Enrollment
361
Middle
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARANAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360000904670
SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL
70 PICKETTS CRNRS RD, SARANAC, NY 12981 · (518) 565-5700 · Clinton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of New York public middle schools
- CTest 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
11.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
136 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 6 | 117 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 114 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 129 | 36% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL→SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within SARANAC 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
31.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
49.6%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 49.6% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 51.8% |
% 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
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL
SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 361 | 37.7% | 46.1% |
| PALMYRA-MACEDON MIDDLE SCHOOL PALMYRA | 354 | 38.7% | 47.5% |
| GRIFFITH INSTITUTE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRINGVILLE | 349 | 39.0% | 45.9% |
| NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWFANE | 363 | 35.3% | 47.4% |
| WILLIAM H GOLDING MIDDLE SCHOOL COBLESKILL | 344 | 41.0% | 50.1% |
| HOMER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOMER | 397 | 40.8% | 53.2% |
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 SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Clinton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #503 of 766 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #510 of 768 ▼ 71 | #4 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #672 of 768 ▼ 149 | #5 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #483 of 796 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #460 of 683 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.6% | #674 of 688 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.7% | #552 of 773 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.8% | #26 of 168 | 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
361
+20 (+6%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 282
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 361 | 32.4 | 11.2:1 | 38% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 33.6 | 11.0:1 | 40% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 33.3 | 11.2:1 | 37% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 28 | 12.2:1 | 42% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 28.5 | 10.7:1 | 40% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 27 | 11.5:1 | 44% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 27 | 12.6:1 | 28% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 335 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 24% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 282 | 21 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL
As a small middle-grades school, SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students in SARANAC, New York. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 361 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in New York) has about 531 students.
SARANAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 4 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,546 students.
Federal enrollment data show SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL is 96% White. Enrollment also includes 2% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 9%, meaning two students picked at random have a 9% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1 at SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 0.9 above the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 38%. The average for public schools in Clinton County is 50%.
allk12 grades SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 61.1% at SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.1%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Clinton County, the median household income is $71,224, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 29 public schools in Clinton County, enrolling about 10,729 students in all.
The closest public school, SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile from SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 54.1%; SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 46.1%, ranking 5th of 8.
NCES describes the area around SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal data show a 6% enrollment gain, from 341 in 2020-21 to 361 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.2:1 to 11.2:1.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Clinton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,493
Census ACS
Median income
$71,224
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,729 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SARANAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SARANAC HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 468 students
- SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 359 students
- MORRISONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 358 students
Other schools in SARANAC
- SARANAC HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 468 students
- SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 359 students
Nearby schools
- SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 468
- SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 359
- MORRISONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.0 mi · 358
- CLINTON-ESSEX-WARREN-WASHINGTON BOCES10.6 mi · 237
- PERU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.1 mi · 832
- PERU HIGH SCHOOL11.2 mi · 555
Frequently asked questions
About SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 361 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by SARANAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Clinton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.