ranks better than 77.3% of high schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 73.22. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Frontier 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 (88.2%), Hispanic (5.4%), two or more races (3.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 36.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Frontier Senior High School is 11. (See more...)

Compare Frontier Senior High School employs 118.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Frontier Senior High School is $14,561. (See more...)

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Frontier Senior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Frontier Senior High School 282^nd of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Frontier Senior High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Frontier Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Frontier Central School District 291^st of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Frontier Senior High School

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Rank History for all students at Frontier Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	67.98	224^th	935	76.0%
2006	66.01	286^th	986	71.0%
2007	64.96	326^th	1002	67.5%
2008	63.71	376^th	1027	63.4%
2009	72.00	171^st	1086	84.3%
2010	67.14	300^th	1117	73.1%
2011	67.33	322^nd	1165	72.4%
2012	72.98	238^th	1198	80.1%
2013	72.84	257^th	1217	78.9%
2014	65.60	361^st	1237	70.8%
2015	63.35	387^th	1255	69.2%
2016	58.02	499^th	1255	60.2%
2017	66.79	324^th	1221	73.5%
2018	73.10	251^st	1210	79.3%
2019	71.33	309^th	1207	74.4%
2021	48.47	321^st	519	38.2%
2022	78.88	136^th	1190	88.6%
2023	75.16	228^th	1228	81.4%
2024	73.22	282^nd	1242	77.3%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	47.21	94^th	157	40.1%
2019	50.57	94^th	165	43.0%
2022	55.10	101^st	212	52.4%
2023	58.26	119^th	272	56.3%
2024	51.40	150^th	306	51.0%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	76.95	70^th	565	87.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Frontier Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	73.54	202^nd	1095	81.6%
2019	72.03	243^rd	1132	78.5%
2022	81.44	104^th	1038	90.0%
2023	76.24	167^th	1130	85.2%
2024	70.96	240^th	1144	79.0%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	67.23	237^th	1154	79.5%
2019	66.18	299^th	1179	74.6%
2022	77.28	93^rd	1101	91.6%
2023	71.21	197^th	1155	82.9%
2024	67.26	260^th	1170	77.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Frontier Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	73.41	243^rd	1176	79.3%
2019	72.85	274^th	1193	77.0%
2022	79.36	125^th	1155	89.2%
2023	73.88	252^nd	1197	78.9%
2024	72.38	285^th	1219	76.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Frontier Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	71.23	269^th	1176	77.1%
2019	67.81	349^th	1190	70.7%
2021	61.32	139^th	354	60.7%
2022	76.55	161^st	1154	86.0%
2023	74.92	213^th	1191	82.1%
2024	73.50	253^rd	1211	79.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Frontier Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	54.55	222^nd	593	62.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Frontier Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	57.03	316^th	791	60.1%
2019	67.83	210^th	815	74.2%
2022	80.70	84^th	760	88.9%
2023	65.96	229^th	851	73.1%
2024	70.23	196^th	865	77.3%

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Rank History for White students at Frontier Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	63.14	242^nd	765	68.4%
2019	59.56	300^th	793	62.2%
2022	70.73	138^th	738	81.3%
2023	63.66	229^th	776	70.5%
2024	59.87	311^th	781	60.2%

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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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Enrollment information for Frontier 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	1248	4	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	1253
1990	1135	3	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	1141
1991	1062	2	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	1070
1992	1097	2	1	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	1105
1993	1098	2	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	1101
1994	1451	3	2	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	1462
1995	1643	4	3	7	3	n/a	n/a	0	1660
1996	1643	4	3	7	3	n/a	n/a	0	1660
1997	1629	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	1629
1998	1640	4	1	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	1652
1999	1656	9	10	7	2	n/a	n/a	0	1684
2000	1661	14	7	6	2	n/a	n/a	0	1690
2001	1709	7	8	12	1	n/a	n/a	0	1737
2002	1697	11	9	14	1	n/a	n/a	0	1732
2003	1697	11	9	14	1	n/a	n/a	0	1732
2004	1651	8	12	23	2	n/a	n/a	0	1696
2005	1643	12	9	36	3	n/a	n/a	0	1703
2006	1685	21	6	37	3	n/a	n/a	0	1752
2007	1687	25	8	31	6	n/a	n/a	0	1757
2008	1646	24	8	26	7	n/a	n/a	0	1711
2009	1696	26	6	29	5	n/a	n/a	0	1762
2010	1619	33	19	1	7	n/a	n/a	0	1679
2011	1529	25	14	42	7	0	2	0	1619
2012	1560	24	10	45	8	0	14	0	1661
2013	1518	21	11	54	6	1	19	0	1630
2014	1510	16	11	53	7	0	18	0	1615
2015	1459	15	12	50	8	0	25	0	1569
2016	1388	16	11	56	9	0	27	0	1507
2017	1325	8	13	55	5	0	29	0	1435
2018	1291	13	14	65	7	1	33	0	1424
2019	1255	10	12	66	5	1	37	0	1386
2020	1221	13	19	67	4	1	38	0	1363
2021	1205	16	19	81	6	2	49	0	1378
2022	1231	18	14	69	2	1	43	0	1378
2023	1193	22	19	73	2	2	40	1	1352
2024	1154	14	14	71	4	2	48	1	1308

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 Frontier Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1253	84.2	14.8	n/a
1990	1141	75.1	15.1	n/a
1991	1070	77.9	13.7	n/a
1992	1105	72.5	15.2	n/a
1993	1101	72.4	15.2	n/a
1994	1462	92.1	15.9	6.4
1995	1660	92.7	17.9	16.1
1996	1660	92.7	17.9	16.1
1997	1629	100.5	16.2	7.3
1998	1652	100.3	16.5	10.2
1999	1684	107.1	15.7	8.3
2000	1690	109.2	15.5	16
2001	1737	113.6	15.3	12.9
2002	1732	124.7	13.9	13.2
2003	1732	124.7	13.9	13.2
2004	1696	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1703	123.4	13.8	16
2006	1752	117.0	15.0	31.2
2007	1757	117.9	14.9	16.8
2008	1711	115.6	14.8	17.9
2009	1762	115.8	15.2	18.7
2010	1679	117.0	14.3	18.9
2011	1619	116.2	13.9	20.2
2012	1661	117.2	14.1	20.3
2013	1630	109.3	14.9	23.4
2014	1615	103.2	15.6	25
2015	1569	103.0	15.2	27.8
2016	1507	98.0	15.3	27.3
2017	1435	86.0	16.6	27.3
2018	1424	102.0	13.9	31
2019	1386	100.0	13.8	30.7
2020	1363	112.0	12.1	31.7
2021	1378	105.0	13.1	32.2
2022	1378	111.4	12.3	24.7
2023	1352	111.8	12.0	31.1
2024	1308	118.2	11.0	36.6

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 Frontier Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1253	84.2	14.8	n/a
1990	1141	75.1	15.1	n/a
1991	1070	77.9	13.7	n/a
1992	1105	72.5	15.2	n/a
1993	1101	72.4	15.2	n/a
1994	1462	92.1	15.9	6.4
1995	1660	92.7	17.9	16.1
1996	1660	92.7	17.9	16.1
1997	1629	100.5	16.2	7.3
1998	1652	100.3	16.5	10.2
1999	1684	107.1	15.7	8.3
2000	1690	109.2	15.5	16
2001	1737	113.6	15.3	12.9
2002	1732	124.7	13.9	13.2
2003	1732	124.7	13.9	13.2
2004	1696	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1703	123.4	13.8	16
2006	1752	117.0	15.0	31.2
2007	1757	117.9	14.9	16.8
2008	1711	115.6	14.8	17.9
2009	1762	115.8	15.2	18.7
2010	1679	117.0	14.3	18.9
2011	1619	116.2	13.9	20.2
2012	1661	117.2	14.1	20.3
2013	1630	109.3	14.9	23.4
2014	1615	103.2	15.6	25
2015	1569	103.0	15.2	27.8
2016	1507	98.0	15.3	27.3
2017	1435	86.0	16.6	27.3
2018	1424	102.0	13.9	31
2019	1386	100.0	13.8	30.7
2020	1363	112.0	12.1	31.7
2021	1378	105.0	13.1	32.2
2022	1378	111.4	12.3	24.7
2023	1352	111.8	12.0	31.1
2024	1308	118.2	11.0	36.6

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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