TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL

TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized junior high in TROY, New York, overseen by TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 733 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 38% larger than typical.

Across the 7 schools in TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,522 students total), TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 27% Black, 22% Hispanic, 15% multiracial. By comparison, Rensselaer County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 71% of students at TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Rensselaer County (around 46%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.8%, the actual is 52.0%, a residual of +3.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Rensselaer County indicate the typical household earns roughly $87,915 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 42 public schools in Rensselaer County (combined enrollment of about 19,274 students).

The closest other public school is TROY HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 41.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 836 students in 2018 compared to 733 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 43% to 34% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.

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