EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized middle school in PHOENIX, New York, EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL hosts 509 students from grades 5 through 8, overseen by PHOENIX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Within PHOENIX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,590 students, EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (95%) are White; the rest breaks down as 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.6%, the actual is 46.4%, a residual of -9.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Oswego County put median household income runs about $69,183, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Oswego County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,529 students), EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MICHAEL A MAROUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 52.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 505 students in 2018 compared to 509 in 2025.

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