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Enrollment
1,486
Middle
DISTRICT 768 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH COLONIE CSD·NCES 362100002986
SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL
475 WATERVLIET-SHAKER RD, LATHAM, NY 12110 · (518) 785-1341 · Albany County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,486 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of New York public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
12.2:1
122 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
417 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 6 | 469 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 502 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 487 | 33% |
| Ungraded | 28 | 2% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL→SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NORTH COLONIE CSD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
77.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 77.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
69.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL
SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (69.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,486 | 28.1% | 69.3% |
| WEST HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL MELVILLE | 968 | 23.8% | 66.6% |
| WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST MEADOW | 1,141 | 30.2% | 73.5% |
| JHS 167 ROBERT F WAGNER NEW YORK | 945 | 30.9% | 82.4% |
| FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL GUILDERLAND | 1,186 | 27.2% | 71.7% |
| JHS 104 SIMON BARUCH NEW YORK | 1,023 | 37.2% | 81.5% |
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 SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Albany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #150 of 766 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #210 of 768 ▲ 34 | #6 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #122 of 768 ▲ 38 | #1 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,486 | #16 of 796 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #565 of 683 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #124 of 688 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #629 of 773 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +66.2% | #5 of 168 | #1 of 6 |
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
1,486
+609 (+69%) vs 2020
+73% since 1990-91, when it was 857
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 1,486 | 122 | 12.2:1 | 28% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 1,470 | 120.3 | 12.2:1 | 29% (421) |
| 2022-23 | 1,423 | 115.3 | 12.3:1 | 26% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 877 | 78 | 11.2:1 | 22% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 894 | 71.6 | 12.5:1 | 22% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 861 | 64 | 13.4:1 | 17% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 886 | 64 | 13.8:1 | 11% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 857 | 60 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL
In LATHAM, New York, SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a high-enrollment middle school. The school had 1,486 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in New York) has about 531 students.
NORTH COLONIE CSD has 6,145 students spread across 8 schools.
Roughly 52% of students at SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL are White. Other groups make up 25% Asian, 8% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 69% of Albany County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 122 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.2:1. That is higher than the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Eligible students account for 28% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Albany County report 45%.
Measured against New York public middle schools, SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL would score about 64.7%. It scores 69.3%, 4.6 points above that figure.
Within Albany County, the median household income is $85,333, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. In all, Albany County has 75 public schools and roughly 39,946 students.
The shortest distance from SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 69.3% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment figures are 877 for 2020-21 and 1,486 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger.
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Albany County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
317,018
Census ACS
Median income
$85,333
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
39,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTH COLONIE CSD
- SHAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,138 students
- BOGHT HILLS SCHOOLElementary · 576 students
- BLUE CREEK SCHOOLElementary · 450 students
- LATHAM RIDGE SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
- FORTS FERRY SCHOOLElementary · 423 students
- SOUTHGATE SCHOOLElementary · 369 students
Other schools in LATHAM
- SHAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,138 students
- BLUE CREEK SCHOOLElementary · 450 students
- LATHAM RIDGE SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
- FORTS FERRY SCHOOLElementary · 423 students
Nearby schools
- SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 2,138
- BLUE CREEK SCHOOL0.3 mi · 450
- LATHAM RIDGE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 433
- SOUTHGATE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 369
- WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 785
- WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 670
Frequently asked questions
About SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,486 students in grades 06-08.
Is SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 122 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
How diverse is SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 52% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 25% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORTH COLONIE CSD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.