CORNING-PAINTED POST MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a substantial middle school in PAINTED POST, New York, CORNING-PAINTED POST MIDDLE SCHOOL works with 925 students from grades 6 through 8, part of CORNING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 74% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

Within CORNING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 9 schools and 4,354 students, CORNING-PAINTED POST MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, CORNING-PAINTED POST MIDDLE SCHOOL records that nearly all students (85%) are White. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, CORNING-PAINTED POST MIDDLE SCHOOL has 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 49% of students at CORNING-PAINTED POST MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CORNING-PAINTED POST MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.2%.

In the broader community, Steuben County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,887, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Steuben County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,701 students), CORNING-PAINTED POST MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

CALVIN U SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CORNING-PAINTED POST MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 973 students in 2018 compared to 925 in 2025.

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