Spencerport High School, Spencerport NY

Original Research by School Decision on Spencerport High School

Spencerport High School is a regular public high school in a small canal village serving the villages of Spencerport and parts of surrounding towns within Monroe County. The school sits on a suburban campus removed from the walkable downtown and Erie Canal heritage core that define the village's character. Enrollment is about a mid-sized cohort for a four-year public high school, with the student body predominantly white and a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, roughly matched to the area's economic profile.

Academic performance data was not available, so prospective families cannot review state test results or the four-year graduation rate from the data at hand. The comparison universe is districts in Monroe County, but the specific metrics that would place the school's proficiency or graduation standing relative to county peers were not reported. A parent interested in how Spencerport High School's academics stack up against neighboring schools in the county would need to check the school's website or reach out to the district directly.

The school serves an area in steady-state growth. Spencerport village itself has been demographically flat in recent years, while the surrounding town of Ogden is slowly growing and has recently adopted a comprehensive plan. The housing market in the zip code is moderately priced and competitive, with homes moving relatively quickly. Mortgage affordability is reasonable relative to national benchmarks, though renters pay a meaningful share of household income for available units. The largest local employers are education and health care, followed by manufacturing; many residents commute to jobs in greater Rochester.

The district itself faces a sharp fiscal moment. In May 2026 voters narrowly rejected the proposed school budget, the first defeat in decades, signaling real affordability pressure among property owners. The district revised the spending plan downward, cutting staffing through attrition and paring back spending on clubs, classroom supplies, technology, and athletic services. In December 2024 voters had approved a capital project and energy-performance contract referendum for facility upgrades, and prior to that a 2022 capital improvement project addressed security vestibules, roofing, HVAC, boilers, and a new elementary playground. These are material facility and tax impacts unfolding across multiple years.

Beginning in September 2025 the district implemented a statewide distraction-free schools policy, banning internet-enabled personal devices throughout the school day using an honor system with escalating consequences for violations. This is a district-wide change to daily student experience that families moving to the area should know about.

No information on course offerings, AP breadth, career or dual-credit pathways, class size, staffing levels, attendance patterns, or discipline was available in the data provided. These details would help a family understand the academic and social environment more fully, and a parent considering enrollment would benefit from visiting the school website or scheduling a visit to ask about them.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

92.0%Cohort of 296 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

14 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

20 tested

45.0%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

8 tested · Grade 10

87.5%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

5 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

31 tested

45.2%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

43 tested · Grade 10

76.7%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

15 tested

66.7%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

28 tested

39.3%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

U.S. History

62 tested

82.3%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Music Theory

3 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

71 tested

59.2%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

12 tested

91.7%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

6 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

39 tested · Grade 10

82.1%

scored 3 or higher

World History

54 tested · Grade 10

59.3%

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
Social Studies	308	87.0%
Science	300	90.0%
Ela	290	89.0%
Math	254	62.0%

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.