MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL

MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL, a heavily attended 6-8 campus in MAHOPAC, New York, run under MAHOPAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructs 902 students, covering grades 6 through 10. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 70% larger than that benchmark.

Within MAHOPAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 3,836 students, MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 31% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the income-and-resources front, MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Putnam County) logs that median household earnings sit near $126,257, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Putnam County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,955 students), MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.6%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 949 students in 2018 compared to 902 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 62% across the same window.

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