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Enrollment
600
Middle
DISTRICT 609 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362601006117
CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
421 ELM ST, SCHENECTADY, NY 12304 · (518) 370-8250 · Schenectady County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of New York public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
9.2:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.3:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
458 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 208 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 180 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 212 | 35% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · 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
CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL→SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within SCHENECTADY 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
23.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 600 | 76.3% | 33.3% |
| MONT PLEASANT MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 569 | 80.5% | 23.3% |
| SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL UTICA | 749 | 83.4% | 48.3% |
| JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL QUEENS VILLAGE | 894 | 78.2% | 53.9% |
| HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH OZONE PARK | 388 | 79.1% | 62.3% |
| JHS 278 MARINE PARK BROOKLYN | 841 | 79.9% | 52.1% |
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 CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Schenectady County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #687 of 766 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #215 of 768 ▼ 3 | #7 of 9 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #741 of 768 no change | #8 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 600 | #284 of 796 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #145 of 683 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.3% | #4 of 688 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #258 of 773 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #217 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
600
-119 (-17%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 600 | 65.4 | 9.2:1 | 76% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 62.5 | 9.3:1 | 74% (434) |
| 2022-23 | 658 | 60 | 11.0:1 | 75% (496) |
| 2020-21 | 719 | 57 | 12.6:1 | 67% (479) |
| 2017-18 | 705 | 56 | 12.6:1 | 85% (596) |
| 2015-16 | 628 | 41 | 15.3:1 | 67% (422) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 44 | 12.1:1 | 58% (308) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
Families in SCHENECTADY, New York, are served by CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized middle school. Enrolled students number 600 students, in grades 6 through 8.
District-wide, SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 15 schools and 8,948 students.
Enrollment at CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is mixed, with Asian students the largest group at 28%. Beyond that, enrollment is 27% Black, 23% Hispanic, 14% White, and 9% multiracial. In Schenectady County overall, about 5% of residents are Asian. By the diversity index, CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 77%.
Its 65.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 9.2:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New York is 10.3:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 76% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Schenectady County is 26 points.
Measured against New York public middle schools, CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is 13.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 33.3%. Predicted: 46.9%.
Among Schenectady County residents, median household income is about $79,623, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 40 public schools in Schenectady County, which together enroll about 21,555 students.
Nearby, WILLIAM C KEANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles away. CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 719 to 600. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.6:1 to 9.2:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Schenectady County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,369
Census ACS
Median income
$79,623
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,885 students
- ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 657 students
- MONT PLEASANT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 569 students
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 502 students
- PAIGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 468 students
- HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 440 students
Other schools in SCHENECTADY
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,885 students
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,379 students
- MOHONASEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 924 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 671 students
- ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 657 students
- DRAPER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 655 students
Nearby schools
- WILLIAM C KEANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 279
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 306
- HOWE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 390
- DR MARTIN LUTHER KING SCHOOL JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 424
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 2,885
- MONT PLEASANT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 600 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
What is the student diversity at CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 14% White, 23% Hispanic, 27% Black, 28% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.