CHENANGO VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a cozy junior high in BINGHAMTON, New York, CHENANGO VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL educates 379 students from grades 6 through 8, run under CHENANGO VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 29% smaller than typical.

Across the 4 schools in CHENANGO VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,652 students total), CHENANGO VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CHENANGO VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Broome County (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHENANGO VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Broome County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,616 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CHENANGO VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 52 public schools in Broome County (combined enrollment of about 24,594 students).

The closest other public school is CHENANGO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHENANGO VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 9%: 349 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 92% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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