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What's the one class at TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
733
Middle
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362895003919
TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL
1976 BURDETT AVE, TROY, NY 12180 · (518) 328-5301 · Rensselaer County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL733 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of New York public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
8.7:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
523 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 230 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 241 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 248 | 34% |
| Ungraded | 14 | 2% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL→TROY HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within TROY 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
34.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
100.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +53.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 34 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 down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 54 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 100.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 46.2% |
% 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL
TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 733 | 71.4% | 52.0% |
| EAST IRONDEQUOIT MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 636 | 65.1% | 49.8% |
| LASALLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 539 | 71.8% | 50.1% |
| WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 542 | 67.9% | 40.7% |
| KNICKERBACKER MIDDLE SCHOOL TROY | 474 | 63.9% | 40.8% |
| EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 465 | 79.8% | 31.0% |
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 TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #388 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #49 of 768 ▲ 473 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #641 of 768 ▼ 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 733 | #191 of 796 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.7:1 | #93 of 683 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #19 of 688 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.4% | #285 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #271 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
733
-133 (-15%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 1,122
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 733 | 83.9 | 8.7:1 | 71% (523) |
| 2023-24 | 761 | 84.7 | 9.0:1 | 73% (553) |
| 2022-23 | 786 | 80.7 | 9.7:1 | 72% (564) |
| 2020-21 | 866 | 76 | 11.4:1 | 80% (693) |
| 2017-18 | 836 | 62.4 | 13.4:1 | 75% (627) |
| 2015-16 | 815 | 58 | 14.1:1 | 73% (597) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 49 | 10.4:1 | 69% (348) |
| 2000-01 | 1,103 | 93 | 11.9:1 | 59% (649) |
| 1990-91 | 1,122 | 88 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL
TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school located in TROY, New York. It reports enrollment of 733 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 38% above the 531-student average for middle schools in New York.
TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT is the local district for TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL. It runs 7 schools with 3,522 students.
No group is above 50% at TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL; the largest is White, at 34%. The school is also 27% Black, 22% Hispanic, and 15% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 80%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 74%.
Its ratio of 8.7:1 is based on 83.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in New York average 10.3:1, 1.6 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 71%. That is higher than the 46% average for public schools in Rensselaer County.
Among New York public middle schools, TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 56%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL are 3.3 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (52.0% actual, 48.8% predicted).
For Rensselaer County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $87,915, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 42 public schools in the county, enrolling about 19,274, TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
Of the public schools around it, TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest to TROY HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 9 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL's location as City: Small.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 733, compared with 866 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 11.4:1 to 8.7:1.
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Rensselaer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,332
Census ACS
Median income
$87,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
19,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- TROY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,193 students
- PS 14Elementary · 460 students
- CARROLL HILL SCHOOLElementary · 325 students
- PS 18Elementary · 313 students
- PS 16Elementary · 249 students
- PS 2Elementary · 249 students
Other schools in TROY
- TROY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,193 students
- KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 762 students
- LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 625 students
- TAMARAC MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 576 students
- TURNPIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 542 students
- TAMARAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 505 students
Other Troy Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Troy Middle. TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Troy Middle SchoolPlainfield, IL · 881 students
- TROY MIDDLETROY, MO · 732 students
Nearby schools
- TROY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,193
- PS 140.2 mi · 460
- PS 180.9 mi · 313
- PS 161.0 mi · 249
- PS 21.1 mi · 249
- CARROLL HILL SCHOOL1.3 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About TROY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 733 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 8.7:1 (84 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 34% White, 22% Hispanic, 27% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.