CASE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 1237 WASHINGTON ST, in WATERTOWN, New York, CASE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle-grades school that serves 586 students (grades 7 through 8), overseen by WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,940 students. CASE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, CASE MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 67%; the rest is composed of 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CASE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jefferson County (around 49%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CASE MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.6%, the actual is 47.4%, a residual of -2.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household income runs about $66,301, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CASE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 39 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students).

The closest other public school is WATERTOWN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CASE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. CASE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 12% since 2018, when it stood at 523 (now 586).

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