UNATEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a very small intermediate school in OTEGO, New York, UNATEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL serves 151 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by OTEGO-UNADILLA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 72% leaner than the state mean of about 531.

OTEGO-UNADILLA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 721 students. UNATEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, UNATEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Otsego County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting UNATEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), UNATEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.9%; this one delivers 68.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Otsego County put the typical household earns roughly $68,885 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. UNATEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 21 public schools in Otsego County (combined enrollment of about 6,216 students).

UNATEGO JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around UNATEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts UNATEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 45.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. UNATEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 189 (now 151). Class-load math has tightened: from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.

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