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Enrollment
465
Middle
DISTRICT 504 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BINGHAMTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360487000228
EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL
167 E FREDERICK ST, BINGHAMTON, NY 13904 · (607) 762-8315 · Broome County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of New York public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
7.9:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.3:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
371 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 150 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 164 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 144 | 31% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 2% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL→BINGHAMTON HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within BINGHAMTON 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
33.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
33.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 33.6% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
31.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL
EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (31.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 465 | 79.8% | 31.0% |
| GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 447 | 79.4% | 35.7% |
| LASALLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 539 | 71.8% | 50.1% |
| TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL TROY | 733 | 71.4% | 52.0% |
| WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 542 | 67.9% | 40.7% |
| MOTT HALL II NEW YORK | 347 | 77.5% | 52.5% |
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 EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Broome County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #714 of 766 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #680 of 768 ▲ 45 | #10 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #646 of 768 ▲ 42 | #9 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #383 of 796 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.9:1 | #32 of 683 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #24 of 688 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.8% | #230 of 773 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #195 of 524 | N/A |
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
465
-63 (-12%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
was 8.7:1
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 | 465 | 58.7 | 7.9:1 | 80% (371) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 58.7 | 7.9:1 | 79% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 58.2 | 8.0:1 | 79% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 61 | 8.7:1 | 79% (418) |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 60 | 9.2:1 | 86% (475) |
| 2015-16 | 591 | 61 | 9.7:1 | 74% (437) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | 64 | 8.7:1 | 78% (438) |
| 2000-01 | 653 | 61 | 10.7:1 | 60% (389) |
| 1990-91 | 609 | 55 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL
As a mid-sized middle-grades school, EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students in BINGHAMTON, New York. The school counted 465 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8.
EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the 10 schools that make up BINGHAMTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (4,531 students in total).
The largest group at EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL is Black students, at 32%. Smaller groups are 31% White, 23% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Broome County is roughly 6% Black. The diversity index for EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 7.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL, which has 58.7. By comparison, the average for middle schools in New York is 10.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 80%. The rate at public schools in Broome County averages 52%, lower than here.
EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 5% of New York public middle schools.
EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 31.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 45.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Broome County show that the median household earns about $62,616 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Broome County, 52 public schools serve about 24,594 students.
Of the public schools around it, EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest to CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 31.0% against a local average of 32.7%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 12%, from 528 to 465.
The EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Broome County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,378
Census ACS
Median income
$62,616
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
24,594 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BINGHAMTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BINGHAMTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,262 students
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 542 students
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 403 students
- MACARTHUR SCHOOLElementary · 399 students
- WOODROW WILSON SCHOOLElementary · 355 students
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT SCHOOLElementary · 352 students
Other schools in BINGHAMTON
- BINGHAMTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,262 students
- BROOME-DELAWARE-TIOGA BOCESCombined · 1,055 students
- CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 542 students
- CHENANGO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 507 students
- PORT DICKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 409 students
Other East Middle schools
17 other US public schools in 11 states are named East Middle. EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 14th largest of the 18.
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLBRENTWOOD, NY · 1,108 students
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLWEST SENECA, NY · 567 students
- East Middle SchoolSioux City, IA · 1,076 students
- East Middle SchoolBraintree, MA · 999 students
- East Middle SchoolTRAVERSE CITY, MI · 829 students
Nearby schools
- CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 281
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT SCHOOL0.8 mi · 352
- GREATER BINGHAMTON HEALTH CENTER1.0 mi · 9
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 403
- PORT DICKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 409
- BINGHAMTON HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,262
Frequently asked questions
About EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 465 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 31% White, 23% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by BINGHAMTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Broome County.
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