Enrollment
169
Middle
DISTRICT 329 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIDNEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362685003664
SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
13 PEARL ST E, SIDNEY, NY 13838 · (607) 561-7703 · Delaware County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL169 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% 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.
- C-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
11.2:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
85 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 7 | 88 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 48% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL→SIDNEY HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SIDNEY 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
33.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
44.2%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 44.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 48.2% |
% 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 169 | 50.3% | 46.0% |
| RED JACKET MIDDLE SCHOOL SHORTSVILLE | 160 | 52.5% | 52.0% |
| CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL CANAJOHARIE | 193 | 50.3% | 38.9% |
| NEWFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWFIELD | 142 | 47.2% | 43.8% |
| CUBA-RUSHFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL CUBA | 154 | 48.7% | 45.8% |
| WARSAW MIDDLE SCHOOL WARSAW | 179 | 45.3% | 49.5% |
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 SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #505 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #581 of 768 ▼ 81 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #652 of 768 ▼ 183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 169 | #725 of 796 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.3% | #414 of 773 |
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
169
-14 (-8%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 169 | 15.1 | 11.2:1 | 50% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 164 | 16.1 | 10.2:1 | 55% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 171 | 17.3 | 9.9:1 | 53% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 183 | 17 | 10.8:1 | 46% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 155 | 5 | 30.9:1 | 43% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 144 | 1 | 144.0:1 | 48% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 319 | 29 | 11.0:1 | 51% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 28 | 12.5:1 | 39% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 351 | 24 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle-grades school in SIDNEY, New York, (ZIP code 13838). The school had 169 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for middle schools in New York is about 531, so this school runs 68% smaller than that.
SIDNEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has a total of 3 schools and 988 students, SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
Federal enrollment data show SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 83% White. Other groups include 8% multiracial and 7% Hispanic. SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's diversity index is 30%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1 at SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, middle schools in New York have 10.3:1, compared with 11.2:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 50% of enrollment. That tracks the 47% average for public schools in Delaware County.
The allk12 Grade for SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is C. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 28% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 56.5%. SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 46.0%, 10.5 points below that line.
Within Delaware County, the median household income is $63,337, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Besides SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, Delaware County has 20 other public schools.
SIDNEY HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 4th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is Town: Distant.
Enrollment at SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL dropped 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 183 to 169 students.
Community posts for SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,487
Census ACS
Median income
$63,337
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,307 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SIDNEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 477 students
- SIDNEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 342 students
Other schools in SIDNEY
- SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 477 students
- SIDNEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 342 students
Other Sidney Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Sidney Middle. SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Sidney Middle SchoolSidney, OH · 840 students
- Sidney Middle SchoolSidney, MT · 319 students
- SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOLSIDNEY, NE · 152 students
Nearby schools
- SIDNEY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 342
- SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 477
- UNADILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.2 mi · 349
- GREENLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.9 mi · 297
- BAINBRIDGE-GUILFORD HIGH SCHOOL5.1 mi · 351
- GUILFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.8 mi · 141
Frequently asked questions
About SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 169 students in grades 07-08.
Is SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 83% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of SIDNEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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