GLOVERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 234 LINCOLN ST, in GLOVERSVILLE, New York, GLOVERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a reasonably sized middle school that enrolls 579 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by GLOVERSVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

GLOVERSVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,406 students; GLOVERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GLOVERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Fulton County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting GLOVERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 73% of students at GLOVERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Fulton County's rate of about 55%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, GLOVERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.2%; actual is 24.7%, a gap of -23.5 points.

Around the school, Fulton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,533 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Fulton County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,173 students), of which GLOVERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is GLOVERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GLOVERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GLOVERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. GLOVERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 579 (now 579). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 85% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

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