ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL

ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack junior highs in CLIFTON PARK, New York, operated by SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 761 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 43% above the state mean of about 531.

SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 9,348 students; ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 14% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.7%; this one delivers 77.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Saratoga County) shows that median household income runs about $100,787, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Saratoga County's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,097 students), ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 74.4%.

ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 787 students in 2018 compared to 761 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 73% to 68% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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