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If you could change one rule at MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
615
Middle
DISTRICT 825 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361446001200
MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL
200 SCHOOL LN, HILTON, NY 14468 · (585) 392-1000 · Monroe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% 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.
- BBeats 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
10.1:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
170 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 296 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 311 | 51% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 1% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL→HILTON HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within HILTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)Math
100.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +30.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 100 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The New York average is about 57 of 100. Math scores are up about 31 points since 2023.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | N/A | 100.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 69.3% |
% 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
65.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL
MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (65.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 615 | 27.6% | 65.1% |
| VICTOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL VICTOR | 605 | 27.6% | 72.4% |
| VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAND ISLAND | 614 | 27.5% | 60.8% |
| JOHANNA PERRIN MIDDLE SCHOOL FAIRPORT | 572 | 27.1% | 70.7% |
| ALGONQUIN MIDDLE SCHOOL AVERILL PARK | 608 | 28.9% | 61.0% |
| MARTHA BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL FAIRPORT | 640 | 24.5% | 71.8% |
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 MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #197 of 766 | #11 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #24 of 768 ▲ 245 | #3 of 29 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #517 of 768 | #17 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #266 of 796 | #16 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #312 of 683 | #19 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.5% | #555 of 688 | #32 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.6% | #637 of 773 | #25 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #209 of 524 | #2 of 16 |
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
615
-82 (-12%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 822
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 615 | 60.6 | 10.1:1 | 28% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 59.5 | 10.3:1 | 34% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 62 | 10.3:1 | 26% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 697 | 55 | 12.7:1 | 27% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 728 | 56 | 13.0:1 | 25% (185) |
| 2015-16 | 685 | 55 | 12.4:1 | 20% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 702 | 51 | 13.8:1 | 22% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 782 | 63 | 12.4:1 | 14% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 822 | 61 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL
MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL, located in HILTON, New York, is a medium-sized middle-grades school. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 615 students.
HILTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL, has 5 schools and 4,123 students.
The large majority of students at MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL, 84%, are White. The next largest groups are 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. The school's White share is 14 points above the 70% share among Monroe County residents. By the diversity index, MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 28%.
The count of teachers at MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 60.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 10.1:1. Middle schools in New York average about 10.3:1, a similar figure. The school counts 170 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 28%. For comparison, public schools in Monroe County average 50%.
allk12 grades MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 65.1% actual, 64.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Within Monroe County, median household income is about $76,382, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 186 public schools in Monroe County, with a combined enrollment of about 106,108.
VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located about 0.2 miles from MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. On proficiency, MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is ahead of the 53.1% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
NCES describes the area around MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL as Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 12%, from 697 to 615. By 2024-25, the school had 10.1 students per teacher, compared with 12.7 in 2020-21.
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Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
753,753
Census ACS
Median income
$76,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
106,108 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HILTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,358 students
- VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 972 students
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 719 students
- QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 459 students
Other schools in HILTON
- HILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,358 students
- VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 972 students
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 719 students
- QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 459 students
Nearby schools
- VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 972
- QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 459
- HILTON HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,358
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 719
- PINE BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.8 mi · 429
- TERRY TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.1 mi · 451
Frequently asked questions
About MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 615 students in grades 06-08.
Is MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 84% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by HILTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Monroe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.