OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in OSWEGO, New York, OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized junior high, run under OSWEGO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It enrolls 572 students across grades 7 through 8.

OSWEGO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,460 students; OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school lists 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Roughly 42% of students at OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.7%, the actual is 51.2%, a residual of -8.5 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Oswego County) reports that median household income runs about $69,183, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 37 public schools in Oswego County (combined enrollment of about 17,529 students).

KINGSFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 567 (now 572).

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.