Enrollment
388
Middle
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONEONTA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362178003094
ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL
130 EAST ST, ONEONTA, NY 13820 · (607) 433-8262 · Otsego County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
171 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL→ONEONTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ONEONTA 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
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
47.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 down about 2 points.
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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
388
+19 (+5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 10.8:1
% White
78%
was 80%
% Hispanic
9%
was 9%
% Black
5%
was 5%
% Asian
4%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL
ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of close-knit scale in ONEONTA, New York, run under ONEONTA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 388 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 27% smaller than that benchmark.
Within ONEONTA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 1,679 students, ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 78%. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.8%, the actual is 44.6%, a residual of -14.1 points.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Otsego County indicate median household income runs about $68,885, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Otsego County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,216 students), of which ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: ONEONTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.0%.
The school occupies a town-center site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL has edged up 5%, going from 369 students in 2018 to 388 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Otsego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,108
Census ACS
Median income
$68,885
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
6,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ONEONTA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ONEONTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 499 students
- GREATER PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 283 students
- VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 263 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 246 students
Other schools in ONEONTA
- ONEONTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 499 students
- GREATER PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 283 students
- VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 263 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 246 students
Nearby schools
- ONEONTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 499
- VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 263
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 246
- GREATER PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 283
- LAURENS CENTRAL SCHOOL4.7 mi · 287
- MILFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL9.7 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 388 students in grades 06-08.
Is ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 8.8:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 78% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ONEONTA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.