MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL

MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a moderately sized middle-grades school in HILTON, New York, operated by HILTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 615 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

HILTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 4,123 students. MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). The remainder breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Monroe County's rate of about 50%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.8%, the actual is 65.1%, a residual of +0.3 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Monroe County) records that median household earnings sit near $76,382, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Monroe County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), of which MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 53.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 728 (now 615). The White share of enrollment declined from 90% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.