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WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school of moderately sized scale in CAMILLUS, New York, operated by WEST GENESEE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 724 students in grades 5 through 6. That puts it 36% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.
Across the 7 schools in WEST GENESEE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (4,543 students total), WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (82%) are White. The remainder comes out to 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL has 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Onondaga County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.4%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Onondaga County) shows that median household earnings sit near $76,945, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Onondaga County (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students).
STONEHEDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 59.0%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 19%: 610 students in 2018 compared to 724 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 82% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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