Enrollment
355
Middle
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONEIDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360001301176
OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL
MARKELL DR, WAMPSVILLE, NY 13163 · (315) 363-1050 · Madison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of New York public middle schools
- CTest 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
9.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
147 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 111 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 113 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 131 | 37% |
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
OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL→ONEIDA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within ONEIDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
25.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
100.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 100 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 100.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 100.0% |
% 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL
OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 355 | 41.4% | 44.5% |
| WILLIAM H GOLDING MIDDLE SCHOOL COBLESKILL | 344 | 41.0% | 50.1% |
| CHENANGO VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 379 | 39.6% | 51.9% |
| ROBERTS STREET MIDDLE SCHOOL CANASTOTA | 370 | 43.2% | 46.9% |
| HOMER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOMER | 397 | 40.8% | 53.2% |
| GRIFFITH INSTITUTE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRINGVILLE | 349 | 39.0% | 45.9% |
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 OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #532 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #2 of 768 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #727 of 768 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #492 of 796 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #189 of 683 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.3% | #558 of 688 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.4% | #514 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #114 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
355
-79 (-18%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 355 | 37.6 | 9.4:1 | 41% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 40.2 | 9.1:1 | 46% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 40.9 | 9.6:1 | 53% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 42 | 10.3:1 | 50% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 40 | 11.5:1 | 52% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 40 | 11.7:1 | 52% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 34 | 12.1:1 | 42% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 419 | 35 | 12.0:1 | 34% (143) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL
OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in WAMPSVILLE, New York. The school has 355 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
ONEIDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 1,806 students spread across 6 schools.
White students are 84% of those enrolled at OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 7% multiracial, 3% Native American, and 3% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 28, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 9.4 students per teacher. Compared with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 41% of students at OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public middle schools, OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL would score about 59.8%. It scores 44.5%, 15.3 points below that figure.
In the wider Madison County area, median household income comes to about $75,499, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Madison County counts 25 public schools with about 8,402 students.
OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL's nearest public school is ROBERTS STREET MIDDLE SCHOOL (about 2.1 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 46.6%; OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 44.5%, ranking 5th of 8.
Locale data from NCES put OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
Enrollment decreased 18% over 4 years, reaching 355 in 2024-25.
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,328
Census ACS
Median income
$75,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
8,402 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ONEIDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ONEIDA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 487 students
- W F PRIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 318 students
- DURHAMVILLE SCHOOLElementary · 258 students
- SENECA STREET SCHOOLElementary · 237 students
- NORTH BROAD STREET SCHOOLElementary · 151 students
Nearby schools
- ROBERTS STREET MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 370
- CANASTOTA HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 373
- PETERBORO STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 260
- SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 182
- ONEIDA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 487
- SENECA STREET SCHOOL2.7 mi · 237
Frequently asked questions
About OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 355 students in grades 06-08.
Is OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the student diversity at OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 84% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
OTTO L SHORTELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of ONEIDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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