1
Enrollment
657
Middle
DISTRICT 609 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362601006573
ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL
1629 ONEIDA ST, SCHENECTADY, NY 12308 · (518) 370-8260 · Schenectady County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL657 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of New York public middle schools
- DTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.3:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
522 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 227 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 220 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 197 | 30% |
| Ungraded | 13 | 2% |
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · 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
ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL→SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within SCHENECTADY 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
27.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
21.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 21.1% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 23.2% |
% 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
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL
ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 657 | 79.5% | 33.5% |
| JHS 278 MARINE PARK BROOKLYN | 841 | 79.9% | 52.1% |
| JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL UTICA | 687 | 78.5% | 52.6% |
| SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL UTICA | 749 | 83.4% | 48.3% |
| NORTH ALBANY ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL ALBANY | 588 | 71.3% | 32.4% |
| GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 612 | 84.0% | 26.5% |
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 ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Schenectady County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #684 of 766 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #749 of 768 ▼ 15 | #9 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #718 of 768 ▼ 61 | #7 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 657 | #227 of 796 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #305 of 683 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.0% | #1 of 688 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.5% | #234 of 773 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #422 of 524 | N/A |
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
657
-71 (-10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 657 | 65.2 | 10.1:1 | 79% (522) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 56.8 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 57.9 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 728 | 57 | 12.8:1 | 69% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 694 | 59 | 11.8:1 | 86% (595) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL
Students in SCHENECTADY, New York, attend ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL, a mid-sized middle-grades school. Its enrollment is 657 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL and 14 other schools, with 8,948 students in total.
Of every 100 students at ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 30 are Black, the largest group. After that, the student body is 24% Hispanic, 18% White, 16% Asian, and 11% multiracial. Census figures show Schenectady County is about 10% Black. A diversity index of 78% means there is a 78% chance two randomly chosen students at ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are about 10.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL, which has 65.2. The ratio is within a point of the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 79%. The rate at public schools in Schenectady County averages 50%, lower than here.
ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 7% of New York public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 33.5% actual against 45.8% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Schenectady County, median household income comes to about $79,623, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 40 public schools and about 21,555 students.
Of the public schools around it, ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest to JESSIE T ZOLLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's student count decreased 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 10.1:1, from 12.8:1.
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Schenectady County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,369
Census ACS
Median income
$79,623
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,885 students
- CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 600 students
- MONT PLEASANT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 569 students
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 502 students
- PAIGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 468 students
- HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 440 students
Other schools in SCHENECTADY
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,885 students
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,379 students
- MOHONASEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 924 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 671 students
- DRAPER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 655 students
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 614 students
Other Oneida Middle schools
One other US public school is named Oneida Middle. ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Oneida Middle SchoolOneida, TN · 282 students
Nearby schools
- JESSIE T ZOLLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 439
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 2,885
- YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 327
- HOWE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 390
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,379
- VAN ANTWERP MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 657 students in grades 06-08.
Is ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 18% White, 24% Hispanic, 30% Black, 16% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.