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Enrollment
848
High
DISTRICT 1,044 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360387000146
THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
29 E ONEIDA ST, BALDWINSVILLE, NY 13027 · (315) 638-6086 · Onondaga County
GRADES 08–09HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL848 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of New York public high schools
- B-Test 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
238 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 417 | 49% |
| Grade 9 | 422 | 50% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BALDWINSVILLE 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
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
71.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 71.5% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 74.5% |
% 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 848 | 28.1% | 59.2% |
| WHITESBORO HIGH SCHOOL MARCY | 914 | 27.1% | 80.0% |
| AVERILL PARK HIGH SCHOOL AVERILL PARK | 870 | 27.6% | 79.5% |
| GRAND ISLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRAND ISLAND | 868 | 29.0% | 90.7% |
| HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL HAMBURG | 979 | 24.7% | 87.2% |
| SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SCOTIA | 689 | 31.6% | 74.5% |
Matched among New York high 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 THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #561 of 1,135 | #15 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #238 of 1,109 ▲ 61 | #5 of 24 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #873 of 1,135 ▲ 139 | #18 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 848 | #299 of 1,216 | #12 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #856 of 1,058 | #19 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.1% | #806 of 1,070 | #18 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #1,009 of 1,167 | #17 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #693 of 743 | #19 of 20 |
Ranked against other public high 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
848
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 823
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 848 | 64 | 13.3:1 | 28% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 829 | 67.3 | 12.3:1 | 30% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 834 | 63.7 | 13.1:1 | 31% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 871 | 58 | 15.0:1 | 26% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 864 | 69 | 12.5:1 | 26% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 885 | 66 | 13.4:1 | 25% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 933 | 66 | 14.1:1 | 17% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 958 | 66 | 14.5:1 | 7% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 823 | 65 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
As a mid-sized high school, THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students in BALDWINSVILLE, New York. It is open to students in grades 8 through 9 and enrolls 848 students. That is 27% larger than the average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the 8 schools that make up BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,400 students in total).
The share of students at THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL who are White is 84%. Other students are 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Black. By comparison, Onondaga County residents are about 75% White. A diversity index of 28% means there is a 28% chance two randomly chosen students at THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.3 students per teacher. The average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Onondaga County average 49%.
Among New York public high schools, THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL outscored 36%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 64.7% at THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.2%.
Onondaga County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $76,945 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Onondaga County number 123, with about 67,044 students.
THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 3%. By 2024-25, the school had 13.3 students per teacher, compared with 15.0 in 2020-21.
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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 BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,240 students
- DONALD S RAY SCHOOLMiddle · 846 students
- MAE E REYNOLDS SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
- HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 504 students
- CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 494 students
- VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 488 students
Other schools in BALDWINSVILLE
- CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,240 students
- DONALD S RAY SCHOOLMiddle · 846 students
- MAE E REYNOLDS SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
- HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 504 students
- CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 494 students
- VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 488 students
Nearby schools
- HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 504
- CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,240
- VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 488
- DONALD S RAY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 846
- MAE E REYNOLDS SCHOOL2.6 mi · 513
- L PEARL PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 848 students in grades 08-09.
Is THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 08-09.
How many students per teacher at THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Onondaga County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.