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Enrollment
537
Middle
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHALMONT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362598003570
SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL
2 SABRE DR, SCHENECTADY, NY 12306 · (518) 355-6110 · Schenectady County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL537 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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.
- FBeats 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
9.5:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
169 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 137 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 129 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 139 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 127 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL→SCHALMONT HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SCHALMONT 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
37.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
44.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 44.8% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 50.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL
SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 537 | 31.5% | 44.4% |
| ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 575 | 32.5% | 56.6% |
| JOHANNA PERRIN MIDDLE SCHOOL FAIRPORT | 572 | 27.1% | 70.7% |
| VICTOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL VICTOR | 605 | 27.6% | 72.4% |
| MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL HILTON | 615 | 27.6% | 65.1% |
| WHITESBORO MIDDLE SCHOOL WHITESBORO | 474 | 33.5% | 69.6% |
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 SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Schenectady County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #534 of 766 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #578 of 768 ▼ 122 | #8 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #589 of 768 ▼ 104 | #6 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 537 | #334 of 796 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #198 of 683 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #477 of 688 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.5% | #603 of 773 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #421 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
537
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 537 | 56.7 | 9.5:1 | 31% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 555 | 55.7 | 10.0:1 | 26% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 56.1 | 10.0:1 | 28% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 57 | 9.3:1 | 29% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 43.1 | 13.2:1 | 31% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 582 | 46 | 12.7:1 | 23% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 15% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 569 | 45 | 12.6:1 | 11% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 34 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL
SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school located in SCHENECTADY, New York. It enrolls 537 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 5 through 8.
A total of 3 schools make up SCHALMONT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,753 students enrolled.
The student body at SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL is 78% White. After that, the student body is 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Schenectady County, the White share is about 69%. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 56.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 9.5 students per teacher. Across middle schools in New York, the average ratio is 10.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 31% of the student body. That is 19 points below the 50% average for public schools in Schenectady County.
On the allk12 Grade, SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 16% of New York public middle schools.
SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL is 19.0 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in New York.
Census data for Schenectady County show the median household earns about $79,623 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Schenectady County number 40, with about 21,555 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, SCHALMONT HIGH SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 39.3%; SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 44.4%, ranking 5th of 9.
NCES assigns SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 537, close to the 531 recorded in 2020-21.
SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Schenectady County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,369
Census ACS
Median income
$79,623
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SCHALMONT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 671 students
- SCHALMONT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 545 students
Other schools in SCHENECTADY
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,885 students
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,379 students
- MOHONASEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 924 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 671 students
- ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 657 students
- DRAPER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 655 students
Nearby schools
- SCHALMONT HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 545
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 671
- VAN CORLAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 311
- DRAPER MIDDLE SCHOOL3.3 mi · 655
- MOHONASEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.3 mi · 924
- HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 537 students in grades 05-08.
Is SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 9.5:1 (57 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 78% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by SCHALMONT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Schenectady County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.