Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park NY

Original Research by School Decision on Shenendehowa High School

Shenendehowa High School sits on a large unified campus in Clifton Park alongside several middle schools and elementary grades, serving a mid-sized high school enrollment drawn from a suburban community in Saratoga County's Capital Region. The school's specific state testing results and graduation rates were not available in the data, which limits the ability to place its academic standing against peers statewide or within the county. This gap reflects both the nature of available reporting and the school's position as part of a larger district campus structure.

The student body is predominantly white, with meaningful representation from Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial students. About one in five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a generally moderate household income base with some economic diversity. The Clifton Park area itself is a growing suburban jurisdiction with active new single-family construction; median home values are above both state and national benchmarks, and rents are moderate relative to local income, making housing accessible but not inexpensive for families considering the area.

The high school serves grades nine through twelve in a traditional comprehensive setting. Without publicly available state test scores, AP course breadth data, or graduation numbers, parents cannot assess academic performance directly through this school's own metrics. A parent may want to contact the school or district directly to obtain current proficiency data, Advanced Placement offerings, career and technical education pathways, college placement rates, and recent graduation figures. The district website and school administrative offices would be the appropriate starting point for that information.

The broader Shenendehowa Central School District has undergone notable changes that families should weigh. The district moved from half-day to full-day kindergarten, consolidating all-day programming at a centralized early learning facility with full transportation included. Voters approved a significant capital project in 2023 that funded this renovation and other building upgrades. However, in both 2024 and 2025, proposed district budgets failed on their first votes before revised versions passed, signaling growing taxpayer cost pressure from rising employee benefits and health insurance. The district is operating at its state-allowed tax cap, meaning budget growth is constrained. Families evaluating the Clifton Park area should understand both the strength of recent facility investment and the tighter tax trajectory ahead.

Clifton Park itself is largely auto-oriented, anchored by commercial development around Northway Exit 9, though the town has invested in trail networks and is pursuing pedestrian-friendly improvements along Clifton Country Road as part of a walkability initiative. Schools sit on a separate campus rather than within a walkable town center. Transit options include CDTA bus service along Route 9 and on-demand FLEX service covering the area, as well as a commuter coach connection to Albany at the Crossings Park & Ride. Daily civic life centers on the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library and the town's trail system.

Without access to this school's own performance data, testing results, or program inventory, the narrative stops here rather than speculate about academic quality or offerings. A prospective family's next step is to request current academic metrics, program options, and outcomes data directly from the high school or district office, which will provide the grounded picture needed to evaluate fit.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

93.0%Cohort of 783 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

54 tested

96.3%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

44 tested · Grade 10

90.9%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

35 tested · Grade 10

74.3%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

30 tested · Grade 10

73.3%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

82 tested

81.7%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

102 tested

94.1%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

56 tested · Grade 10

96.4%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

20 tested

90.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 2

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

European History

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Macroeconomics

1 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Microeconomics

2 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

3 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

150 tested · Grade 10

93.3%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Chinese Language and Culture

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Music Theory

5 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art Drawing

7 tested

71.4%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

100 tested · Grade 10

86.0%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

56 tested

94.6%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

5 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

World History

138 tested · Grade 10

92.8%

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	788	91.0%
Ela	752	92.0%
Math	579	92.0%
Science	347	85.0%

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.