THOUSAND ISLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in CLAYTON, New York, THOUSAND ISLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a tiny junior high, run under THOUSAND ISLANDS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 185 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 65% below the state mean of about 531.

Across the 4 schools in THOUSAND ISLANDS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (799 students total), THOUSAND ISLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, THOUSAND ISLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 31% of students at THOUSAND ISLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jefferson County (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, THOUSAND ISLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,301, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. THOUSAND ISLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 39 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students).

The closest other public school is THOUSAND ISLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts THOUSAND ISLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 61.9%.

THOUSAND ISLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. THOUSAND ISLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 202 (now 185).

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