DONALD S RAY SCHOOL

DONALD S RAY SCHOOL is a roomy middle-grades school in BALDWINSVILLE, New York, operated by BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 846 students in grades 6 through 7. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so DONALD S RAY SCHOOL sits 59% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,400 students total), DONALD S RAY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, DONALD S RAY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). The remainder reads as 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, DONALD S RAY SCHOOL has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting DONALD S RAY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Onondaga County (around 49%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, DONALD S RAY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.1%; this one delivers 55.6%.

In the area at large, Onondaga County reports that median household income runs about $76,945, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Onondaga County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), of which DONALD S RAY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MAE E REYNOLDS SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DONALD S RAY SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DONALD S RAY SCHOOL has edged up 3%, going from 819 students in 2018 to 846 in 2025.

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