FOX LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL

FOX LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL, a moderately sized middle school in BEDFORD, New York, operated by BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 767 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 44% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,519 students; FOX LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, FOX LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 42% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting FOX LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, FOX LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.0%, the actual is 69.0%, a residual of +7.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Westchester County) records that median household income runs about $118,976, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. FOX LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

The closest other public school is FOX LANE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FOX LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 73.6%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. FOX LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 962 (now 767). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 33% to 42% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

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