WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY

Set in AMSTERDAM, New York, WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY is a medium-sized 6-8 campus, run under AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It enrolls 772 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY sits 45% bigger than that benchmark.

WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY is one of 6 schools operated by AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 3,663 students overall.

Looking at the student body, WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 35% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Montgomery County (around 62%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.9%.

Around the school, census data for Montgomery County shows the typical household earns roughly $64,943 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Montgomery County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,225 students), of which WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY. On composite proficiency, WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.8%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY has decreased 6%, going from 818 students in 2018 to 772 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 35% across the same window.

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