JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 6280 RANDALL RD, in JAMESVILLE, New York, JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a moderately sized 6-8 campus that hosts 693 students (grades 5 through 8), part of JAMESVILLE-DEWITT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 531.

Within JAMESVILLE-DEWITT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 2,431 students, JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 71%; the rest consists of 9% Asian, 9% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 29% of students at JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Onondaga County's rate of about 49%.

After controlling for student poverty, JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.4%; this one delivers 74.6%.

Around the school, Onondaga County reports that median household income runs about $76,945, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Onondaga County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), of which JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

MOSES DEWITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL has edged down 25%, going from 925 students in 2018 to 693 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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