Enrollment
255
Middle
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SKANEATELES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362694003667
SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL
35 EAST ST, SKANEATELES, NY 13152 · (315) 291-2241 · Onondaga County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 89% of New York public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
8.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
34 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 6 | 74 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 95 | 37% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL→SKANEATELES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SKANEATELES 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
77.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
88.7%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 88.7% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 90.6% |
% 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
80.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL
SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (80.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 255 | 13.3% | 80.7% |
| VOORHEESVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL VOORHEESVILLE | 320 | 14.7% | 65.0% |
| BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL RHINEBECK | 211 | 16.6% | 83.5% |
| BEACH STREET MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST ISLIP | 380 | 11.3% | 62.8% |
| JAMES WILSON YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL BAYPORT | 399 | 17.3% | 67.3% |
| EAST MORICHES SCHOOL EAST MORICHES | 291 | 22.0% | 63.0% |
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 SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #49 of 766 | #2 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.7% | #118 of 768 ▼ 19 | #2 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #65 of 768 ▲ 14 | #3 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #633 of 796 | #23 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.8:1 | #104 of 683 | #3 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.1% | #639 of 688 | #21 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #739 of 773 | #23 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #133 of 524 | #3 of 14 |
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
255
-43 (-14%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 255 | 28.9 | 8.8:1 | 13% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 32.1 | 8.6:1 | 15% (42) |
| 2022-23 | 290 | 31.5 | 9.2:1 | 17% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 29 | 10.3:1 | 14% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 22 | 14.7:1 | 12% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 334 | 17 | 19.6:1 | 10% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 408 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 6% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 4% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 27 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL
SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle school located in SKANEATELES, New York. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 255 students on the rolls. On average, middle schools in New York enroll around 531, and this school is 52% below that mark.
SKANEATELES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL along with 3 other schools, enrolling 1,212 students in total.
SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL is 93% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 4% Hispanic. In Onondaga County overall, about 75% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 14%.
There are 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 8.8:1. The average for middle schools in New York, 10.3:1, is higher. Of all students at SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL, 13% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Onondaga County, the average is 49%.
SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 89% of New York public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL, the prediction is 70.1% and the result is 80.7%.
In Onondaga County, the median household earns about $76,945 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Onondaga County has 123 public schools with about 67,044 students, including SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, SKANEATELES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL holds 7 other public schools. SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 80.7% compares with 71.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
The school's student count fell 14% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 10.3 in 2020-21 to 8.8 in 2024-25.
SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Onondaga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
471,129
Census ACS
Median income
$76,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
67,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SKANEATELES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SKANEATELES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 410 students
- WATERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 281 students
- STATE STREET INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 266 students
Other schools in SKANEATELES
- SKANEATELES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 410 students
- WATERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 281 students
- STATE STREET INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 266 students
Nearby schools
- SKANEATELES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 410
- STATE STREET INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 266
- WATERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 281
- HARRIET TUBMAN RESIDENTIAL CENTER4.2 mi · 20
- C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL4.7 mi · 501
- K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.7 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 255 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 8.8:1 students per teacher at SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SKANEATELES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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