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What's the one class at C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
501
Middle
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARCELLUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361848001662
C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
2 REED PKWY, MARCELLUS, NY 13108 · (315) 673-6200 · Onondaga County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
120 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL→MARCELLUS HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MARCELLUS CENTRAL 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
65.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
75.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
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
69.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
501
-125 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 14.2:1
% White
93%
was 95%
% Hispanic
3%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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Onondaga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
471,129
Census ACS
Median income
$76,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
67,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARCELLUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 471 students
- MARCELLUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 435 students
Other schools in MARCELLUS
- K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 471 students
- MARCELLUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 435 students
Nearby schools
- K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 471
- MARCELLUS HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 435
- CAMILLUS MIDDLE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 693
- EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 336
- WATERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.7 mi · 281
- SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL4.7 mi · 255
Frequently asked questions
About C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 501 students in grades 04-08.
What grades does C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 04-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.1:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by MARCELLUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Onondaga County.
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