CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL

CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a very small junior high in CANAJOHARIE, New York, operated by CANAJOHARIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 193 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 64% leaner than that benchmark.

CANAJOHARIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 845 students; CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 50% of students at CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.5%; this one delivers 38.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put the typical household earns roughly $64,943 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Montgomery County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,225 students), CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

EAST HILL SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 59.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL has fell 8%, going from 210 students in 2018 to 193 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.