Clarence Senior High School, Clarence NY

Original Research by School Decision on Clarence Senior High School

Clarence Senior High School serves students in grades 9 through 12 in a growing suburban and rural-fringe community northeast of Buffalo. The school is part of the Clarence Central School District, which spans a large geographic area with distinct residential and agricultural zones.

The enrollment is moderate for the grade band, distributed fairly evenly across the four high school years. About a modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller populations of Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial students. The data does not indicate the rate of students with individualized education plans or English learners, so a parent looking for detail on special-education or English-learner support would want to ask the school directly.

State testing data and graduation rates were not available in the public record, making it impossible to characterize academic proficiency or college-readiness outcomes. This gap is typical for high schools when state assessment data has not been released or is pending; it also means the school does not appear in the county comparison set. A parent seeking to understand how the school performs relative to other high schools in Erie County or how well its students meet state standards should request those metrics from the district directly, or wait for state data releases if they are forthcoming.

The high school is launching a new three-year Leadership Academy for incoming ninth graders, starting with an Effective Communication course and including required coursework and electives in grades 11 and 12. This adds a structured pathway for students interested in building practical and leadership competencies, giving families a specific academic option to consider alongside the school's standard offerings.

The school sits on Main Street in Clarence Hollow, near the hamlet's historic business district, though the district's six school buildings are spread across separate campuses around the town and into adjacent areas. The campus itself is classified as rural fringe, reflecting the town's mixed character of newer residential subdivisions, older hamlets with walkable centers, and remaining farmland and open space.

Clarence is one of the faster-growing towns in the Buffalo metro and the most affluent by per-capita family income in Erie County. Housing values have appreciated, with a median property value reflecting recent new single-family construction, though supply and demand metrics in the county housing market have shifted in recent months. A capital improvement project approved by voters in December 2024 will fund district-wide safety and accessibility upgrades, including reconfiguration of high school and middle school parking and dismissal patterns, with construction running from spring 2026 through fall 2027, so families should expect some physical changes to campus operations during that period. Additionally, a 2024 town-wide reassessment of properties reset tax assessments to market value, which will affect how school tax bills are calculated for incoming and current residents.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

96.0%Cohort of 370 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

23 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

29 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

14 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

12 tested · Grade 10

25.0%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

23 tested

60.9%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

43 tested

83.7%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

22 tested

86.4%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

46 tested

71.7%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

13 tested

92.3%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

18 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

European History

80 tested · Grade 10

91.3%

scored 3 or higher

Macroeconomics

38 tested · Grade 10

92.1%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

56 tested · Grade 10

78.6%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

47 tested

87.2%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Chinese Language and Culture

2 tested · Grade 9

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Latin: Vergil (archived)

21 tested

47.6%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

37 tested

54.1%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Music Theory

5 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art Drawing

12 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

114 tested

69.3%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

26 tested

96.2%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

45 tested

93.3%

scored 3 or higher

World History

65 tested · Grade 10

73.8%

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
Social Studies	324	94.0%
Ela	320	93.0%
Math	247	87.0%
Science	220	82.0%

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.