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Enrollment
693
Middle
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JAMESVILLE-DEWITT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360909000698
JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL
6280 RANDALL RD, JAMESVILLE, NY 13078 · (315) 445-8360 · Onondaga County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% 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.
- ·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
10.0:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
199 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 171 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 177 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 168 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 1% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL→JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within JAMESVILLE-DEWITT 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
74.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
80.1%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 74 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 80.1% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 78.2% |
% 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
74.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL
JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (74.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 693 | 28.7% | 74.6% |
| MILL MIDDLE SCHOOL WILLIAMSVILLE | 790 | 26.1% | 68.9% |
| HEIM MIDDLE SCHOOL WILLIAMSVILLE | 648 | 26.2% | 69.7% |
| TWELVE CORNERS MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 759 | 25.3% | 72.0% |
| KODA MIDDLE SCHOOL CLIFTON PARK | 765 | 26.9% | 77.7% |
| WELLWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 651 | 23.0% | 78.3% |
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 JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #84 of 766 | #4 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #192 of 768 no change | #5 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #82 of 768 ▼ 11 | #4 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 693 | #211 of 796 | #6 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #289 of 683 | #9 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #386 of 688 | #11 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.7% | #625 of 773 | #19 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #97 of 524 | #1 of 14 |
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
693
-129 (-16%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 678
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 693 | 69.1 | 10.0:1 | 29% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 714 | 76.1 | 9.4:1 | 30% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 736 | 69.6 | 10.6:1 | 30% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 822 | 75 | 11.0:1 | 28% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 925 | 71.9 | 12.9:1 | 20% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 957 | 74 | 12.9:1 | 16% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 904 | 78 | 11.6:1 | 16% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 828 | 71 | 11.7:1 | 10% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 678 | 66 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL
Families in JAMESVILLE, New York, are served by JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized middle-grades school. Its 693 students are spread across grades 5 through 8. The school's enrollment is 31% bigger than the 531 average for middle schools in New York.
JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the 5 schools that make up JAMESVILLE-DEWITT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,431 students in total).
White students make up a majority at JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL, at 71%. Other students are 9% Asian, 9% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Hispanic. For comparison, Onondaga County is about 75% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 69.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.0:1. For comparison, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is 29%. For comparison, public schools in Onondaga County average 49%.
Measured against New York public middle schools, JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 64.4%. JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 74.6%.
Within Onondaga County, the median household income is $76,945, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL, Onondaga County has 122 other public schools.
The closest other public school is MOSES DEWITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.9 miles away. JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 74.6% against a local average of 51.9%.
NCES describes the area around JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 693 students in 2024-25, 129 fewer than the 822 it had in 2020-21.
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Onondaga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
471,129
Census ACS
Median income
$76,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
67,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JAMESVILLE-DEWITT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 820 students
- TECUMSEH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 332 students
- JAMESVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 321 students
- MOSES DEWITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 265 students
Other schools in JAMESVILLE
- TECUMSEH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 332 students
- JAMESVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 321 students
Nearby schools
- MOSES DEWITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 265
- TECUMSEH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 332
- NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,350
- HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL1.3 mi · 776
- EDWARD SMITH K-8 SCHOOL1.9 mi · 697
- JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 820
Frequently asked questions
About JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 693 students in grades 05-08.
Is JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the student diversity at JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 71% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Black, 9% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by JAMESVILLE-DEWITT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Onondaga County.
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