AKRON MIDDLE SCHOOL

AKRON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a modestly sized middle-grades school in AKRON, New York, run under AKRON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 260 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 51% leaner than the state mean of about 531.

Across the 3 schools in AKRON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,210 students total), AKRON MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, AKRON MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Native American, 7% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, AKRON MIDDLE SCHOOL records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.9:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 41% of students at AKRON MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, AKRON MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.0%; this one delivers 79.2%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Erie County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which AKRON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is AKRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AKRON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 73.4%.

AKRON MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. AKRON MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 23% since 2018, when it stood at 339 (now 260). The White share of enrollment shrank from 84% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 in 2025.

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