SPENCER-VAN ETTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL

SPENCER-VAN ETTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a cozy 6-8 campus in SPENCER, New York, operated by SPENCER-VAN ETTEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 236 students spanning grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 56% smaller than the state mean of about 531.

Within SPENCER-VAN ETTEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 803 students, SPENCER-VAN ETTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SPENCER-VAN ETTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Tioga County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, SPENCER-VAN ETTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting SPENCER-VAN ETTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tioga County (around 53%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SPENCER-VAN ETTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.8%, the actual is 51.2%, a residual of +0.3 points.

In the area at large, Tioga County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,739 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. SPENCER-VAN ETTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 21 public schools in Tioga County (combined enrollment of about 7,112 students).

SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around SPENCER-VAN ETTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, SPENCER-VAN ETTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 48.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 284 students in 2018 compared to 236 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for SPENCER-VAN ETTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.