BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL

BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, a reasonably sized junior high in ITHACA, New York, operated by ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 513 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 4,988 students; BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.4%, the actual is 63.3%, a residual of +0.9 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Tompkins County) records that median household income runs about $74,024, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tompkins County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,392 students), of which BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ITHACA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 60.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 521 students in 2018 compared to 513 in 2025.

On this page, members of the BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.