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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
453
Middle
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDONIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361152000908
FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL
425 E MAIN ST, FREDONIA, NY 14063 · (716) 679-1581 · Chautauqua County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% 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.
- BBeats 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
9.2:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
187 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 102 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 109 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 128 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 113 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL→FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within FREDONIA 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
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
67.3%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 67.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 61.8% |
% 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
60.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL
FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (60.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 453 | 41.3% | 60.9% |
| SAUGERTIES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SAUGERTIES | 338 | 39.6% | 60.0% |
| RONDOUT VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ACCORD | 358 | 43.6% | 35.0% |
| RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK MIDDLE SCHOOL RAVENA | 375 | 42.7% | 45.2% |
| ICHABOD CRANE MIDDLE SCHOOL VALATIE | 647 | 38.3% | 61.0% |
| ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL ONEONTA | 388 | 44.1% | 44.6% |
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 FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Chautauqua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #249 of 766 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #294 of 768 ▲ 40 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #340 of 768 ▲ 76 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #390 of 796 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #146 of 683 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.9% | #401 of 688 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.3% | #515 of 773 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #150 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
453
+29 (+7%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 294
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 9.0:1
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 | 453 | 49.4 | 9.2:1 | 41% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 47.7 | 8.7:1 | 37% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 41.8 | 10.2:1 | 43% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 47 | 9.0:1 | 43% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 37.2 | 12.0:1 | 36% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 37 | 11.7:1 | 34% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 21% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 21% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 294 | 25 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL
FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the public schools in FREDONIA, New York. It is a mid-sized middle school. It teaches 453 students in grades 5 through 8.
FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one school in FREDONIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a system of 4 schools with 1,484 students.
The student body at FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL is 70% White. Other reported shares: 20% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Chautauqua County's residents are about 86% White, 16 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 46% means there is a 46% chance two randomly chosen students at FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL reported 49.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.2:1. Middle schools in New York have an average ratio of 10.3:1. Roughly 41% of students at FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 57% average among public schools in Chautauqua County.
FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of New York public middle schools.
FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.9% is 1.1 points above the 59.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Chautauqua County show that median household income comes to about $58,351, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 51, with about 17,056 students.
Among nearby public schools, FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL. By average proficiency, FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL is 2nd among 5 schools close by.
Locale data from NCES put FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
The school's student count increased 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Chautauqua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,544
Census ACS
Median income
$58,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
17,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FREDONIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 461 students
- FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- WHEELOCK PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 138 students
Other schools in FREDONIA
- FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 461 students
- FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- WHEELOCK PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 138 students
Nearby schools
- FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 432
- FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 461
- WHEELOCK PRIMARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 138
- SCHOOL 32.3 mi · 157
- DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 882
- DUNKIRK INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 575
Frequently asked questions
About FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 453 students in grades 05-08.
Is FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 70% White, 20% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of FREDONIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.