SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL

SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the tight-knit 6-8 campuss in SARANAC, New York, overseen by SARANAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 361 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 32% below that benchmark.

SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by SARANAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 1,546 students overall.

On the student-mix side, SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (96%) are White; the rest looks like 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Clinton County's rate of about 50%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.1%; this one delivers 46.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Clinton County) reports that median household income runs about $71,224, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clinton County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,729 students), of which SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 54.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 19%: 304 students in 2018 compared to 361 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.