Charles W Baker High School, Baldwinsville NY

Original Research by School Decision on Charles W Baker High School

Charles W. Baker High School serves students in grades ten through twelve in Baldwinsville, a mixed-use riverfront village about a short drive northwest of Syracuse. The school enrolls a student body that is predominantly white, with smaller shares of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. About a quarter of the student population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school in the middle economic range for its community.

The high school sits within a district that is actively reshaping its physical and operational landscape. In late 2024, voters approved a major multi-year capital improvement project affecting all eight of the district's buildings. This is the most substantial investment in district infrastructure to date, and it will trigger a change to school start and end times across all grade levels, slated to begin in 2028. For families considering a move to Baldwinsville or already here with teenagers, this means the building and schedule your student enters may differ from what younger siblings will experience in coming years, and it signals property tax changes ahead that will phase in starting in the 2028 school year. The district has also been investing in Baker High School and its athletic facilities through successive earlier capital projects, visible in recent classroom and infrastructure improvements.

Baker enrolls roughly students across its three grades, making it a mid-sized school for its setting. The enrollment is relatively balanced across grades, with no evidence of dramatic turnover between the tenth and twelfth grades. State testing data and graduation rates were not available in the data provided, so a parent may want to look directly at the school's website or reach out to the district to understand recent academic results and completion rates. The school's course offerings and program breadth were also not detailed here; the district website or a visit would clarify what advanced placement, career pathway, or dual-enrollment opportunities exist at Baker.

Baldwinsville itself is a town in growth mode, anchored by a historic downtown along the Seneca River and home to the Anheuser-Busch brewery, a major local employer. The area is drawing attention as nearby Micron invests in semiconductor manufacturing, expected to bring thousands of workers and increase housing demand. New subdivisions and the large Radisson planned community, about a mile east, are adding homes. Housing prices in the area are moderate relative to national benchmarks, with a median home value that has risen modestly year over year, and rental costs similarly accessible. The housing market shows strong pending activity, suggesting interest from buyers considering the region. For a family evaluating schools and community fit, Baker High School is the comprehensive public high school for the Baldwinsville district, embedded in a town with suburban character, riverside recreation, and economic activity tied to manufacturing, logistics, and planned growth.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

95.0%Cohort of 420 students · Class of 2021

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Advanced Placement & IB

22 subjects offered · 2023-24

Each card is one AP or IB subject. The headline number is the share of students scoring 3 or higher on the exam — the threshold for college credit at most universities. The bar below each rate shows the underlying distribution across performance levels.

Score:12· no credit345· extremely well qualified

Math and Computer Science

Calculus AB

25 tested

80.0%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

11 tested

72.7%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

9 tested

55.6%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

11 tested · Grade 10

36.4%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

37 tested

64.9%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

40 tested

85.0%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

13 tested

84.6%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

38 tested

52.6%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

4 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

4 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Psychology

38 tested · Grade 10

60.5%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

106 tested · Grade 10

84.0%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Chinese Language and Culture

2 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

12 tested

83.3%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Studio Art Drawing

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

18 tested

94.4%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

6 tested

83.3%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 3d Design

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

68 tested

76.5%

scored 3 or higher

World History

95 tested · Grade 10

86.3%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

4 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Ela	419	85.0%
Social Studies	417	87.0%
Science	71	37.0%
Math	26	38.0%

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.