Enrollment
388
Middle
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361866001694
J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
1 SCHOOL ST, MASSENA, NY 13662 · (315) 764-3720 · St. Lawrence County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of New York public middle schools
- BTest 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
10.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
190 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 7 | 180 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 208 | 54% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
65.1%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 65.1% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 61.9% |
% 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 →
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J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 388 | 49.0% | 58.6% |
| WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ANGOLA | 459 | 45.8% | 48.3% |
| CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ADAMS | 399 | 47.6% | 63.5% |
| HOOSICK FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL HOOSICK FALLS | 329 | 46.2% | 47.3% |
| NORTH TONAWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH TONAWANDA | 495 | 46.5% | 52.3% |
| DEPEW MIDDLE SCHOOL DEPEW | 421 | 44.2% | 46.0% |
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 J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In St. Lawrence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #282 of 766 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #320 of 768 ▲ 12 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #318 of 768 ▼ 40 | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #454 of 796 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #413 of 683 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #520 of 688 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.0% | #425 of 773 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #370 of 524 | 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
388
-47 (-11%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 388 | 36.2 | 10.7:1 | 49% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 36.1 | 10.5:1 | 53% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 368 | 36.1 | 10.2:1 | 61% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 35 | 12.4:1 | 60% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 57% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 35 | 12.5:1 | 55% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 35 | 13.6:1 | 42% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 42 | 13.3:1 | 41% (230) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 44 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Families in MASSENA, New York, are served by J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, a small middle-grades school. Grades offered run from 7 through 8, with 388 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in New York average about 531 students.
Enrollment across the 5 schools in MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT totals 2,469 students.
Roughly 79% of students at J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are White. Other groups include 16% Native American. By comparison, St. Lawrence County residents are about 92% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 34% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 10.7:1. That matches the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York fairly closely. J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports 49% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (58.6%) and its predicted rate (57.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
In St. Lawrence County (population about 107,226), the median household income is $62,850, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. There are 40 public schools in St. Lawrence County, enrolling about 13,653 students in all.
The shortest distance from J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 4th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment dropped 11%, to 388. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.4:1 to 10.7:1.
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St. Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,226
Census ACS
Median income
$62,850
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
13,653 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 743 students
- NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 454 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 452 students
- MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
Other schools in MASSENA
- MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 743 students
- NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 454 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 452 students
- MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
Nearby schools
- NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 454
- MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 743
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 452
- MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 432
- SAINT LAWRENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.4 mi · 369
- SAINT LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL10.5 mi · 276
Frequently asked questions
About J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 388 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 10.7:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 79% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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