Enrollment
382
Middle
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FONDA-FULTONVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361119004586
FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL
112 OLD JOHNSTOWN RD, FONDA, NY 12068 · (518) 853-4747 · Montgomery County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of New York public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
12.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
124 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 100 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 92 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 2% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL→FONDA-FULTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within FONDA-FULTONVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
71.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 71.7% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 69.1% |
% 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
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL
FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL this school | 382 | 32.5% | 61.6% |
| A A KINGSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL POTSDAM | 393 | 31.6% | 56.6% |
| NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWFANE | 363 | 35.3% | 47.4% |
| ALDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL ALDEN | 343 | 28.9% | 59.8% |
| WHITESBORO MIDDLE SCHOOL WHITESBORO | 474 | 33.5% | 69.6% |
| CAZENOVIA MIDDLE SCHOOL CAZENOVIA | 314 | 29.6% | 59.9% |
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 FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #241 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #261 of 768 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #267 of 768 ▲ 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #461 of 796 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #579 of 683 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.7% | #628 of 688 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.5% | #596 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #213 of 524 |
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
382
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 382 | 30.8 | 12.4:1 | 32% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 32 | 11.7:1 | 39% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 34.4 | 10.6:1 | 39% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 32 | 11.9:1 | 41% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 27 | 16.7:1 | 36% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 28 | 16.2:1 | 40% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 30 | 14.1:1 | 39% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 545 | 30 | 18.2:1 | 30% (161) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 26 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL.
About FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL
FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle school in New York, with an address in FONDA. The school's 382 students are in grades 5 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in New York average about 531 students each.
FONDA-FULTONVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 1,242 students in 3 schools, including FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL.
Federal enrollment data show FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL is 91% White. The school is also 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 81%. FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL's diversity index is 17%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.4:1. On average, middle schools in New York have 10.3:1, compared with 12.4:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL is 32%. That is lower than the 62% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
The allk12 Grade for FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL is B. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 62% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 61.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 63.1%.
Montgomery County has these Census figures: the median household income is $64,943, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Montgomery County has 16 public schools and roughly 7,225 students.
The next-closest public school is FONDA-FULTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 7. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (380) to 2024-25 (382).
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,528
Census ACS
Median income
$64,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,225 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FONDA-FULTONVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
- FONDA-FULTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 349 students
Other schools in FONDA
- FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
- FONDA-FULTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 349 students
Nearby schools
- FONDA-FULTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 349
- FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOL0.0 mi · 511
- KNOX MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 341
- WARREN STREET SCHOOL3.5 mi · 296
- JOHNSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL3.6 mi · 554
- HAMILTON-FULTON-MONTGOMERY BOCES3.9 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOLHow many students attend FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL?
FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL enrolls approximately 382 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL serve?
FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL is approximately 12.4:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL?
At FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL public or private?
FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by FONDA-FULTONVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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