FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL

FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL is a tight-knit intermediate school in FONDA, New York, operated by FONDA-FULTONVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 382 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 28% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

FONDA-FULTONVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,242 students. FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Montgomery County (around 62%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.1%, the actual is 61.6%, a residual of -1.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put the typical household earns roughly $64,943 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL is one of 16 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 7,225 students).

FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 59.3%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL has fell 15%, going from 450 students in 2018 to 382 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 95% to 91% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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