SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL

SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment junior high in SHERBURNE, New York, overseen by SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 302 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 43% below that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,273 students total), SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (95%) are White. The remainder consists of 2% multiracial. Compared to Chenango County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.4%, the actual is 54.2%, a residual of -2.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Chenango County put the typical household earns roughly $62,948 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chenango County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,036 students), of which SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.4%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL has rose 4%, going from 289 students in 2018 to 302 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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