Enrollment
392
Middle
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLATTSBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362328003262
STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL
15 BROAD ST, PLATTSBURGH, NY 12901 · (518) 563-6800 · Clinton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% 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.
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
7.7:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
286 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 119 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 145 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 128 | 33% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL→PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within PLATTSBURGH CITY 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
37.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
44.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 44.6% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 42.7% |
% 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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL
STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 392 | 73.0% | 45.1% |
| EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 571 | 70.9% | 34.8% |
| PERSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL JAMESTOWN | 373 | 75.6% | 49.7% |
| GLOVERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL GLOVERSVILLE | 579 | 72.9% | 24.7% |
| CARL I BERGERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ALBION | 400 | 63.0% | 48.0% |
| COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL COHOES | 427 | 70.0% | 51.1% |
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 STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Clinton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #524 of 766 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #579 of 768 ▲ 1 | #5 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #588 of 768 ▲ 4 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #445 of 796 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.7:1 | #20 of 683 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #474 of 688 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #272 of 773 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #346 of 524 | N/A |
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
392
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
was 8.5:1
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 | 392 | 51.3 | 7.7:1 | 73% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 51 | 7.9:1 | 53% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 372 | 51.1 | 7.3:1 | 53% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | 47 | 8.5:1 | 41% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 45 | 9.6:1 | 44% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 43 | 9.0:1 | 56% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 43 | 9.3:1 | 40% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 51 | 10.3:1 | 32% (167) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 46 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL
STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL runs as a low-enrollment middle school in PLATTSBURGH, New York. The school's 392 students are in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in New York average about 531 students each.
PLATTSBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT is the local district for STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL. It runs 5 schools with 1,812 students.
STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is 77% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 12% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. That compares with about 89% White among all Clinton County residents. The school's diversity index is 38%, meaning two students picked at random have a 38% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 51.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 7.7:1. That is 2.6 students per teacher below the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 73%. That is higher than the 50% average for public schools in Clinton County.
The allk12 Grade for STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is C+. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 36% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 45.1% actual against 48.2% predicted.
Within Clinton County, the median household income is $71,224, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, Clinton County has 28 other public schools.
OAK STREET SCHOOL is the public school closest to STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 45.1% compares with 51.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 398 to 392, a small change.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Clinton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,493
Census ACS
Median income
$71,224
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,729 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PLATTSBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 566 students
- ARTHUR P MOMOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 388 students
- THOMAS E GLASGOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 248 students
- OAK STREET SCHOOLElementary · 218 students
Other schools in PLATTSBURGH
- PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 566 students
- CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 515 students
- ARTHUR P MOMOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 388 students
- THOMAS E GLASGOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 248 students
- CLINTON-ESSEX-WARREN-WASHINGTON BOCESCombined · 237 students
- OAK STREET SCHOOLElementary · 218 students
Other Stafford Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Stafford Middle. STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Stafford MiddleStafford, VA · 961 students
- Stafford Middle SchoolFRISCO, TX · 946 students
- Stafford Middle SchoolSTAFFORD, TX · 678 students
- Stafford Middle SchoolStafford Springs, CT · 285 students
Nearby schools
- OAK STREET SCHOOL0.6 mi · 218
- ARTHUR P MOMOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 388
- THOMAS E GLASGOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 248
- PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 566
- CLINTON-ESSEX-WARREN-WASHINGTON BOCES3.1 mi · 237
- CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 392 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.7:1.
How diverse is STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 77% White, 3% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by PLATTSBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Clinton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.