SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in ALBANY, New York, SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle-grades school, run under SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 873 students across grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 64% bigger than typical.

SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,040 students. SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL has 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 47% of students at SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.8%.

Around the school, Albany County reports that median household earnings sit near $85,333, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Albany County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), of which SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 63.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 825 students in 2018 compared to 873 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 67% to 51%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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