SAUQUOIT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in SAUQUOIT, New York, SAUQUOIT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is an intimate intermediate school, part of SAUQUOIT VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 276 students across grades 5 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so SAUQUOIT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 48% below that benchmark.

SAUQUOIT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by SAUQUOIT VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 883 students overall.

On demographics, SAUQUOIT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder is composed of 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SAUQUOIT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Oneida County (around 47%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SAUQUOIT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.3%; this one delivers 69.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Oneida County reports that median household income runs about $70,154, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Oneida County runs 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students), of which SAUQUOIT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

SAUQUOIT VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SAUQUOIT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAUQUOIT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL has contracted 9%, going from 303 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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