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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
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of New York public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 101 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 104 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 107 | 21% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 75.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 74.2% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (69.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 501 | 24.0% | 69.3% |
| LEWISTON PORTER MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUNGSTOWN | 449 | 22.7% | 55.3% |
| HONEOYE FALLS-LIMA MIDDLE SCHOOL HONEOYE FALLS | 482 | 21.2% | 84.5% |
| IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL ELMA | 478 | 19.7% | 58.2% |
| ALGONQUIN MIDDLE SCHOOL AVERILL PARK | 608 | 28.9% | 61.0% |
| JOHANNA PERRIN MIDDLE SCHOOL FAIRPORT | 572 | 27.1% | 70.7% |
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 C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #149 of 766 | #5 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #229 of 768 ▲ 7 | #6 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #150 of 768 ▲ 7 | #6 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #355 of 796 | #12 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #306 of 683 | #11 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.6% | #642 of 688 | #22 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.0% | #670 of 773 | #21 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #148 of 524 | #4 of 14 |
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
501
-46 (-8%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 501 | 49.7 | 10.1:1 | 24% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 486 | 53.2 | 9.1:1 | 23% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 51.8 | 10.1:1 | 23% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 53 | 10.3:1 | 21% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 24% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 53 | 12.5:1 | 17% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 777 | 53 | 14.7:1 | 9% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 891 | 51 | 17.5:1 | 8% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 42 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
Located in MARCELLUS, New York, C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school. The school enrolls 501 students, from grades 4 through 8.
MARCELLUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 3 schools. Together they enroll 1,407 students.
The large majority of students at C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL, 93%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 75%. By the diversity index, C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 13%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.1:1, with 49.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in New York, the average ratio is about 10.3:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 24% of enrollment. Across public schools in Onondaga County, the average is 49%.
C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 76% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 69.3%. Predicted: 66.2%.
Federal survey data for Onondaga County show that median household income is about $76,945, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 123 public schools operate in Onondaga County, serving about 67,044 students.
Nearest public school: K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 74.8% on proficiency, and C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is below that at 69.3%.
Locale data from NCES put C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 8%, from 547 to 501.
Discussions about C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.