Frontier Senior High School
Public high school, 9 to ungraded · Hamburg, New York
Frontier Senior High School in Hamburg, New York enrolled 1,293 students in 2024-25 with 119.8 full-time teachers, 10.8 students per teacher against the New York high-school median of 10.8. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 85-89% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (New York: 52%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 90% (New York: 87.2%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 4% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 7%
1,352 students in 2022-23, 1,308 students in 2023-24, 1,293 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 111.9 to 119.8.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,352 | 111.9 | 12.1 |
| 2023-24 | 1,308 | 118.3 | 11.1 |
| 2024-25 | 1,293 | 119.8 | 10.8 |
10.8 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 51 of every 100 New York high schools
Among the 1,158 New York high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 10.8; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
13 AP courses and one counselor per 229 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Frontier Senior High School enrolled 1,373 students and had 6.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 82 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses13
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)6.0, one per 229 of the 1,373 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions82
- Chronically absent29.2% (2022-23)
Who attends
87.9% of students were White, 5.4% Hispanic, 3.9% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- White87.9%
- Hispanic5.4%
- Two or more races3.9%
- Black1.3%
- Asian1.1%
- American Indian0.3%
- Pacific Islander0.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2022-23
In 2022-23, the students tested at Frontier Senior High School scored proficient or above: 85-89% in math, against 52% in math across New York. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within New York, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject | This school | Its district | New York |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 85‑89% | 48‑52% (2021-22) | 52% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
90% of the 334 students in Frontier Senior High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.2% across New York. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | New York | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 90% | 89% | 87.2% |
| Students in the class | 334 | 345 | 202,009 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in Hamburg
2 public high schools in Hamburg report 2024-25 enrollment; Frontier Senior High School is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Senior High School | 1,293 | 10.8 | 30.8% |
| Hamburg High School | 979 | 13.2 | 21.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Frontier Senior High School
- Hamburg High SchoolThe nearest public high school, 2.7 miles away: 979 students, 13.2 per teacher (2024-25).2.7 mi
- Eden Middle & High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 7.6 miles away: 652 students, 10.8 per teacher (2024-25).7.6 mi
- Compare Frontier Senior High School with Hamburg High SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Frontier Central School District spends per student$19,622 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$19,622
- The largest public schools in New YorkFrontier Senior High School is the number 148 by size of 1,195 New York high schools open in 2024-25.#148 of 1,195
- New York schools by students per teacher10.8 students per teacher here against the New York median of 10.8 for high schools.10.8:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Frontier Senior High School
How many students attend Frontier Senior High School?
1,293 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,352 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Hamburg, NY.What is the student-teacher ratio at Frontier Senior High School?
10.8 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the New York median for high schools is 10.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Frontier Senior High School a Title I school?
Frontier Senior High School was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Frontier Senior High School do on state tests?
In 2022-23, the students tested at Frontier Senior High School scored proficient or above: 85-89% in math, against 52% in math across New York. New York's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at Frontier Senior High School?
90% of the 334 students in Frontier Senior High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.2% across New York. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Frontier Senior High School in?
Frontier Central School District, NCES district ID 3611670. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 361167000925 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.