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What's something PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
697
Middle
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360999000778
PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
101 SPARTAN WAY, EAST SYRACUSE, NY 13057 · (315) 434-3050 · Onondaga County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL697 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of New York public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.0:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
310 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 6 | 239 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 239 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 216 | 31% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL→EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within EAST SYRACUSE MINOA 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
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
59.6%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 59.6% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 697 | 44.5% | 59.0% |
| BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL BUFFALO | 654 | 46.3% | 42.1% |
| NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL NORTH TONAWANDA | 725 | 46.9% | 35.0% |
| HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL BUFFALO | 772 | 46.2% | 49.0% |
| EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 567 | 40.0% | 48.8% |
| DRAPER MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 655 | 41.2% | 50.5% |
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 PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #275 of 766 | #9 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #374 of 768 ▼ 17 | #13 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #309 of 768 ▲ 9 | #10 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 697 | #207 of 796 | #4 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #446 of 683 | #19 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.5% | #482 of 688 | #16 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #480 of 773 | #11 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #403 of 524 | #10 of 14 |
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
697
-64 (-8%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 821
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 697 | 63.3 | 11.0:1 | 44% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 63.6 | 10.8:1 | 42% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 64.7 | 10.4:1 | 43% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 761 | 65 | 11.7:1 | 43% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 741 | 66 | 11.2:1 | 43% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 719 | 50 | 14.4:1 | 42% (304) |
| 2010-11 | 764 | 76 | 10.1:1 | 29% (222) |
| 2000-01 | 922 | 80 | 11.5:1 | 27% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 821 | 71 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school in EAST SYRACUSE, New York, under EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school counts 697 students across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 31% bigger than the 531 average for middle schools in New York.
EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 3,411 students in 7 schools, including PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
A majority of students at PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 78%, are White. The remaining shares are 8% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, about 75% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.
With 63.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL was 11.0:1. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 44%.
The allk12 Grade for PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is B. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 62% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 58.6%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 59.0%.
Census estimates describe Onondaga County this way: median household income is about $76,945, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 123 public schools in Onondaga County, with a combined enrollment of about 67,044.
The next-closest public school is WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 59.0% versus a 56.2% average.
In the federal locale system, PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 761 to 697.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Onondaga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
471,129
Census ACS
Median income
$76,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
67,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,185 students
- EAST SYRACUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 361 students
- FREMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 324 students
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 310 students
- MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 307 students
- PARK HILL SCHOOLElementary · 227 students
Other schools in EAST SYRACUSE
- EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,185 students
- EAST SYRACUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 361 students
- FREMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 324 students
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 310 students
- PARK HILL SCHOOLElementary · 227 students
Other Pine Grove Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Pine Grove Middle. PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Pine Grove MiddleBaltimore, MD · 804 students
- Pine Grove Middle SchoolValdosta, GA · 733 students
Nearby schools
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 310
- EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,185
- FREMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 324
- MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 307
- EAST SYRACUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 361
- PARK HILL SCHOOL3.0 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 697 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 11.0:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 78% White, 4% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.