Enrollment
288
Middle
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENN YAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362274003202
PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
515 LIBERTY ST, PENN YAN, NY 14527 · (315) 536-3366 · Yates County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% 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.
- C+Beats 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
7.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
150 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 82 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 95 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 107 | 37% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL→PENN YAN ACADEMY
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PENN YAN CENTRAL 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
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 55.1% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 288 | 52.1% | 52.5% |
| SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL SHERBURNE | 302 | 50.7% | 54.2% |
| NEWARK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWARK VALLEY | 278 | 54.0% | 32.2% |
| ST LAWRENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL BRASHER FALLS | 301 | 51.8% | 49.9% |
| LETCHWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 279 | 49.1% | 52.7% |
| CORINTH MIDDLE SCHOOL CORINTH | 310 | 49.4% | 52.8% |
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 PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #379 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #451 of 768 ▼ 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #543 of 768 ▼ 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #576 of 796 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.9:1 | #31 of 683 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.7% | #655 of 688 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.1% | #400 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #450 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
288
-44 (-13%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
was 9.0:1
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 | 288 | 36.4 | 7.9:1 | 52% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 38.1 | 8.0:1 | 60% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 328 | 40 | 8.2:1 | 55% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 37 | 9.0:1 | 48% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 300 | 32 | 9.4:1 | 51% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 31 | 10.5:1 | 51% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 36 | 12.4:1 | 47% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 46 | 11.5:1 | 23% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 48 | 10.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public low-enrollment middle school in PENN YAN, New York. Enrolled students number 288 students, in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in New York average about 531 students.
The 3 schools in PENN YAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enroll 1,260 students altogether, PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
Federal enrollment data show PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is 94% White. After that, the student body is 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is close to the 94% White share among all Yates County residents. Pick two students at random and there is an 11% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 7.9:1, with 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 2.4 students per teacher below the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 52%. That tracks the 52% average for public schools in Yates County.
PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 47% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In New York, PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 52.5% actual against a predicted 55.8%.
Federal survey data for Yates County show that the median household income is $69,701, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 6 public schools in Yates County, enrolling about 2,097 students in all.
The closest public school, PENN YAN ACADEMY, is about 0.2 miles from PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: 2. PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
Enrollment dropped 13% from its 2020-21 level of 332. The ratio was 9.0:1 in 2020-21 and 7.9:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Yates County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
24,526
Census ACS
Median income
$69,701
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,097 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PENN YAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PENN YAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 545 students
- PENN YAN ACADEMYHigh · 427 students
Other schools in PENN YAN
- PENN YAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 545 students
- PENN YAN ACADEMYHigh · 427 students
Nearby schools
- PENN YAN ACADEMY0.2 mi · 427
- PENN YAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 545
- GORHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.9 mi · 213
- DUNDEE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL10.6 mi · 281
- DUNDEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.6 mi · 314
- MIDDLESEX VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.1 mi · 242
Frequently asked questions
About PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 288 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 7.9:1 students per teacher at PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PENN YAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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