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Enrollment
513
Middle
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361557001330
BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
1601 N CAYUGA ST, ITHACA, NY 14850 · (607) 274-2241 · Tompkins County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of New York public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
176 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 6 | 171 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 172 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 33% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL→ITHACA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
100.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 100 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 100.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 99.0% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 513 | 34.3% | 63.3% |
| DAKE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 551 | 32.8% | 67.3% |
| MORGAN ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL LIVERPOOL | 444 | 35.6% | 61.5% |
| SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 537 | 31.5% | 44.4% |
| ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 575 | 32.5% | 56.6% |
| SCOTIA-GLENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL SCOTIA | 489 | 35.8% | 68.5% |
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 BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Tompkins County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #215 of 766 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #26 of 768 ▲ 32 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #186 of 768 ▲ 25 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #347 of 796 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #174 of 683 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #334 of 688 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.3% | #582 of 773 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #500 of 524 | N/A |
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
513
-56 (-10%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 513 | 54.9 | 9.3:1 | 34% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 57.7 | 9.3:1 | 35% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 61.1 | 8.6:1 | 36% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | 57 | 10.0:1 | 36% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 52.5 | 9.9:1 | 35% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 47 | 11.9:1 | 33% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 44 | 12.8:1 | 27% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 567 | 51 | 11.1:1 | 19% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 50 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
As a medium-sized middle-grades school, BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students in ITHACA, New York. It educates 513 students in grades 6 through 8.
ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 12 schools. Together they enroll 4,988 students.
White students are the majority at BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 67% of enrollment. It is also 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 4% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 54.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 9.3:1. On average, middle schools in New York have 10.3:1, compared with 9.3:1 here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 34%. For comparison, public schools in Tompkins County average 36%.
allk12 grades BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is 62.4%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.3%.
Census Bureau estimates for Tompkins County show that the median household income is $74,024, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 33 public schools in the county.
Nearby, ITHACA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Small.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 56 fewer students in 2024-25.
Discussions about BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Tompkins County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,537
Census ACS
Median income
$74,024
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
10,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ITHACA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,411 students
- DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 559 students
- SOUTH HILL SCHOOLElementary · 363 students
- BELLE SHERMAN SCHOOLElementary · 347 students
- NORTHEAST SCHOOLElementary · 347 students
- CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 273 students
Other schools in ITHACA
- ITHACA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,411 students
- DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 559 students
- SOUTH HILL SCHOOLElementary · 363 students
- BELLE SHERMAN SCHOOLElementary · 347 students
- NORTHEAST SCHOOLElementary · 347 students
- TOMPKINS-SENECA-TIOGA BOCESCombined · 309 students
Other Boynton Middle schools
One other US public school is named Boynton Middle. BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Boynton Middle SchoolNew Ipswich, NH · 260 students
Nearby schools
- ITHACA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,411
- CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 270
- FALL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 217
- BEVERLY J MARTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 258
- NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL1.4 mi · 98
- NORTHEAST SCHOOL1.8 mi · 347
Frequently asked questions
About BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 513 students in grades 06-08.
Is BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
What is the student diversity at BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 67% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.