Enrollment
272
Middle
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAIRO-DURHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360616001568
CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL
1301 RT 145, CAIRO, NY 12413 · (518) 622-0490 · Greene County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
176 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 92 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 82 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL→CAIRO-DURHAM HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CAIRO-DURHAM 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
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
56.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 56.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 44.9% |
% 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL
CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 272 | 64.7% | 54.8% |
| RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL CORTLAND | 272 | 67.3% | 27.4% |
| CATSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOL CATSKILL | 264 | 58.7% | 52.0% |
| CORTLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CORTLAND | 274 | 57.3% | 45.8% |
| SPENCER-VAN ETTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL SPENCER | 236 | 65.7% | 51.2% |
| COHEN MIDDLE SCHOOL ELMIRA HEIGHTS | 251 | 57.0% | 54.1% |
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 CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #342 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #421 of 768 ▲ 128 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #418 of 768 ▼ 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #610 of 796 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #65 of 683 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.8% | #490 of 688 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.7% | #317 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #160 of 168 |
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
272
-8 (-3%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 272 | 32.3 | 8.4:1 | 65% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 254 | 31.9 | 8.0:1 | 60% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 256 | 32 | 8.0:1 | 62% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 280 | 32 | 8.8:1 | 59% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 23 | 11.7:1 | 46% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 274 | 22 | 12.4:1 | 58% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 352 | 35 | 10.1:1 | 44% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 38% (174) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL
CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a small middle school in CAIRO, New York. Total enrollment is 272 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in New York enroll about 531 students on average.
CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 3 schools in CAIRO-DURHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 1,037 students in total.
More than half of the students at CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL are White (78%). The next largest groups are 15% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 37%.
There are about 8.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL, which has 32.3. The school's 8.4:1 compares with an average of 10.3:1 for middle schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 65%. That rate is above the 46% average among public schools in Greene County.
CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (54.8%) and its predicted rate (51.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
In Greene County, home to about 47,409 people, median household income comes to about $77,945, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 16 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,042, CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, CAIRO-DURHAM HIGH SCHOOL, is the closest to CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Among its closest neighbors with test data, CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% drop, from 280 to 272.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,409
Census ACS
Median income
$77,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
5,042 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CAIRO-DURHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CAIRO-DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- CAIRO-DURHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 333 students
Other schools in CAIRO
- CAIRO-DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- CAIRO-DURHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 333 students
Nearby schools
- CAIRO-DURHAM HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 333
- CAIRO-DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.4 mi · 432
- GREENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL5.6 mi · 237
- GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL5.7 mi · 339
- SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.7 mi · 480
- WINDHAM ASHLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL10.1 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 272 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 8.4:1 students per teacher at CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 78% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of CAIRO-DURHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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