Enrollment
381
Middle
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWICH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362133003040
NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL
89 MIDLAND DR, NORWICH, NY 13815 · (607) 334-1600 · Chenango County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% 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.
- B-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
9.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
219 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 128 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 128 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 119 | 31% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 2% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL→NORWICH HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NORWICH CITY 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
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 45.4% |
% 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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL
NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 381 | 57.5% | 51.5% |
| PERU MIDDLE SCHOOL PERU | 406 | 59.1% | 49.0% |
| WAYLAND-COHOCTON MIDDLE SCHOOL WAYLAND | 390 | 59.0% | 45.4% |
| GOUVERNEUR MIDDLE SCHOOL GOUVERNEUR | 447 | 55.7% | 42.8% |
| WATERLOO MIDDLE SCHOOL WATERLOO | 356 | 54.8% | 43.4% |
| SOUTH LEWIS MIDDLE SCHOOL TURIN | 311 | 58.5% | 55.6% |
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 NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #404 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #412 of 768 ▲ 124 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #521 of 768 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #463 of 796 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #181 of 683 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.7% | #611 of 688 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #360 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #441 of 524 |
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
381
-31 (-8%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 392
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 381 | 40.5 | 9.4:1 | 57% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 40.3 | 9.8:1 | 52% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 38.9 | 9.8:1 | 59% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 38 | 10.8:1 | 51% (209) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 42 | 9.5:1 | 63% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 37 | 11.1:1 | 53% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 53 | 9.0:1 | 46% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 37 | 10.1:1 | 37% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 392 | 36 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL
NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL is the name of a low-enrollment middle school in NORWICH, New York. Enrollment is 381 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. Against the 531-student average for middle schools in New York, enrollment here is 28% lower.
Federal data list 4 schools in NORWICH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,626 students enrolled.
The student body at NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL is 90% White. Other groups include 4% Black and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 93% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 19% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 9.4:1. That is 0.9 students per teacher below the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 57% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL is B-. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 46% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In New York, NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 51.5% actual against a predicted 53.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Chenango County show that the median household income is $62,948, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. There are 23 public schools in Chenango County, enrolling about 7,036 students in all.
NORWICH HIGH SCHOOL is located about 0.1 miles from NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL. The five-mile area around NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL holds 4 other public schools. NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in 3rd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL had 412 students, to 2024-25, when it had 381. The ratio was 10.8:1 in 2020-21 and 9.4:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Chenango County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,321
Census ACS
Median income
$62,948
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,036 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORWICH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NORWICH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 516 students
- STANFORD J GIBSON PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 388 students
- PERRY BROWNE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 341 students
Other schools in NORWICH
- NORWICH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 516 students
- STANFORD J GIBSON PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 388 students
- PERRY BROWNE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 341 students
- DELAWARE-CHENANGO-MADISON-OTSEGO BOCESCombined · 283 students
Other Norwich Middle schools
One other US public school is named Norwich Middle. NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Norwich Middle SchoolNorwich, KS · 44 students
Nearby schools
- NORWICH HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 516
- PERRY BROWNE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 341
- STANFORD J GIBSON PRIMARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 388
- DELAWARE-CHENANGO-MADISON-OTSEGO BOCES4.1 mi · 283
- OXFORD ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL7.2 mi · 216
- OXFORD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL7.4 mi · 205
Frequently asked questions
About NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 381 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 90% White, 1% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
NORWICH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORWICH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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