PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in PENN YAN, New York, PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a compact middle-grades school, overseen by PENN YAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 288 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 46% smaller than the state mean of about 531.

PENN YAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,260 students. PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest reads as 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Yates County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Yates County indicate median household income runs about $69,701, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Yates County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,097 students), PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PENN YAN ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.1%.

PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 300 (now 288). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.

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