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
D
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Scored higher than 11% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 57 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 67 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 32% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 38.1% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 186 | 53.8% | 38.6% |
| SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL SANDY CREEK | 175 | 56.0% | 47.8% |
| CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL CANAJOHARIE | 193 | 50.3% | 38.9% |
| OXFORD ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL OXFORD | 216 | 51.4% | 40.1% |
| AUSABLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL CLINTONVILLE | 152 | 52.6% | 44.0% |
| LITTLE FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL LITTLE FALLS | 233 | 54.1% | 57.5% |
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 WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #622 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #696 of 768 ▼ 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #720 of 768 ▼ 119 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 186 | #698 of 796 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #386 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #305 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
186
-27 (-13%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 186 | 21.7 | 8.6:1 | 54% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 198 | 22.3 | 8.9:1 | 54% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 189 | 20.8 | 9.1:1 | 54% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 213 | 21 | 10.1:1 | 46% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 208 | 14 | 14.9:1 | 52% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 211 | 19 | 11.1:1 | 62% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 226 | 16 | 14.1:1 | 52% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 260 | 16 | 16.3:1 | 37% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 16 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school in WALTON, New York, according to federal school records. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 186 students enrolled. By comparison, middle schools in New York enroll about 531 students on average.
WALTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL and 2 other schools, with 805 students in total.
The share of students at WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL who are White is 96%. Other groups make up 3% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 8%.
The school's 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.6:1. Middle schools in New York have an average ratio of 10.3:1. At WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, 54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of New York public middle schools.
A school with WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 55.2%. WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 38.6%, 16.6 points below that line.
The school's county is Delaware County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $63,337 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Delaware County with 20 other public schools.
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest public school to WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The nearest schools with test data average 55.2%, higher than WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's 38.6%.
Under the NCES locale system, WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment fell by 13% across 4 years, from 213 in 2020-21 to 186 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 10.1:1 to 8.6:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Other Walton Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Walton Middle. WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOLDEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL · 796 students
- Walton MiddleCompton, CA · 72 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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