J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in MASSENA, New York, J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a tight-knit intermediate school, operated by MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 388 students across grades 7 through 8. That puts it 27% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,469 students. J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 49% of students at J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.6%.

Around the school, census data for St. Lawrence County shows median household earnings sit near $62,850, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 40 public schools in St. Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students).

Nearest neighbor: NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 52.4%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 8% since 2018, when it stood at 420 (now 388). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 86% to 79%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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