CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL

CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a modestly sized 6-8 campus in ADAMS, New York, part of SOUTH JEFFERSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 399 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 25% smaller than that benchmark.

CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by SOUTH JEFFERSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 1,788 students overall.

Looking at the student body, CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.5%; this one delivers 63.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,301 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Jefferson County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students), of which CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

SOUTH JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.1%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 439 (now 399). Class-load math has tightened: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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