NEWFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL

NEWFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the minimally staffed 6-8 campuss in NEWFIELD, New York, part of NEWFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 142 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 73% smaller than typical.

NEWFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by NEWFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 638 students overall.

In terms of who attends, NEWFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest breaks down as 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting NEWFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Tompkins County runs at roughly 36%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, NEWFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.6%, the actual is 43.8%, a residual of -13.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Tompkins County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,024, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Tompkins County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,392 students), NEWFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NEWFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEWFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 53.3%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. NEWFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 168 (now 142). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 7% to 2%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 6.2:1 in 2025.

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