Is Auburn Junior High School a good school?

Auburn Junior High School ranks in the bottom 17.8% of New York middle schools.

How many students attend Auburn Junior High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 598 students attended Auburn Junior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Auburn Junior High School?

Students at Auburn Junior High School are 76% White, 12% Two or more races, 7% African American, 5% Hispanic.

What high school do graduates of Auburn Junior High School attend?

Students who attend Auburn Junior High School usually go on to attend Auburn High School

Auburn Junior High School

Summary:

Auburn Junior High School is a public middle school serving 598 students in grades 7-8 in the Auburn City School District. Despite its large size, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of New York middle schools over the past decade, earning a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Auburn Junior High School faces significant challenges in improving academic performance and serving its diverse student population. The school's proficiency rates on New York state assessments lag far behind state and district averages, with only 23.93% of 7th graders proficient in ELA and 28.57% of 8th graders proficient in Math, compared to state averages of 49.56% and 40.72% respectively. The school also struggles to serve its African American, Hispanic, and Special Education students, ranking in the bottom 10-20% of New York middle schools for these subgroups. Additionally, the school has extremely high poverty rates, with over 80% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

In contrast, several nearby middle schools, such as Skaneateles Middle School, which is just 6 miles away, significantly outperform Auburn Junior High School on state assessments and other metrics, ranking in the top 5% of New York middle schools and having proficiency rates over 70% in many subjects. The persistent low rankings and wide achievement gaps at Auburn Junior High School suggest the need for a comprehensive review of the school's instructional practices, resource allocation, and support systems to drive meaningful and sustainable improvements.

Detail:

Public 7-8

191 Franklin St
Auburn, NY 13021-2997

(315) 255-8480

District: Auburn City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1237^th of 1,504 New York Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,907

Students who attend Auburn Junior High School usually attend:

High:

Auburn High School

Feeder schools for Auburn Junior High School:

Elementary:	Casey Park Elementary School
	Genesee Street Elementary School
	Herman Avenue Elementary School
	Owasco Elementary School
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	William H Seward Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.7

Number of students: 598

Racial breakdown:

White:

76.3%

Two or more races:

11.7%

African American:

6.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 80.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Auburn Junior High School ranks worse than 82.2% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.5. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (76.3%), two or more races (11.7%), African American (6.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 80.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Auburn Junior High School is 10.7. (See more...)

Compare Auburn Junior High School employs 55.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Auburn Junior High School is $14,907.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Auburn Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Auburn Junior High School 1237^th of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Auburn Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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Auburn City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Auburn City School District 752^nd of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Auburn Junior High School

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Rank History for all students at Auburn Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	55.34	576^th	1095	47.4%
2007	47.97	699^th	1123	37.8%
2008	54.17	688^th	1185	41.9%
2009	61.46	621^st	1224	49.3%
2010	51.47	715^th	1243	42.5%
2011	64.58	509^th	1295	60.7%
2012	62.49	550^th	1337	58.9%
2013	62.12	453^rd	1373	67.0%
2014	47.16	718^th	1401	48.8%
2015	37.05	889^th	1407	36.8%
2016	26.08	1094^th	1429	23.4%
2017	24.01	1161^st	1455	20.2%
2018	25.24	1125^th	1438	21.8%
2019	29.03	1030^th	1439	28.4%
2021	15.30	1135^th	1242	8.6%
2022	26.21	1161^st	1479	21.5%
2023	21.99	1259^th	1500	16.1%
2024	23.50	1237^th	1504	17.8%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Auburn Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	11.19	105^th	107	1.9%
2019	21.34	102^nd	126	19.0%
2021	10.02	90^th	95	5.3%
2022	21.52	144^th	190	24.2%
2023	19.35	172^nd	208	17.3%
2024	18.09	185^th	220	15.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Auburn Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	22.25	1113^th	1170	4.9%
2019	37.48	679^th	1139	40.4%
2021	13.87	515^th	522	1.3%
2022	33.31	911^th	1283	29.0%
2023	26.31	1075^th	1307	17.8%
2024	24.57	1115^th	1303	14.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Auburn Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	17.70	1153^rd	1245	7.4%
2019	16.43	1166^th	1241	6.0%
2021	16.27	876^th	935	6.3%
2022	25.03	1086^th	1306	16.8%
2023	20.12	1145^th	1288	11.1%
2024	30.71	944^th	1296	27.2%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Auburn Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	11.02	531^st	543	2.2%
2024	26.46	491^st	594	17.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Auburn Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	29.17	1024^th	1353	24.3%
2019	28.22	1025^th	1370	25.2%
2021	11.45	1022^nd	1066	4.1%
2022	22.23	1217^th	1454	16.3%
2023	25.80	1170^th	1463	20.0%
2024	25.50	1175^th	1465	19.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Auburn Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	23.05	1119^th	1352	17.2%
2019	30.99	946^th	1366	30.7%
2021	18.62	951^st	1071	11.2%
2022	30.79	1042^nd	1455	28.4%
2023	20.03	1273^rd	1464	13.0%
2024	23.60	1213^th	1464	17.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Auburn Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	18.65	604^th	663	8.9%
2021	13.16	243^rd	253	4.0%
2022	14.60	666^th	706	5.7%
2023	8.67	692^nd	696	0.6%
2024	13.72	665^th	705	5.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Auburn Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	20.44	833^rd	943	11.7%
2024	12.33	914^th	953	4.1%

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Rank History for White students at Auburn Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	16.72	702^nd	763	8.0%
2019	19.36	630^th	716	12.0%
2021	10.65	590^th	614	3.9%
2022	18.36	669^th	748	10.6%
2023	15.30	711^th	772	7.9%
2024	18.85	682^nd	778	12.3%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Auburn Junior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	604	26	1	4	0	n/a	n/a	635
1990	617	24	1	8	0	n/a	n/a	650
1991	609	23	7	11	0	n/a	n/a	650
1992	586	32	4	8	1	n/a	n/a	631
1993	610	34	8	5	1	n/a	n/a	658
1994	649	40	7	7	3	n/a	n/a	706
1995	616	32	8	6	2	n/a	n/a	664
1996	616	32	8	6	2	n/a	n/a	664
1997	562	26	6	5	0	n/a	n/a	599
1998	608	28	4	5	2	n/a	n/a	647
1999	568	33	5	6	6	n/a	n/a	618
2000	523	28	7	7	5	n/a	n/a	570
2001	528	27	6	4	5	n/a	n/a	570
2002	533	29	6	2	4	n/a	n/a	574
2003	533	29	6	2	4	n/a	n/a	574
2004	570	32	4	7	2	n/a	n/a	615
2005	552	39	4	4	4	n/a	n/a	603
2006	542	35	4	6	2	n/a	n/a	589
2007	515	33	3	2	1	n/a	n/a	554
2008	477	31	2	4	2	n/a	n/a	516
2009	453	36	2	8	2	n/a	n/a	501
2010	441	39	2	6	3	n/a	n/a	491
2011	403	34	4	10	2	0	2	455
2012	545	80	7	13	3	0	7	655
2013	473	78	9	24	0	0	10	594
2014	471	75	6	25	0	0	14	591
2015	506	55	8	19	0	0	42	630
2016	502	32	2	15	0	0	49	600
2017	468	36	3	22	1	0	46	576
2018	475	41	3	25	1	1	53	599
2019	483	33	7	35	0	1	52	611
2020	480	31	8	39	0	0	63	621
2021	497	35	5	30	0	0	71	638
2022	463	35	3	28	0	0	65	594
2023	456	39	3	30	0	0	70	598

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Auburn Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	635	42.4	14.9	n/a
1990	650	44.9	14.4	n/a
1991	650	44.9	14.4	n/a
1992	631	43.4	14.5	n/a
1993	658	44.5	14.8	n/a
1994	706	45.0	15.7	12.2
1995	664	36.0	18.4	16.4
1996	664	36.0	18.4	16.4
1997	599	38.0	15.8	18
1998	647	40.0	16.2	14.2
1999	618	39.5	15.6	17.3
2000	570	39.5	14.4	23.5
2001	570	43.5	13.1	23.3
2002	574	41.3	13.9	33.1
2003	574	41.3	13.9	33.1
2004	615	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	603	44.0	13.7	37.6
2006	589	44.0	13.4	34.3
2007	554	44.0	12.6	36.1
2008	516	45.0	11.5	40.5
2009	501	40.0	12.5	32.7
2010	491	39.0	12.5	37.7
2011	455	40.8	11.1	37.1
2012	655	50.0	13.0	43.8
2013	594	48.5	12.2	41.9
2014	591	49.0	12.0	0
2015	630	48.0	13.1	50
2016	600	48.0	12.5	49.8
2017	576	47.0	12.2	74.5
2018	599	45.0	13.3	50.6
2019	611	50.0	12.2	50.1
2020	621	54.0	11.5	53.6
2021	638	56.8	11.2	55
2022	594	53.2	11.1	56.2
2023	598	55.8	10.7	80.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Auburn Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	635	42.4	14.9	n/a
1990	650	44.9	14.4	n/a
1991	650	44.9	14.4	n/a
1992	631	43.4	14.5	n/a
1993	658	44.5	14.8	n/a
1994	706	45.0	15.7	12.2
1995	664	36.0	18.4	16.4
1996	664	36.0	18.4	16.4
1997	599	38.0	15.8	18
1998	647	40.0	16.2	14.2
1999	618	39.5	15.6	17.3
2000	570	39.5	14.4	23.5
2001	570	43.5	13.1	23.3
2002	574	41.3	13.9	33.1
2003	574	41.3	13.9	33.1
2004	615	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	603	44.0	13.7	37.6
2006	589	44.0	13.4	34.3
2007	554	44.0	12.6	36.1
2008	516	45.0	11.5	40.5
2009	501	40.0	12.5	32.7
2010	491	39.0	12.5	37.7
2011	455	40.8	11.1	37.1
2012	655	50.0	13.0	43.8
2013	594	48.5	12.2	41.9
2014	591	49.0	12.0	0
2015	630	48.0	13.1	50
2016	600	48.0	12.5	49.8
2017	576	47.0	12.2	74.5
2018	599	45.0	13.3	50.6
2019	611	50.0	12.2	50.1
2020	621	54.0	11.5	53.6
2021	638	56.8	11.2	55
2022	594	53.2	11.1	56.2
2023	598	55.8	10.7	80.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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