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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
572
Middle
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSWEGO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362205003129
OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL
MARK FITZGIBBONS DR, OSWEGO, NY 13126 · (315) 341-2300 · Oswego County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- CBeats 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
11.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
238 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 7 | 262 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 303 | 53% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 1% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL→OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within OSWEGO 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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
55.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 55.6% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 47.6% |
% 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
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL
OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 572 | 41.6% | 51.2% |
| HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL HORSEHEADS | 564 | 38.8% | 60.4% |
| MAINE-ENDWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL ENDWELL | 577 | 37.8% | 67.8% |
| HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL HORSEHEADS | 529 | 40.3% | 43.9% |
| EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 567 | 40.0% | 48.8% |
| CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL CANANDAIGUA | 687 | 38.4% | 61.2% |
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 OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Oswego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #409 of 766 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #431 of 768 ▲ 70 | #2 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #505 of 768 ▲ 9 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 572 | #304 of 796 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #525 of 683 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.7% | #560 of 688 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.6% | #513 of 773 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #157 of 168 | 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
572
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 800
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 572 | 48.7 | 11.7:1 | 42% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 49 | 11.7:1 | 50% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 48.5 | 11.7:1 | 53% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 50 | 11.2:1 | 50% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 46 | 12.3:1 | 44% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 49 | 11.3:1 | 47% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 51 | 12.1:1 | 42% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 891 | 64 | 13.9:1 | 32% (284) |
| 1990-91 | 800 | 58 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL
This page covers OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL, a mid-sized middle school in OSWEGO, New York. It offers grades 7 through 8 and has 572 students enrolled.
OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL belongs to OSWEGO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district of 7 schools and 3,460 students.
At OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL, 84% of students are White. The school is also 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. The diversity index for OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 48.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.7:1. The average for middle schools in New York, 10.3:1, is lower. Of all students at OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL, 42% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 37% of New York public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 51.2%; the prediction is 59.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Oswego County show that the median household earns about $69,183 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Oswego County has 37 public schools with about 17,529 students, including OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
A public school about 1.2 miles away, KINGSFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is the closest to OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. On proficiency, OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is ahead of the 40.1% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 572, compared with 558 in 2020-21.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Oswego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
117,953
Census ACS
Median income
$69,183
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
17,529 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSWEGO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,079 students
- MINETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 409 students
- KINGSFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 397 students
- CHARLES E RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 390 students
- FITZHUGH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 319 students
- LEIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 294 students
Other schools in OSWEGO
- OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,079 students
- KINGSFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 397 students
- CHARLES E RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 390 students
- FITZHUGH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 319 students
- LEIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 294 students
Nearby schools
- KINGSFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 397
- CHARLES E RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 390
- OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,079
- LEIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 294
- FITZHUGH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 319
- MINETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 572 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of OSWEGO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.