WILLIAM H GOLDING MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a tight-knit intermediate school in COBLESKILL, New York, WILLIAM H GOLDING MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls 344 students from grades 6 through 9, operated by COBLESKILL-RICHMONDVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so WILLIAM H GOLDING MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 35% smaller than that benchmark.

COBLESKILL-RICHMONDVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,514 students. WILLIAM H GOLDING MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, WILLIAM H GOLDING MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Schoharie County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting WILLIAM H GOLDING MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WILLIAM H GOLDING MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.9%; this one delivers 50.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Schoharie County put median household earnings sit near $70,133, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. WILLIAM H GOLDING MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 11 public schools in Schoharie County (combined enrollment of about 3,597 students).

GEORGE D RYDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WILLIAM H GOLDING MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. WILLIAM H GOLDING MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 387 (now 344).

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