Enrollment
165
Middle
DISTRICT 236 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362925006575
UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
239 CAYUGA ST, UNION SPRINGS, NY 13160 · (315) 889-4112 · Cayuga County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL165 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of New York public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
9.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
58 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 6 | 46 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 38% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL→UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within UNION SPRINGS 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
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The New York average is about 58 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 165 | 35.2% | 58.8% |
| BLOOMFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL BLOOMFIELD | 182 | 37.4% | 62.9% |
| FRANKFORT-SCHUYLER MIDDLE SCHOOL FRANKFORT | 183 | 37.7% | 48.3% |
| THOUSAND ISLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL CLAYTON | 185 | 31.4% | 71.1% |
| GANANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL WALWORTH | 176 | 30.7% | 62.1% |
| HOLLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLLAND | 218 | 31.2% | 60.4% |
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 UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #279 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #504 of 768 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #242 of 768 ▲ 98 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 165 | #733 of 796 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.2% | #574 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.0% | #73 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
165
-16 (-9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 165 | 17.9 | 9.2:1 | 35% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 171 | 18.6 | 9.2:1 | 41% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 172 | 19.5 | 8.8:1 | 46% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 181 | 17 | 10.7:1 | 44% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 239 | 14 | 17.1:1 | 35% (83) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a very small middle school with its address in UNION SPRINGS, New York. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 165 students. Middle schools in New York average about 531 students, which makes this school 69% below average.
UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a school in UNION SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The district has 3 schools and 709 students.
At UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, 92% of students are White. The school is also 6% Hispanic. Census estimates put Cayuga County at about 88% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL totals 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.2:1. The average for middle schools in New York is 10.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 35%. On average, public schools in Cayuga County report 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 55% of New York public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3.3 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 58.8% actual, 62.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
In the surrounding county, Cayuga County, the median household earns about $67,904 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 22, with about 8,576 students.
UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL holds 2 other public schools. UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 165, compared with 181 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 9.2:1, from 10.7:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cayuga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,102
Census ACS
Median income
$67,904
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,576 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UNION SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ANDREW J SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 332 students
- UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 212 students
Other schools in UNION SPRINGS
- ANDREW J SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 332 students
- UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 212 students
Nearby schools
- UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 212
- ANDREW J SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 332
- CAYUGA-ONONDAGA BOCES6.0 mi · 292
- ELIZABETH CADY STANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.4 mi · 272
- SENECA FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL7.3 mi · 266
- MYNDERSE ACADEMY7.3 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 165 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 9.2:1 (18 FTE teachers).
How diverse is UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 92% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by UNION SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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