Enrollment
279
Middle
DISTRICT 292 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIOGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362871003898
TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL
27 5TH AVE, TIOGA CENTER, NY 13845 · (607) 687-8004 · Tioga County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of New York public middle schools
- A-Test 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
11.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
135 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 5 | 73 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 82 | 29% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL→TIOGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within TIOGA 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
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
100.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 100 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 100.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 100.0% |
% 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
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL
TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 279 | 48.4% | 66.5% |
| LETCHWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 279 | 49.1% | 52.7% |
| MOUNT MARKHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST WINFIELD | 284 | 46.5% | 45.3% |
| CORINTH MIDDLE SCHOOL CORINTH | 310 | 49.4% | 52.8% |
| SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL SHERBURNE | 302 | 50.7% | 54.2% |
| LOWVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL LOWVILLE | 263 | 45.6% | 63.5% |
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 TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #183 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #48 of 768 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #193 of 768 ▲ 118 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #597 of 796 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #475 of 683 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #678 of 688 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #432 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #386 of 524 |
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
279
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 418
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 279 | 24.8 | 11.3:1 | 48% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 25.3 | 10.8:1 | 44% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 264 | 24.7 | 10.7:1 | 50% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | 23 | 12.6:1 | 56% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 300 | 23 | 13.0:1 | 69% (208) |
| 2015-16 | 301 | 14 | 21.5:1 | 61% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 47% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 430 | 22 | 19.6:1 | 39% (169) |
| 1990-91 | 418 | 22 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL
TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school in TIOGA CENTER, New York, reachable at (607) 687-8004. The school serves 279 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in New York is roughly 531 students; this school is 47% smaller than that.
Federal data list 3 schools in TIOGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 875 students enrolled.
The large majority of students at TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL, 96%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Hispanic. That is close to the 94% White share among all Tioga County residents. TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 7%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 24.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.3:1. For comparison, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 48%.
allk12 grades TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 66.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 57.2%.
Federal survey data for Tioga County show that median household income is about $72,739, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL is among the 21 public schools in Tioga County.
TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL is behind the 71.2% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 5.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL had 289 students in 2020-21 and 279 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.6:1 to 11.3:1 over the same years.
The TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Tioga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,864
Census ACS
Median income
$72,739
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
7,112 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TIOGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 323 students
- TIOGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 273 students
Other schools in TIOGA CENTER
- TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 323 students
- TIOGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 273 students
Other Tioga Middle schools
One other US public school is named Tioga Middle. TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Tioga MiddleFresno, CA · 692 students
Nearby schools
- TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 323
- TIOGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 273
- OWEGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.5 mi · 497
- OWEGO FREE ACADEMY5.7 mi · 621
- OWEGO-APALACHIN MIDDLE SCHOOL5.7 mi · 457
- TIOGA COUNTY JAIL7.3 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 279 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 96% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by TIOGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.