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What's one thing MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
677
High
DISTRICT 719 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHELPS-CLIFTON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362289003214
MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
1554 RT 488, CLIFTON SPRINGS, NY 14432 · (315) 548-6300 · Ontario County
GRADES 07–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL677 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
286 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 119 | 18% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PHELPS-CLIFTON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
61.4%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
51.4%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.4% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 56.2% | 50.2% |
% 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
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL this school | 677 | 42.2% | 48.8% |
| HUDSON FALLS HIGH SCHOOL HUDSON FALLS | 652 | 40.8% | 51.7% |
| GLENS FALLS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GLENS FALLS | 628 | 44.3% | 66.0% |
| GENERAL BROWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEXTER | 675 | 41.3% | 61.4% |
| LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ANGOLA | 665 | 43.3% | 77.5% |
| MECHANICVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MECHANICVILLE | 717 | 45.3% | 49.6% |
Matched among New York high 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 MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ontario County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #758 of 1,135 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #571 of 1,109 ▲ 62 | #7 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #763 of 1,135 ▲ 124 | #7 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 677 | #370 of 1,216 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #200 of 1,058 | #4 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.9% | #841 of 1,070 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.2% | #817 of 1,167 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.7% | #51 of 339 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
677
+195 (+40%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 677 | 72 | 9.4:1 | 42% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 74 | 9.3:1 | 42% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 74.6 | 9.3:1 | 48% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 42 | 11.5:1 | 40% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 526 | 40 | 13.1:1 | 34% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 29% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | 48 | 12.8:1 | 25% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 710 | 46 | 15.4:1 | 24% (170) |
| 1990-91 | 513 | 36 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL.
About MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school serving families in CLIFTON SPRINGS, New York. The grade span is 7 through 12, and enrollment is 677 students.
PHELPS-CLIFTON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL along with 1 other school, enrolling 1,438 students in total.
About 86% of the student body at MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is White. Other reported shares: 10% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The White share in Ontario County as a whole is similar, at about 89%. Pick two students at random and there is a 24% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL total 72 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. The school counts 286 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 42%. For comparison, public schools in Ontario County average 41%.
MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 22% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is 10.7 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 48.8% actual, 59.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
In the county around the school, Ontario County, the median household income is $82,324, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Ontario County is home to 27 public schools and about 14,114 public school students.
The nearest public school is MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at about 0.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is 4th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
2024-25 enrollment was 677, a 40% rise from 482 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 11.5:1 to 9.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. 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 PHELPS-CLIFTON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 761 students
Other schools in CLIFTON SPRINGS
- MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 761 students
Nearby schools
- MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 761
- NEWARK MIDDLE SCHOOL5.5 mi · 395
- NEWARK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.6 mi · 586
- ONTARIO-SENECA-YATES-CAYUGA-WAYNE BOCES5.7 mi · 715
- PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.8 mi · 266
- NORMAN R KELLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL6.1 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 677 students in grades 07-12.
Is MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL have?
MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL employs 72 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
How diverse is MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 86% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by PHELPS-CLIFTON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Ontario County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.