LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOL

LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is an average-sized middle school in ALBANY, New York, part of SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 640 students in grades 5 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 21% larger than that benchmark.

Within SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 8 schools and 5,040 students, LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Asian, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Albany County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOL has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.8%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Albany County shows median household income runs about $85,333, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Albany County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 619 (now 640). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 71% to 60%.

On the community side, the feed for LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.