C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 2 REED PKWY, in MARCELLUS, New York, C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized 6-8 campus that teaches 501 students (grades 4 through 8), overseen by MARCELLUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by MARCELLUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 1,407 students overall.

In terms of who attends, C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL records that nearly all students (93%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Onondaga County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 24% of students at C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Onondaga County's rate of about 49%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.2%, the actual is 69.3%, a residual of +3.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Onondaga County put median household earnings sit near $76,945, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Onondaga County (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students).

The closest other public school is K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 74.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL has contracted 20%, going from 626 students in 2018 to 501 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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