KENNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 846 CAYUGA ST, in HANNIBAL, New York, KENNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is an intimate middle-grades school that works with 379 students (grades 5 through 8), one of the schools within HANNIBAL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 29% leaner than typical.

HANNIBAL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,208 students. KENNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, KENNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (99%) are White.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Oswego County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KENNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Oswego County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,183, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. KENNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 37 public schools in Oswego County (combined enrollment of about 17,529 students).

FAIRLEY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KENNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 41.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 9%: 417 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 99% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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