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Enrollment
509
Middle
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHOENIX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362292003221
EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL
116 VOLNEY ST, PHOENIX, NY 13135 · (315) 695-1521 · Oswego County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of New York public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
9.6:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
268 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 5 | 121 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 135 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 120 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 132 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL→JOHN C BIRDLEBOUGH HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PHOENIX 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
33.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
54.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.6pp 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 55 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 54.8% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 57.4% |
% 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
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL
EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 509 | 52.7% | 46.4% |
| CAMDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMDEN | 558 | 53.9% | 43.1% |
| BEEKMANTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST CHAZY | 459 | 50.5% | 57.2% |
| MALONE MIDDLE SCHOOL MALONE | 476 | 49.4% | 33.7% |
| GOUVERNEUR MIDDLE SCHOOL GOUVERNEUR | 447 | 55.7% | 42.8% |
| WAVERLY MIDDLE SCHOOL WAVERLY | 486 | 56.6% | 59.0% |
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 EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Oswego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #498 of 766 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #440 of 768 ▼ 57 | #3 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #651 of 768 ▲ 49 | #6 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #352 of 796 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #218 of 683 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.2% | #659 of 688 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #391 of 773 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #158 of 168 | 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
509
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 903
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 509 | 53 | 9.6:1 | 53% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 51.2 | 10.0:1 | 55% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 51.5 | 10.0:1 | 60% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 50 | 10.2:1 | 57% (288) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 52 | 9.7:1 | 53% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 51 | 10.3:1 | 55% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 61 | 10.5:1 | 40% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 608 | 51 | 11.9:1 | 28% (170) |
| 1990-91 | 903 | 58 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL
EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school in PHOENIX, New York. It enrolls 509 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 5 through 8.
PHOENIX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,590 students.
A large majority of enrollment at EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL is White, at 95%. The rest of enrollment is 2% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among Oswego County residents, the White share is about 92%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 10%.
The school's 53 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. At EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL, 53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of New York public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 55.6% for EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL. The school posts 46.4%, 9.3 points below the prediction.
American Community Survey estimates for Oswego County show that median household income comes to about $69,183, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Oswego County counts 37 public schools with about 17,529 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, MICHAEL A MAROUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is the closest to EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. On proficiency, EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL is behind the 52.4% nearby average, ranking 6th of 8.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment went from 508 in 2020-21 to 509 in 2024-25, a change of 1 student.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Oswego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
117,953
Census ACS
Median income
$69,183
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
17,529 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PHOENIX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MICHAEL A MAROUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 610 students
- JOHN C BIRDLEBOUGH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 471 students
Other schools in PHOENIX
- MICHAEL A MAROUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 610 students
- JOHN C BIRDLEBOUGH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 471 students
Nearby schools
- MICHAEL A MAROUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 610
- JOHN C BIRDLEBOUGH HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 471
- WILLOW FIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.7 mi · 342
- THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.2 mi · 848
- HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.4 mi · 504
- CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL5.5 mi · 1,240
Frequently asked questions
About EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 509 students in grades 05-08.
Is EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of PHOENIX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.