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What's the biggest difference between GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
764
Middle
DISTRICT 763 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362667003635
GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL
970 RT 146, CLIFTON PARK, NY 12065 · (518) 881-0460 · Saratoga County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL764 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of New York public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.1:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
120 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 6 | 249 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 247 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 268 | 35% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL→SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within SHENENDEHOWA 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
77.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
86.1%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 86.1% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 85.1% |
% 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
82.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL
GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (82.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 764 | 15.7% | 82.3% |
| BETHLEHEM CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL DELMAR | 950 | 15.8% | 73.8% |
| PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL BETHPAGE | 661 | 12.4% | 64.2% |
| MILDRED E STRANG MIDDLE SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 793 | 15.0% | 77.6% |
| GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL NESCONSET | 750 | 17.2% | 70.5% |
| PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SETAUKET | 651 | 12.4% | 81.6% |
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 GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Saratoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #40 of 766 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #138 of 768 ▲ 4 | #3 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #64 of 768 ▼ 9 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 764 | #178 of 796 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #614 of 683 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.8% | #492 of 688 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.7% | #729 of 773 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #146 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
764
+31 (+4%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 895
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 764 | 58.2 | 13.1:1 | 16% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 745 | 58.8 | 12.7:1 | 13% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 773 | 58.3 | 13.3:1 | 15% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 733 | 61 | 12.0:1 | 15% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 751 | 48.5 | 15.5:1 | 12% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 818 | 50 | 16.4:1 | 11% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 796 | 58 | 13.7:1 | 9% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 740 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 10% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 895 | 56 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL
GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school in CLIFTON PARK, New York, according to federal school records. School enrollment was 764 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in New York average about 531 students.
SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is the local district for GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL. It runs 12 schools with 9,348 students.
GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment is 79% White. Next come 7% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 88% White among all Saratoga County residents. By the diversity index, GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 37%.
The school reports 58.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.1 students per teacher. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 16%. Compared with the 30% average for public schools in Saratoga County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL is A. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 93% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL is 13.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 82.3%. Predicted: 69.2%.
Census Bureau estimates for Saratoga County show that median household income is about $100,787, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 50 public schools operate in Saratoga County, serving about 30,097 students.
ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 73.9% proficiency; GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 82.3%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL went from 733 students to 764. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.0:1 to 13.1:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Saratoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
238,284
Census ACS
Median income
$100,787
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
30,097 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,968 students
- KODA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 761 students
- ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 589 students
- SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 560 students
- ORENDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 548 students
Other schools in CLIFTON PARK
- SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,968 students
- KODA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 761 students
- ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 589 students
- SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 560 students
- ORENDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 548 students
Nearby schools
- ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 761
- KODA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 765
- ORENDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 548
- KARIGON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 479
- SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 524
- TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 764 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 79% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Saratoga County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.