Is Howard L Goff School a good school?

Howard L Goff School ranks 175 th of 1504 New York middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Howard L Goff School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 978 students attended Howard L Goff School.

What is the racial makeup of Howard L Goff School?

Students at Howard L Goff School are 74% White, 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 3% African American.

What high school do graduates of Howard L Goff School attend?

Students who attend Howard L Goff School usually go on to attend Columbia High School

Howard L Goff School

Summary:

Howard L Goff School is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in the East Greenbush Central School District, with 978 students and a student-teacher ratio of 11.2. The school has consistently ranked among the top middle schools in New York, with a statewide ranking between 132-237 over the past 10 years.

Howard L Goff School consistently outperforms the state and district averages in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math proficiency rates across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's 8th grade ELA proficiency rate was 68.52% compared to the state average of 51.88%, and the 8th grade Math proficiency rate was 70.48% compared to the state's 40.72%. The school also excels in Regents exams, with 100% proficiency rates in Earth Science and Algebra I. While the school performs well across different student subgroups, its performance for English Language Learners and students with Special Education needs is relatively lower, ranking in the bottom 25-50% of New York middle schools.

Compared to nearby schools, Howard L Goff School outperforms most, including Ichabod Crane Middle School, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Middle School, and schools within the Albany City School District. However, Shaker Middle School and Bethlehem Central Middle School demonstrate similar or even higher academic performance in some areas. The school's consistent high performance over the past 10 years suggests effective teaching practices, curriculum, and support systems, but the school may benefit from further focusing on supporting English Language Learners and students with Special Education needs, as well as addressing the needs of the growing population of economically disadvantaged students.

Detail:

Public 6-8

35 Gilligan Rd
East Greenbush, NY 12061-1715

(518) 207-2430

District: East Greenbush Central School District

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,385

Students who attend Howard L Goff School usually attend:

High:

Columbia High School

Feeder schools for Howard L Goff School:

Elementary:	Bell Top School
	Citizen Edmond Genet School
	Donald P Sutherland School
	Green Meadow School
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	Red Mill School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.2

Number of students: 978

Racial breakdown:

White:

74.3%

Asian:

8.5%

Hispanic:

7.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 27.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Howard L Goff School ranks better than 88.4% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 85.67. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (74.3%), Asian (8.5%), Hispanic (7.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 27.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Howard L Goff School is 11.2. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Howard L Goff School is $14,385.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Howard L Goff School:

SchoolDigger ranks Howard L Goff School 175^th of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Howard L Goff School in the ranking list.)

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East Greenbush Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks East Greenbush Central School District 117^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Howard L Goff School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	80.88	184^th	1095	83.2%
2007	82.54	163^rd	1123	85.5%
2008	80.23	193^rd	1185	83.7%
2009	80.66	152^nd	1224	87.6%
2010	82.08	190^th	1243	84.7%
2011	84.03	167^th	1295	87.1%
2012	79.66	252^nd	1337	81.2%
2013	82.85	184^th	1373	86.6%
2014	85.73	134^th	1401	90.4%
2015	83.36	165^th	1407	88.3%
2016	86.53	132^nd	1429	90.8%
2017	86.14	154^th	1455	89.4%
2018	83.42	190^th	1438	86.8%
2019	80.62	237^th	1439	83.5%
2021	83.87	144^th	1242	88.4%
2022	86.33	157^th	1479	89.4%
2023	88.49	145^th	1500	90.3%
2024	85.67	175^th	1504	88.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Howard L Goff School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	69.87	34^th	107	68.2%
2019	62.00	46^th	126	63.5%
2021	60.02	30^th	95	68.4%
2022	71.77	53^rd	190	72.1%
2023	68.56	52^nd	208	75.0%
2024	88.07	25^th	220	88.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Howard L Goff School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	55.26	166^th	581	71.4%
2023	35.78	382^nd	591	35.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Howard L Goff School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	63.10	249^th	1170	78.7%
2019	53.30	348^th	1139	69.4%
2021	59.50	128^th	522	75.5%
2022	68.98	220^th	1283	82.9%
2023	66.55	274^th	1307	79.0%
2024	71.20	214^th	1303	83.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Howard L Goff School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	66.01	304^th	1245	75.6%
2019	63.52	340^th	1241	72.6%
2021	68.96	204^th	935	78.2%
2022	63.12	340^th	1306	74.0%
2023	64.82	348^th	1288	73.0%
2024	64.74	359^th	1296	72.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Howard L Goff School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	79.22	242^nd	1353	82.1%
2019	78.80	248^th	1370	81.9%
2021	85.01	107^th	1066	90.0%
2022	85.12	154^th	1454	89.4%
2023	87.64	145^th	1463	90.1%
2024	86.96	151^st	1465	89.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Howard L Goff School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	84.99	160^th	1352	88.2%
2019	79.48	230^th	1366	83.2%
2021	78.27	167^th	1071	84.4%
2022	85.16	160^th	1455	89.0%
2023	85.73	155^th	1464	89.4%
2024	79.59	215^th	1464	85.3%

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Rank History for Asian students at Howard L Goff School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	65.15	144^th	374	61.5%
2019	63.04	148^th	369	59.9%
2021	55.71	120^th	236	49.2%
2022	56.04	186^th	381	51.2%
2023	54.88	196^th	388	49.5%
2024	53.41	213^th	396	46.2%

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Rank History for African American students at Howard L Goff School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	66.43	152^nd	663	77.1%
2019	53.82	232^nd	653	64.5%
2021	45.53	132^nd	253	47.8%
2022	72.86	133^rd	706	81.2%
2024	72.05	145^th	705	79.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Howard L Goff School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	61.91	257^th	810	68.3%
2019	73.17	160^th	826	80.6%
2021	81.36	54^th	449	88.0%
2022	78.19	123^rd	914	86.5%
2023	80.90	134^th	943	85.8%
2024	72.52	195^th	953	79.5%

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Rank History for White students at Howard L Goff School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	72.05	193^rd	763	74.7%
2019	68.88	219^th	716	69.4%
2021	76.42	118^th	614	80.8%
2022	75.98	139^th	748	81.4%
2023	81.07	130^th	772	83.2%
2024	76.40	159^th	778	79.6%

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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 Howard L Goff School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	551	7	8	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	570
1990	554	10	9	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	578
1991	573	13	12	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	605
1992	598	14	8	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	624
1993	598	19	8	2	1	n/a	n/a	0	628
1994	638	15	9	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	665
1995	661	23	10	4	1	n/a	n/a	0	699
1996	661	23	10	4	1	n/a	n/a	0	699
1997	680	23	13	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	720
1998	697	28	16	3	3	n/a	n/a	0	747
1999	1096	15	19	4	12	n/a	n/a	0	1146
2000	1074	33	15	5	1	n/a	n/a	0	1128
2001	1047	31	9	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	1092
2002	1060	37	12	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	1119
2003	1060	37	12	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	1119
2004	1094	31	16	8	8	n/a	n/a	0	1157
2005	1032	34	15	10	10	n/a	n/a	0	1101
2006	1047	25	14	7	1	n/a	n/a	0	1094
2007	979	37	4	8	0	n/a	n/a	6	1034
2008	1029	30	18	9	1	n/a	n/a	5	1092
2009	988	35	22	19	3	n/a	n/a	22	1089
2010	953	41	24	22	2	n/a	n/a	25	1067
2011	887	35	21	23	0	0	20	0	986
2012	800	20	27	46	1	2	40	0	936
2013	785	22	32	44	1	2	42	0	928
2014	762	17	36	42	2	0	50	0	909
2015	772	21	42	37	2	0	56	0	930
2016	792	24	49	47	1	0	55	0	968
2017	799	27	51	51	1	0	50	0	979
2018	764	24	49	51	2	0	39	0	929
2019	734	30	58	56	2	0	41	0	921
2020	735	33	65	54	2	0	45	0	934
2021	720	33	73	63	1	0	40	0	930
2022	724	29	72	59	3	0	52	0	939
2023	727	33	83	71	3	1	58	2	978

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 Howard L Goff School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	570	43.5	13.1	n/a
1990	578	40.8	14.1	n/a
1991	605	40.7	14.8	n/a
1992	624	38.8	16.0	n/a
1993	628	45.0	14.0	n/a
1994	665	45.9	14.5	3.3
1995	699	45.4	15.4	5.7
1996	699	45.4	15.4	5.7
1997	720	49.6	14.5	7.9
1998	747	52.5	14.2	7.1
1999	1146	73.7	15.5	5.7
2000	1128	77.1	14.6	8.1
2001	1092	78.5	13.9	5.8
2002	1119	80.5	13.9	9.9
2003	1119	80.5	13.9	9.9
2004	1157	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1101	80.9	13.6	10.6
2006	1094	81.0	13.5	11.3
2007	1034	86.3	12.0	12
2008	1092	83.3	13.1	9.8
2009	1089	82.3	13.2	13.9
2010	1067	79.0	13.5	18.7
2011	986	74.6	13.2	22
2012	936	75.3	12.4	23.2
2013	928	72.6	12.7	19
2014	909	70.3	12.9	14.2
2015	930	66.0	14.0	18.5
2016	968	70.0	13.8	21.7
2017	979	75.3	12.9	22.2
2018	929	72.1	12.8	24.4
2019	921	74.7	12.3	25
2020	934	86.8	10.7	25.7
2021	930	78.7	11.8	24.8
2022	939	82.7	11.3	21.4
2023	978	86.6	11.2	27.8

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 Howard L Goff School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	570	43.5	13.1	n/a
1990	578	40.8	14.1	n/a
1991	605	40.7	14.8	n/a
1992	624	38.8	16.0	n/a
1993	628	45.0	14.0	n/a
1994	665	45.9	14.5	3.3
1995	699	45.4	15.4	5.7
1996	699	45.4	15.4	5.7
1997	720	49.6	14.5	7.9
1998	747	52.5	14.2	7.1
1999	1146	73.7	15.5	5.7
2000	1128	77.1	14.6	8.1
2001	1092	78.5	13.9	5.8
2002	1119	80.5	13.9	9.9
2003	1119	80.5	13.9	9.9
2004	1157	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1101	80.9	13.6	10.6
2006	1094	81.0	13.5	11.3
2007	1034	86.3	12.0	12
2008	1092	83.3	13.1	9.8
2009	1089	82.3	13.2	13.9
2010	1067	79.0	13.5	18.7
2011	986	74.6	13.2	22
2012	936	75.3	12.4	23.2
2013	928	72.6	12.7	19
2014	909	70.3	12.9	14.2
2015	930	66.0	14.0	18.5
2016	968	70.0	13.8	21.7
2017	979	75.3	12.9	22.2
2018	929	72.1	12.8	24.4
2019	921	74.7	12.3	25
2020	934	86.8	10.7	25.7
2021	930	78.7	11.8	24.8
2022	939	82.7	11.3	21.4
2023	978	86.6	11.2	27.8

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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