Enrollment
186
Middle
DISTRICT 268 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362982004791
WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
47-49 STOCKTON AVE, WALTON, NY 13856 · (607) 865-4116 · Delaware County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL186 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
100 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WALTON 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
27.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
186
-22 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 14.9:1
% White
96%
was 94%
% Hispanic
3%
was 4%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a minimally staffed middle-grades school in WALTON, New York, operated by WALTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 186 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 65% leaner than typical.
Across the 3 schools in WALTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (805 students total), WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (96%) are White; the rest breaks down as 3% Hispanic.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Roughly 54% of students at WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.2%, the actual is 38.6%, a residual of -16.6 points.
Around the school, census data for Delaware County shows median household income runs about $63,337, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Delaware County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,307 students), WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
WALTON 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 WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.0%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 208 students in 2018 compared to 186 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.
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Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,487
Census ACS
Median income
$63,337
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,307 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WALTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 348 students
- WALTON HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 271 students
Other schools in WALTON
- TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 348 students
- WALTON HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 271 students
Nearby schools
- WALTON HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 271
- TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 348
- DOWNSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL8.6 mi · 219
- FRANKLIN CENTRAL SCHOOL12.5 mi · 209
- DELAWARE ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL13.3 mi · 325
- DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL13.3 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 186 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 8.6:1 students per teacher at WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 96% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by WALTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Delaware County.
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