The top reported proficiency rate is 39% in English language arts. The lowest is 32% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Medina Junior-senior High School
Medina Junior-Senior High School is a regular public school in a rural setting serving grades seven through twelve in the Medina Central School District. The school sits on a campus a short distance from Medina's historic downtown, in a village anchored by the Erie Canal and a restored 19th-century business district. The building houses roughly six hundred students drawn from a community shaped by manufacturing, healthcare, and agriculture.
The school's recent state proficiency data shows performance below the midpoint among the districts in Orleans County. In seventh-grade math, less than half the students tested met proficiency. Eighth-grade results are weaker: roughly one in five students were proficient in math, and one in three in English language arts. Seventh-grade ELA was close to the all-grades median for the school, with about forty-five percent proficient. Eighth-grade science was in the mid-range. These numbers suggest that a student entering this school from middle grades should expect classroom instruction pitched to students working across a wide range of skill levels, and families may want to look into what support systems exist for students who are not yet proficient in core subjects. The school participated in state testing with overall reasonable participation rates, though eighth-grade math participation fell below the typical threshold.
The student body is predominantly white, with a modest representation of Black, Hispanic, and multi-racial students. Just under half the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a working- and middle-class community. The enrollment is stable across grade bands, with each grade cohort numbering between roughly ninety and one hundred fifteen students.
Medina is a small canal town with authentic civic anchors: the off-road Erie Canalway Trail, a restored downtown with specialty retail and restaurants, a public library that serves as a community hub, and a railroad museum. The local housing market has seen modest appreciation, and homes in the area price at below the state benchmark. A car is generally necessary for work and errands beyond the downtown core.
The school's grade configuration, combining junior and senior high in a single building, is common in rural and small-city districts and shapes the school culture and peer environment as a unified K-12 feeder system. State assessment data for high school grades was not available in the provided information. Information on graduation rates, course offerings, advanced placement access, and career and technical pathways did not appear in the available data, so a parent would need to contact the school directly to understand those parts of the high school program and whether the school serves the student's academic goals after grade eight.
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