Enrollment
277
Middle
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRUMANSBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362898003922
RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL
100 WHIG ST, TRUMANSBURG, NY 14886 · (607) 387-7551 · Tompkins County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL277 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of New York public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
7.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
80 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 5 | 74 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 28% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL→CHARLES O DICKERSON HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within TRUMANSBURG CENTRAL 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
71.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
79.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 79.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 73.6% |
% 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
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL
RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 277 | 28.9% | 68.9% |
| CLINTON MIDDLE SCHOOL CLINTON | 280 | 28.2% | 66.8% |
| VERNON-VERONA-SHERRILL MIDDLE SCHOOL VERONA | 276 | 27.5% | 61.8% |
| AVON MIDDLE SCHOOL AVON | 279 | 29.0% | 55.7% |
| PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL WHITESBORO | 246 | 28.0% | 56.5% |
| CAZENOVIA MIDDLE SCHOOL CAZENOVIA | 314 | 29.6% | 59.9% |
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 RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Tompkins County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #156 of 766 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #197 of 768 ▲ 44 | #3 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #100 of 768 ▲ 113 | #1 of 6 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 277 | #602 of 796 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.6:1 | #16 of 683 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.0% | #577 of 688 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.9% | #620 of 773 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #152 of 524 | N/A |
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
277
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 354
Student : Teacher
7.6:1
was 7.7:1
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 | 277 | 36.7 | 7.6:1 | 29% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 35.5 | 7.6:1 | 35% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 39 | 7.7:1 | 40% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 36 | 7.7:1 | 38% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 29 | 11.8:1 | 36% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 321 | 27 | 11.9:1 | 28% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 326 | 32 | 10.2:1 | 27% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 37 | 13.4:1 | 23% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 354 | 29 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL
In TRUMANSBURG, New York, part of Tompkins County, RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school. The school runs grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 277 students. That compares with an average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
TRUMANSBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 957 students, and its 3 schools include RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL.
The share of students at RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL who are White is 86%. Other students are 6% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Tompkins County residents are about 75% White. A diversity index of 25% means there is a 25% chance two randomly chosen students at RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL totals 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 7.6:1. The average for middle schools in New York, 10.3:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 29%.
Among New York public middle schools, RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 77%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL is 4.5 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 68.9% actual, 64.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
American Community Survey estimates for Tompkins County show that the median household earns about $74,024 a year, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Tompkins County, 33 public schools serve about 10,392 students.
RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is TRUMANSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are 2 other public schools. On proficiency, RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL is ahead of the 56.3% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 278 in 2020-21, 277 in 2024-25.
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Tompkins County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,537
Census ACS
Median income
$74,024
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
10,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TRUMANSBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- TRUMANSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 409 students
- CHARLES O DICKERSON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 271 students
Other schools in TRUMANSBURG
- TRUMANSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 409 students
- CHARLES O DICKERSON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 271 students
Nearby schools
- TRUMANSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 409
- CHARLES O DICKERSON HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 271
- LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL6.0 mi · 355
- LANSING HIGH SCHOOL6.2 mi · 371
- ENFIELD SCHOOL6.2 mi · 165
- RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.4 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 277 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 7.6:1 students per teacher at RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RUSSELL I DOIG MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by TRUMANSBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Tompkins County.
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