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Enrollment
614
Middle
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362088004488
IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL
2495 ROSENDALE RD, SCHENECTADY, NY 12309 · (518) 377-2233 · Schenectady County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% 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.
- B+Beats 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
11.5:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
116 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 204 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 214 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 189 | 31% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 1% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL→NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within NISKAYUNA 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
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
100.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +24.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 100 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 25 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 100.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 75.4% |
% 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
72.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL
IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (72.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 614 | 18.9% | 72.9% |
| ROBERT CUSHMAN MURPHY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STONY BROOK | 655 | 21.2% | 71.5% |
| ROSLYN MIDDLE SCHOOL ROSLYN HEIGHTS | 802 | 16.6% | 79.9% |
| ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ARDSLEY | 790 | 12.8% | 80.1% |
| ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL CLIFTON PARK | 761 | 25.2% | 77.9% |
| CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST AMHERST | 606 | 26.4% | 73.1% |
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 IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Schenectady County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #103 of 766 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #30 of 768 ▲ 189 | #2 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #121 of 768 ▼ 15 | #3 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #268 of 796 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #506 of 683 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #243 of 688 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #703 of 773 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.9% | #47 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
614
+94 (+18%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 834
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 614 | 53.5 | 11.5:1 | 19% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 52 | 11.8:1 | 18% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 49 | 12.0:1 | 24% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 45 | 11.6:1 | 22% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 544 | 38.8 | 14.0:1 | 13% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 38 | 15.1:1 | 10% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 8% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 34 | 17.1:1 | 2% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 834 | 57 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL
IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school in SCHENECTADY, New York. It reported 614 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25.
The 8 schools in NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enroll 4,315 students altogether, IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
More than half of the students at IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL are White (62%). The next largest groups are 20% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 5% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 56%.
The school lists 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. The average for middle schools in New York is 10.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 116 students, or 19%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Schenectady County report 50%.
IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 81% of New York public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 4.8 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 72.9% actual, 68.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
The county, Schenectady County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $79,623 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, Schenectady County has 40 public schools.
ROSENDALE SCHOOL sits about 0.1 miles from IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment rose by 18% across 4 years, from 520 in 2020-21 to 614 in 2024-25.
People who know IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Schenectady County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,369
Census ACS
Median income
$79,623
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,379 students
- VAN ANTWERP MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 442 students
- HILLSIDE SCHOOLElementary · 383 students
- CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 377 students
- BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 376 students
- ROSENDALE SCHOOLElementary · 376 students
Other schools in SCHENECTADY
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,885 students
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,379 students
- MOHONASEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 924 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 671 students
- ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 657 students
- DRAPER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 655 students
Other Iroquois Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Iroquois Middle. IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLELMA, NY · 478 students
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLROCHESTER, NY · 403 students
- Iroquois Middle SchoolMACOMB, MI · 814 students
- Iroquois Middle School - 02Iroquois, SD · 48 students
Nearby schools
- ROSENDALE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 376
- HILLSIDE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 383
- VAN ANTWERP MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 442
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,379
- BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 376
- PAIGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 468
Frequently asked questions
About IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 614 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
How diverse is IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 62% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 20% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Schenectady County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.