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Enrollment
587
Middle
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361974001811
ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL
45 BREAKEY AVE, MONTICELLO, NY 12701 · (845) 796-3058 · Sullivan County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL587 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of New York public middle schools
- DTest 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
9.1:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
423 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 203 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 205 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 172 | 29% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 1% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL→MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within MONTICELLO 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
18.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
27.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.0% | 27.8% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 35.2% |
% 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
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL
ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 587 | 72.1% | 35.3% |
| WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY AMSTERDAM | 772 | 75.1% | 36.9% |
| GENEVA MIDDLE SCHOOL GENEVA | 442 | 64.3% | 44.6% |
| LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBERTY | 516 | 65.1% | 35.1% |
| EAST IRONDEQUOIT MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 636 | 65.1% | 49.8% |
| MIDDLE VILLAGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL MIDDLE VILLAGE | 468 | 74.1% | 73.3% |
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 ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #666 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #720 of 768 ▼ 53 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #754 of 768 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 587 | #293 of 796 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #141 of 683 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #77 of 688 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.1% | #276 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #197 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
587
-85 (-13%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 771
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 587 | 64.2 | 9.1:1 | 72% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 63.2 | 9.3:1 | 65% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 59.5 | 10.0:1 | 66% (395) |
| 2020-21 | 672 | 62 | 10.8:1 | 64% (433) |
| 2017-18 | 700 | 67 | 10.4:1 | 68% (478) |
| 2015-16 | 627 | 67 | 9.4:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 717 | 70 | 10.2:1 | 45% (321) |
| 2000-01 | 832 | 68 | 12.2:1 | 48% (399) |
| 1990-91 | 771 | 58 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL
MONTICELLO, New York, is home to ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL, a mid-sized middle school. Federal data show 587 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Within MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 5 schools. The district enrolls 2,695 students.
The biggest share of students at ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL, 41%, is Hispanic. The remaining shares are 35% White, 13% Black, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Sullivan County's population at about 19%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 69%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL is 9.1:1, based on 64.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sullivan County is 61%.
On the allk12 Grade, ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at D, ahead of 9% of New York public middle schools.
A school with ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 48.5%. ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 35.3%, 13.2 points below that line.
Sullivan County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $72,382, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 20 public schools in the county, enrolling about 9,164, ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest public school to ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are 3 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 672 to 587, a 13% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 10.8:1 to 9.1:1.
The allk12 page for ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Sullivan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,721
Census ACS
Median income
$72,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
9,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 833 students
- GEORGE L COOKE SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
- KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
- EMMA C CHASE SCHOOLElementary · 219 students
Other schools in MONTICELLO
- MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 833 students
- GEORGE L COOKE SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
- KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
Nearby schools
- MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 833
- KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOL0.2 mi · 466
- GEORGE L COOKE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 590
- FALLSBURG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL7.6 mi · 663
- BENJAMIN COSOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.9 mi · 841
- SULLIVAN BOCES10.8 mi · 238
Frequently asked questions
About ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 587 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 9.1:1 (64 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 35% White, 41% Hispanic, 13% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.