Enrollment
355
Middle
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANSING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361671001491
LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL
6 LUDLOWVILLE RD, LANSING, NY 14882 · (607) 533-3020 · Tompkins County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of New York public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
98 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 5 | 96 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 92 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL→LANSING HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LANSING 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
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
63.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 63.8% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 66.9% |
% 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
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL
LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (64.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 355 | 27.6% | 64.4% |
| LINDEN AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL RED HOOK | 390 | 27.9% | 66.6% |
| NEW PALTZ MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW PALTZ | 381 | 26.2% | 65.8% |
| A A KINGSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL POTSDAM | 393 | 31.6% | 56.6% |
| CLINTON MIDDLE SCHOOL CLINTON | 280 | 28.2% | 66.8% |
| AVON MIDDLE SCHOOL AVON | 279 | 29.0% | 55.7% |
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 LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Tompkins County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #204 of 766 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #332 of 768 ▼ 36 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #188 of 768 ▼ 44 | #3 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #494 of 796 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #291 of 683 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.3% | #467 of 688 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.6% | #638 of 773 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #320 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
355
-31 (-8%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 294
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 355 | 35.4 | 10.0:1 | 28% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 35.5 | 9.6:1 | 28% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 366 | 37.7 | 9.7:1 | 33% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 37 | 10.4:1 | 30% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 395 | 35 | 11.3:1 | 26% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 32 | 11.0:1 | 26% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 363 | 34 | 10.7:1 | 17% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 8% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 294 | 25 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL
In LANSING, New York, part of Tompkins County, LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school. It offers grades 5 through 8 and has 355 students enrolled. It has 33% fewer students than the average for middle schools in New York (about 531).
LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL is among 3 schools run by LANSING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 1,118 students.
At LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL, 77% of students are White. It is also 12% multiracial and 8% Hispanic. Census estimates put Tompkins County at about 75% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 39%.
LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL reported 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 10.0:1. That is in line with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. There are 98 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 28% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Tompkins County averages 36%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 67% of New York public middle schools.
LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 64.4% is within a point of the 64.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The county, Tompkins County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $74,024, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 33, with about 10,392 students.
LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is LANSING HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 64.4% against a local average of 65.7%.
LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 355, down from 386 in 2020-21.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Tompkins County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,537
Census ACS
Median income
$74,024
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
10,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LANSING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 392 students
- LANSING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 371 students
Other schools in LANSING
- RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 392 students
- LANSING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 371 students
- FINGER LAKES RESIDENTIAL CENTERHigh · 67 students
Other Lansing Middle schools
One other US public school is named Lansing Middle. LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Lansing Middle SchoolLansing, IA · 75 students
Nearby schools
- LANSING HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 371
- RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 392
- FINGER LAKES RESIDENTIAL CENTER2.1 mi · 67
- DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL5.9 mi · 559
- CHARLES O DICKERSON HIGH SCHOOL5.9 mi · 271
- CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.9 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 355 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.0:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 77% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by LANSING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Tompkins County.
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