Enrollment
245
Middle
DISTRICT 260 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GORHAM-MIDDLESEX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MARCUS WHITMAN)·NCES 361230001418
MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
4100 BALDWIN RD, RUSHVILLE, NY 14544 · (585) 554-6442 · Ontario County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL245 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of New York public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
7.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
100 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 6 | 78 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 79 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL→MARCUS WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
37.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
100.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +46.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 100 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 up about 47 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 100.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 53.4% |
% 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 245 | 40.8% | 50.0% |
| GREENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL GREENVILLE | 237 | 39.2% | 42.8% |
| HOLLAND PATENT MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLLAND PATENT | 261 | 38.7% | 53.3% |
| NORTHEASTERN CLINTON MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPLAIN | 287 | 42.5% | 52.9% |
| GREENE MIDDLE SCHOOL GREENE | 206 | 41.3% | 53.0% |
| SARANAC LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL SARANAC LAKE | 282 | 42.6% | 59.7% |
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 MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ontario County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #425 of 766 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #21 of 768 ▲ 398 | #1 of 7 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #581 of 768 ▼ 47 | #7 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 245 | #648 of 796 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.9:1 | #34 of 683 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.0% | #653 of 688 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.8% | #521 of 773 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #465 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
245
-14 (-5%) vs 2020
-40% since 2000-01, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 245 | 30.9 | 7.9:1 | 41% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 35.2 | 7.5:1 | 55% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 32.3 | 8.5:1 | 58% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 259 | 29 | 8.9:1 | 55% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 253 | 25.8 | 9.8:1 | 45% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 245 | 23 | 10.7:1 | 49% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 292 | 28 | 10.4:1 | 49% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 407 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 21% (86) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in RUSHVILLE, New York, one of the schools in GORHAM-MIDDLESEX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MARCUS WHITMAN). Its 245 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 54% smaller than the 531 average for middle schools in New York.
GORHAM-MIDDLESEX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MARCUS WHITMAN) operates 4 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,039 students.
White students are the large majority at MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 94% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 11%.
The school reported 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 7.9:1. For comparison, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 41%. Across public schools in Ontario County, the average is about the same, 41%.
MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 34% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 50.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 60.0%.
Federal survey data for Ontario County show that median household income is about $82,324, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is among the 27 public schools in Ontario County.
Of nearby public schools, MARCUS WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Federal counts put enrollment at 259 in 2020-21 and 245 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease.
The MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Ontario County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,625
Census ACS
Median income
$82,324
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
14,114 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GORHAM-MIDDLESEX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MARCUS WHITMAN)
- MARCUS WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 339 students
- MIDDLESEX VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 242 students
- GORHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 213 students
Other schools in RUSHVILLE
- MARCUS WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 339 students
- MIDDLESEX VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 242 students
Other Marcus Whitman Middle schools
One other US public school is named Marcus Whitman Middle. MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Marcus Whitman Middle SchoolPORT ORCHARD, WA · 623 students
Nearby schools
- MARCUS WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 339
- MIDDLESEX VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 242
- GORHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 213
- CANANDAIGUA PRIMARY-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.3 mi · 1,433
- CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL8.8 mi · 687
- CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY9.3 mi · 998
Frequently asked questions
About MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 245 students in grades 06-08.
Is MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.9:1.
How diverse is MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of GORHAM-MIDDLESEX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MARCUS WHITMAN).
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