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What's the most underrated thing about CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
687
Middle
DISTRICT 1,039 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANANDAIGUA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360633000416
CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL
215 GRANGER ST, CANANDAIGUA, NY 14424 · (585) 396-3850 · Ontario County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL687 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of New York public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
8.3:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
264 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 6 | 217 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 243 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 226 | 33% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL→CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY
Based on grade levels within CANANDAIGUA CITY 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
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
69.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 69.5% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 64.6% |
% 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
61.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL
CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (61.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 687 | 38.4% | 61.2% |
| MAINE-ENDWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL ENDWELL | 577 | 37.8% | 67.8% |
| QUEENSBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL QUEENSBURY | 671 | 36.2% | 71.6% |
| HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL HORSEHEADS | 564 | 38.8% | 60.4% |
| OLIVER W WINCH MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH GLENS FALLS | 631 | 38.7% | 56.5% |
| WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 778 | 34.3% | 50.3% |
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 CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ontario County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #245 of 766 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #277 of 768 ▲ 36 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #238 of 768 ▲ 22 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 687 | #215 of 796 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #56 of 683 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.9% | #559 of 688 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.4% | #543 of 773 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #247 of 524 | N/A |
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
687
-76 (-10%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 687 | 82.5 | 8.3:1 | 38% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 716 | 79.3 | 9.0:1 | 41% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 676 | 77.8 | 8.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 763 | 79 | 9.7:1 | 39% (299) |
| 2017-18 | 793 | 65 | 12.2:1 | 34% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 797 | 69 | 11.6:1 | 31% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 894 | 70 | 12.8:1 | 22% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 1,009 | 77 | 13.1:1 | 16% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 596 | 48 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL
CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL is classified as a middle school. It is located in CANANDAIGUA, New York. It has an enrollment of 687 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in New York enroll around 531, and this school is 29% larger than that mark.
In CANANDAIGUA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, 3 schools enroll a combined 3,118 students.
CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL is 84% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 28%.
A staff of 82.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 8.3:1. The average for middle schools in New York, 10.3:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 38%. That is in line with the 41% average for public schools in Ontario County.
CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 65% of New York public middle schools.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL's results are within a point of predicted: 61.2% against 60.9%.
In Ontario County, the median household earns about $82,324 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Ontario County has 27 public schools with about 14,114 students, including CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL's nearest public school is CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY (about 0.6 miles). In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL is Town: Fringe, which covers schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's student count fell 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 9.7 in 2020-21 to 8.3 in 2024-25.
CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Ontario County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,625
Census ACS
Median income
$82,324
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
14,114 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CANANDAIGUA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CANANDAIGUA PRIMARY-ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,433 students
- CANANDAIGUA ACADEMYHigh · 998 students
Other schools in CANANDAIGUA
- CANANDAIGUA PRIMARY-ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,433 students
- CANANDAIGUA ACADEMYHigh · 998 students
Nearby schools
- CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY0.6 mi · 998
- CANANDAIGUA PRIMARY-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,433
- RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL4.7 mi · 232
- RED JACKET MIDDLE SCHOOL4.7 mi · 160
- RED JACKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.7 mi · 323
- BLOOMFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.1 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 687 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 8.3:1 (82 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by CANANDAIGUA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Ontario County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.