CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL

CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a moderately sized intermediate school in SCHENECTADY, New York, one of the schools within SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 600 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 8,948 students. CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Asian (28%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Black, 23% Hispanic, 14% White, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 5% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.2:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Schenectady County (around 50%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Schenectady County reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,623 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 40 public schools in Schenectady County (combined enrollment of about 21,555 students).

WILLIAM C KEANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.6%.

CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 705 students in 2018 compared to 600 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 21% to 14%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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