Enrollment
152
Middle
DISTRICT 272 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSABLE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361617004948
AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
1490 RT 9N, CLINTONVILLE, NY 12924 · (518) 834-2800 · Clinton County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL152 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of New York public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
80 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 93 | 61% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 39% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL→AUSABLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within AUSABLE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
15.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -13.0pp since 2023
Math
37.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.0% | 37.1% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 46.6% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 152 | 52.6% | 44.0% |
| CINCINNATUS MIDDLE SCHOOL CINCINNATUS | 125 | 51.2% | 51.9% |
| WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL WALTON | 186 | 53.8% | 38.6% |
| CUBA-RUSHFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL CUBA | 154 | 48.7% | 45.8% |
| SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL SANDY CREEK | 175 | 56.0% | 47.8% |
| CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL CANAJOHARIE | 193 | 50.3% | 38.9% |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Clinton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #540 of 766 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #656 of 768 ▼ 132 | #6 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #760 of 768 ▼ 76 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 152 | #746 of 796 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #392 of 773 | #3 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
152
-19 (-11%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 191
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 9.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 152 | 16.4 | 9.3:1 | 53% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 158 | 16.3 | 9.7:1 | 53% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 193 | 18.1 | 10.7:1 | 54% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 171 | 18 | 9.5:1 | 57% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 176 | 15 | 11.7:1 | 48% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 176 | 17 | 10.3:1 | 52% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 191 | 22 | 8.7:1 | 41% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school in CLINTONVILLE, New York, reachable at (518) 834-2800. It serves 152 students in grades 7 through 8. The average among middle schools in New York is roughly 531 students; this school is 71% smaller than that.
AUSABLE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, has 4 schools and 1,087 students.
The student body at AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 97% White. The school's diversity index is 6%, meaning two students picked at random have a 6% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 9.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Eligible students account for 53% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
allk12 grades AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (44.0%) and its predicted rate (55.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
In the county around the school, Clinton County, the median household income is $71,224, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Clinton County is home to 29 public schools and about 10,729 public school students.
The closest other public school is AUSABLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL has 2 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 50.0% on proficiency, and AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is below that at 44.0%.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment is down 11% from 2020-21, when AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL had 171 students, to 2024-25, when it had 152.
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Clinton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,493
Census ACS
Median income
$71,224
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,729 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AUSABLE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- KEESEVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 364 students
- AUSABLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 342 students
- AUSABLE FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 229 students
Nearby schools
- AUSABLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 342
- AUSABLE FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 229
- KEESEVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL5.9 mi · 364
- PERU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.6 mi · 832
- PERU HIGH SCHOOL8.6 mi · 555
- PERU MIDDLE SCHOOL8.6 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 152 students in grades 07-08.
Is AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 9.3:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of AUSABLE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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