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If you could change one rule at COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
427
Middle
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360798000570
COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL
7 BEVAN ST, COHOES, NY 12047 · (518) 237-4131 · Albany County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of New York public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
9.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
299 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 115 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 159 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 150 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL→COHOES HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within COHOES 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
34.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
100.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +61.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 100 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 61 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 100.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 38.6% |
% 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL
COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 427 | 70.0% | 51.1% |
| EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 571 | 70.9% | 34.8% |
| CASE MIDDLE SCHOOL WATERTOWN | 586 | 68.9% | 47.4% |
| KNICKERBACKER MIDDLE SCHOOL TROY | 474 | 63.9% | 40.8% |
| CARL I BERGERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ALBION | 400 | 63.0% | 48.0% |
| SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 414 | 61.4% | 41.0% |
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 COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Albany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #411 of 766 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #13 of 768 ▲ 610 | #2 of 11 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #634 of 768 ▼ 136 | #9 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #412 of 796 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #260 of 683 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #148 of 688 | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.0% | #293 of 773 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #80 of 168 | #3 of 6 |
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
427
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 427 | 43.5 | 9.8:1 | 70% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 43.4 | 10.8:1 | 68% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 41 | 10.8:1 | 68% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 40 | 10.8:1 | 70% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 35 | 11.3:1 | 79% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 35 | 12.2:1 | 67% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 44 | 9.6:1 | 56% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 506 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 53% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 44 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL
COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle-grades school found in COHOES, New York. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 427 students enrolled.
COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, where 5 schools serve 1,847 students.
More than half of enrollment at COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL is White: 55%. The remaining shares are 15% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 12% multiracial. Albany County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1, with 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 70% at COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL. Compared with the 45% average for public schools in Albany County, the school's rate is higher.
COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of New York public middle schools.
COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (51.1%) and its predicted rate (49.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
In Albany County, home to about 317,018 people, the median household earns about $85,333 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Albany County number 75, with about 39,946 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL, is the closest to COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL. COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 433 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 427. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 10.8:1 to 9.8:1.
This page is set up for the COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Albany County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
317,018
Census ACS
Median income
$85,333
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
39,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- COHOES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 607 students
- HARMONY HILL SCHOOLElementary · 384 students
- ABRAM LANSING SCHOOLElementary · 305 students
- VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOLElementary · 124 students
Other schools in COHOES
- COHOES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 607 students
- BOGHT HILLS SCHOOLElementary · 576 students
- HARMONY HILL SCHOOLElementary · 384 students
- ABRAM LANSING SCHOOLElementary · 305 students
- VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOLElementary · 124 students
Nearby schools
- ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL0.1 mi · 305
- COHOES HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 607
- HARMONY HILL SCHOOL0.6 mi · 384
- VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL1.2 mi · 124
- LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 625
- KNICKERBACKER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 427 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 9.8:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 55% White, 15% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Albany County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.