SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in UTICA, New York, SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is an average-sized 6-8 campus, part of UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 749 students across grades 7 through 8. That puts it 41% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 13 schools operated by UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 9,075 students overall.

Demographically, SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Black (26%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 24% Hispanic, 24% Asian, 18% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Oneida County as a whole is about 6% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL shows 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Oneida County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.3%; this one delivers 48.3%.

In the surrounding community, Oneida County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,154, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 72 public schools in Oneida County (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students).

Nearest neighbor: MOHAWK VALLEY PSYCHIATRIC CENTER FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 45.2%.

SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 716 (now 749). White enrollment moved from 23% to 18% across the same window.

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