SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL

SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a big middle-grades school in LATHAM, New York, part of NORTH COLONIE CSD. The school teaches 1,486 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 180% larger than that benchmark.

NORTH COLONIE CSD runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 6,145 students. SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 25% Asian, 8% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 122 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Albany County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.7%; this one delivers 69.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Albany County shows median household earnings sit near $85,333, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Albany County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 66%: 894 students in 2018 compared to 1,486 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 68% to 52%.

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