CATSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a low-enrollment middle school in CATSKILL, New York, CATSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOL hosts 264 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by CATSKILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 50% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

CATSKILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,208 students; CATSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, CATSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, CATSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting CATSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Greene County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CATSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.4%; this one delivers 52.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Greene County indicate median household income runs about $77,945, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. CATSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 16 public schools in Greene County (combined enrollment of about 5,042 students).

Nearest neighbor: CATSKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around CATSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CATSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.4%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 25%: 354 students in 2018 compared to 264 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 9% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

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