ALGONQUIN MIDDLE SCHOOL

ALGONQUIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, an average-sized intermediate school in AVERILL PARK, New York, run under AVERILL PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 608 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

AVERILL PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,543 students. ALGONQUIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, ALGONQUIN MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Rensselaer County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Rensselaer County's rate of about 46%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ALGONQUIN MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.3%; this one delivers 61.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Rensselaer County put median household earnings sit near $87,915, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Rensselaer County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,274 students), of which ALGONQUIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

AVERILL PARK HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALGONQUIN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 63.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. ALGONQUIN MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 632 (now 608).

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.