FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a big 6-8 campus in GUILDERLAND, New York, FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL caters to 1,186 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 123% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,822 students; FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 14% Asian, 6% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Albany County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL has 112 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 27% of students at FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Albany County's rate of about 45%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.0%, the actual is 71.7%, a residual of +6.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Albany County shows median household earnings sit near $85,333, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Albany County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), of which FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

GUILDERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL has rose 5%, going from 1,129 students in 2018 to 1,186 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 75% to 70%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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