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Enrollment
846
Middle
DISTRICT 675 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360387000141
DONALD S RAY SCHOOL
7650 VAN BUREN RD, BALDWINSVILLE, NY 13027 · (315) 638-6106 · Onondaga County
GRADES 06–07MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL846 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of New York public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.2:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
250 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 420 | 50% |
| Grade 7 | 419 | 50% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 1% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL 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
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
55.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 DONALD S RAY SCHOOL
DONALD S RAY SCHOOL's state test result (55.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONALD S RAY SCHOOL this school | 846 | 29.6% | 55.6% |
| WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL CAMILLUS | 724 | 27.9% | 57.4% |
| WILLINK MIDDLE SCHOOL WEBSTER | 928 | 31.5% | 71.5% |
| LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL LANCASTER | 876 | 26.0% | 62.5% |
| BALLSTON SPA MIDDLE SCHOOL BALLSTON SPA | 883 | 33.0% | 64.9% |
| SPRY MIDDLE SCHOOL WEBSTER | 870 | 27.1% | 70.4% |
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 DONALD S RAY SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #334 of 766 | #14 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #414 of 768 ▼ 7 | #15 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #252 of 768 ▼ 29 | #8 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 846 | #133 of 796 | #2 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #620 of 683 | #23 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.7% | #579 of 688 | #20 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.6% | #614 of 773 | #18 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #123 of 168 | #5 of 7 |
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
846
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 886
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 846 | 63.9 | 13.2:1 | 30% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 835 | 63.5 | 13.2:1 | 31% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 846 | 62.6 | 13.5:1 | 31% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 845 | 58 | 14.6:1 | 29% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 819 | 60 | 13.7:1 | 23% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 847 | 59 | 14.4:1 | 26% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 960 | 62 | 15.5:1 | 16% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 928 | 64 | 14.5:1 | 8% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 886 | 70 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DONALD S RAY SCHOOL.
About DONALD S RAY SCHOOL
DONALD S RAY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment middle-grades school based in BALDWINSVILLE, New York. The school offers grades 6 through 7 and enrolls 846 students. Across middle schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 531.
BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs DONALD S RAY SCHOOL, has 8 schools and 5,400 students.
The share of White students at DONALD S RAY SCHOOL is 86%. The next largest groups are 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Black. The school's White share is 12 points above the 75% share among Onondaga County residents. The diversity index for DONALD S RAY SCHOOL is 25%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
DONALD S RAY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 13.2 students per teacher, from 63.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is 2.9 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at DONALD S RAY SCHOOL, 30% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Onondaga County, the average eligibility rate is 49%.
Among New York public middle schools, DONALD S RAY SCHOOL outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
DONALD S RAY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (55.6%) and its predicted rate (64.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
The school is in Onondaga County, where median household income comes to about $76,945, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Onondaga County counts 123 public schools with about 67,044 students.
Among nearby public schools, MAE E REYNOLDS SCHOOL is closest at about 0.7 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. DONALD S RAY SCHOOL is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
For locale, NCES codes DONALD S RAY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 846, close to the 845 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 13.2 students per teacher, compared with 14.6 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for DONALD S RAY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Onondaga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
471,129
Census ACS
Median income
$76,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
67,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,240 students
- THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 848 students
- MAE E REYNOLDS SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
- HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 504 students
- CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 494 students
- VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 488 students
Other schools in BALDWINSVILLE
- CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,240 students
- THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 848 students
- MAE E REYNOLDS SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
- HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 504 students
- CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 494 students
- VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 488 students
Nearby schools
- MAE E REYNOLDS SCHOOL0.7 mi · 513
- VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 488
- CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 494
- CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,240
- HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 504
- THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 848
Frequently asked questions
About DONALD S RAY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DONALD S RAY SCHOOL?
DONALD S RAY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 846 students in grades 06-07.
Is DONALD S RAY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DONALD S RAY SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-07.
How many teachers does DONALD S RAY SCHOOL have?
DONALD S RAY SCHOOL employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DONALD S RAY SCHOOL?
At DONALD S RAY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is DONALD S RAY SCHOOL public or private?
DONALD S RAY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.