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How has HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
948
Middle
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360963000734
HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL
35 GILLIGAN RD, EAST GREENBUSH, NY 12061 · (518) 207-2430 · Rensselaer County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL948 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
10.7:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
266 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 298 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 292 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 348 | 37% |
| Ungraded | 10 | 1% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL→COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within EAST GREENBUSH 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
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
80.3%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 80.3% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 77.5% |
% 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
74.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL
HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL's state test result (74.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL this school | 948 | 28.1% | 74.0% |
| MILL MIDDLE SCHOOL WILLIAMSVILLE | 790 | 26.1% | 68.9% |
| JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL JAMESVILLE | 693 | 28.7% | 74.6% |
| SPRY MIDDLE SCHOOL WEBSTER | 870 | 27.1% | 70.4% |
| VICTOR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL VICTOR | 989 | 27.9% | 56.9% |
| FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL GUILDERLAND | 1,186 | 27.2% | 71.7% |
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 HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #88 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #187 of 768 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #113 of 768 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 948 | #92 of 796 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #398 of 683 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.4% | #425 of 688 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #630 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #139 of 168 |
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
948
+18 (+2%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 948 | 89 | 10.7:1 | 28% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 975 | 88.9 | 11.0:1 | 29% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 978 | 86.6 | 11.3:1 | 28% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 930 | 78 | 11.9:1 | 25% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 929 | 72.2 | 12.9:1 | 24% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 968 | 70 | 13.8:1 | 22% (210) |
| 2010-11 | 986 | 74 | 13.3:1 | 22% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 1,092 | 78 | 14.0:1 | 6% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 605 | 40 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL.
About HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL
As a high-enrollment middle-grades school, HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL serves students in EAST GREENBUSH, New York. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 948 students. The average for middle schools in New York is about 531 students, so this school is 79% bigger than average.
Enrollment across the 7 schools in EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT totals 4,085 students.
At 74%, White students outnumber all other groups at HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL combined. After that, the student body is 9% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 5% Black. By the diversity index, HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL comes in at 43%.
Teacher staffing is 89 full-time equivalents, or about 10.7 students per teacher. Across middle schools in New York, the average ratio is about 10.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 28%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Rensselaer County is 46%.
The allk12 Grade for HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL is A. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 87% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 74.0% is 9.3 points above the 64.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for Rensselaer County show that median household income is about $87,915, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL is among the 42 public schools in Rensselaer County.
CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOL is located about 0.8 miles from HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 58.0%, lower than HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL's 74.0%.
The federal government classifies HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 930 to 948. By 2024-25, the school had 10.7 students per teacher, compared with 11.9 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Rensselaer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,332
Census ACS
Median income
$87,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
19,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,272 students
- CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOLElementary · 493 students
- RED MILL SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- GREEN MEADOW SCHOOLElementary · 345 students
- BELL TOP SCHOOLElementary · 304 students
- DONALD P SUTHERLAND SCHOOLElementary · 250 students
Other schools in EAST GREENBUSH
- COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,272 students
- CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOLElementary · 493 students
Nearby schools
- CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOL0.8 mi · 493
- RENSSELAER-COLUMBIA-GREENE BOCES1.7 mi · 506
- GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL2.3 mi · 345
- RED MILL SCHOOL2.3 mi · 473
- COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 1,272
- GLENMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL?
HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL enrolls approximately 948 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL serve?
HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL is approximately 10.7:1 (89 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL?
At HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 74% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL public or private?
HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.