DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL

DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized junior highs in ITHACA, New York, overseen by ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 559 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 4,988 students; DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder comes out to 14% Asian, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black. By comparison, Tompkins County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL records 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Tompkins County shows median household earnings sit near $74,024, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Tompkins County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,392 students), DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TOMPKINS-SENECA-TIOGA BOCES, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 56.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 22% since 2018, when it stood at 460 (now 559).

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