Is Indian River Middle School a good school?

Indian River Middle School ranks 699 th of 1500 New York middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Indian River Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 672 students attended Indian River Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Indian River Middle School?

Students at Indian River Middle School are 71% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 7% African American, 2% Pacific Islander.

What high school do graduates of Indian River Middle School attend?

Students who attend Indian River Middle School usually go on to attend Indian River High School

Indian River Middle School

Summary:

Indian River Middle School is a public middle school located in Philadelphia, New York, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 672 students. The school is part of the Indian River Central School District.

Academically, Indian River Middle School has shown mixed performance compared to state and district averages. While the school's English Language Arts (ELA) scores have been slightly below the state average, they have outperformed the district. In mathematics, the school's performance has been more variable, with some grades exceeding state and district averages, while others fall behind. However, the school's performance in science and Regents exams (Algebra I and Living Environment) has been particularly strong, with 100% proficiency rates in recent years. Interestingly, the school has performed relatively well for its African American and Hispanic student populations, ranking in the top half of New York middle schools, but its performance for White students has been more modest.

Indian River Middle School has a relatively high per-student spending of $15,552, significantly higher than nearby Gouverneur Middle School ($12,076) and the two Watertown middle schools ($8,694 and $10,632). The school also maintains a low student-teacher ratio of around 10:1, lower than the nearby schools. Additionally, Indian River Middle School has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, around 60%, higher than the rates at Gouverneur Middle School (68%) and the Watertown middle schools (70-71%).

Detail:

Public 6-8

32735 County Rt 29
Philadelphia, NY 13673-0420

(315) 642-0125

District: Indian River Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
699^th of 1,500 New York Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,552

Students who attend Indian River Middle School usually attend:

High:

Indian River High School

Feeder schools for Indian River Middle School:

Elementary:	Antwerp Primary School
	Calcium Primary School
	Evans Mills Primary School
	Indian River Intermediate School
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	Philadelphia Primary School
	Theresa Primary School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.3

Number of students: 672

Racial breakdown:

White:

71.1%

Hispanic:

10.6%

Two or more races:

8.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 60.4%

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Performance Trends

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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 50.74. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (71.1%), Hispanic (10.6%), two or more races (8.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 60.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Indian River Middle School is 10.3. (See more...)

Compare Indian River Middle School employs 64.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Indian River Middle School is $15,552.

Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

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SchoolDigger ranks Indian River Middle School 699^th of 1500 New York public middle schools. (See Indian River Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Indian River Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	58.89	520^th	1095	52.5%
2007	56.69	589^th	1123	47.6%
2008	59.11	620^th	1185	47.7%
2009	57.65	698^th	1224	43.0%
2010	47.31	761^st	1243	38.8%
2011	49.67	739^th	1295	42.9%
2012	51.52	720^th	1337	46.1%
2013	38.12	848^th	1373	38.2%
2014	40.38	834^th	1401	40.5%
2015	45.58	743^rd	1407	47.2%
2016	51.62	635^th	1429	55.6%
2017	55.74	581^st	1455	60.1%
2018	58.65	528^th	1438	63.3%
2019	53.27	591^st	1439	58.9%
2021	41.73	710^th	1242	42.8%
2022	47.65	733^rd	1479	50.4%
2023	50.74	699^th	1500	53.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Indian River Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	45.76	61^st	107	43.0%
2019	32.32	80^th	126	36.5%
2021	35.12	59^th	95	37.9%
2022	64.02	67^th	190	64.7%
2023	55.55	88^th	208	57.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Indian River Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	65.15	77^th	503	84.7%
2021	81.99	9^th	118	92.4%
2023	49.26	209^th	591	64.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Indian River Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	36.80	746^th	1170	36.2%
2019	39.07	636^th	1139	44.2%
2021	25.53	425^th	522	18.6%
2022	34.78	861^st	1283	32.9%
2023	43.44	642^nd	1307	50.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Indian River Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	56.99	422^nd	1245	66.1%
2019	51.21	501^st	1241	59.6%
2021	39.68	543^rd	935	41.9%
2022	47.33	592^nd	1306	54.7%
2023	47.98	610^th	1288	52.6%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Indian River Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	36.60	363^rd	543	33.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Indian River Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	55.39	587^th	1353	56.6%
2019	53.33	592^nd	1370	56.8%
2021	40.25	630^th	1066	40.9%
2022	48.66	719^th	1454	50.6%
2023	51.65	685^th	1463	53.2%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Indian River Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	35.90	3^rd	4	25.0%
2019	34.97	4^th	5	20.0%
2021	36.25	3^rd	5	40.0%
2022	33.42	4^th	7	42.9%
2023	32.64	11^th	14	21.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Indian River Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	60.53	468^th	1352	65.4%
2019	51.30	587^th	1366	57.0%
2021	40.37	645^th	1071	39.8%
2022	46.62	724^th	1455	50.2%
2023	49.03	710^th	1464	51.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Indian River Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	16.92	330^th	374	11.8%
2019	17.14	332^nd	369	10.0%

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Rank History for African American students at Indian River Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	65.63	158^th	663	76.2%
2019	63.27	180^th	653	72.4%
2021	48.59	117^th	253	53.8%
2022	35.03	466^th	706	34.0%
2023	58.94	243^rd	696	65.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Indian River Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	68.41	199^th	810	75.4%
2019	58.59	284^th	826	65.6%
2021	51.33	179^th	449	60.1%
2022	52.55	374^th	914	59.1%
2023	46.33	473^rd	943	49.8%

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Rank History for White students at Indian River Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	42.79	452^nd	763	40.8%
2019	39.00	438^th	716	38.8%
2021	31.28	456^th	614	25.7%
2022	31.88	530^th	748	29.1%
2023	35.91	523^rd	772	32.3%

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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 Indian River Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1991	763	130	35	39	2	n/a	n/a	0	969
1992	785	136	24	50	2	n/a	n/a	0	997
1993	873	147	44	61	0	n/a	n/a	0	1125
1994	857	163	37	55	5	n/a	n/a	0	1117
1995	869	188	31	68	4	n/a	n/a	0	1160
1996	869	188	31	68	4	n/a	n/a	0	1160
1997	829	163	31	80	4	n/a	n/a	0	1107
1998	792	159	29	68	3	n/a	n/a	0	1051
1999	773	173	31	63	8	n/a	n/a	0	1048
2000	822	167	28	63	2	n/a	n/a	0	1082
2001	771	142	19	68	4	n/a	n/a	0	1004
2002	601	115	9	56	4	n/a	n/a	0	785
2003	601	115	9	56	4	n/a	n/a	0	785
2004	587	105	6	70	7	n/a	n/a	0	775
2005	598	113	21	57	4	n/a	n/a	0	793
2006	615	112	23	61	5	n/a	n/a	0	816
2007	650	100	24	58	0	n/a	n/a	0	832
2008	663	83	18	49	2	n/a	n/a	0	815
2009	630	94	23	56	6	n/a	n/a	8	817
2010	567	90	20	59	6	n/a	n/a	31	773
2011	600	96	22	62	7	0	42	0	829
2012	589	102	13	97	7	8	34	0	850
2013	557	111	10	129	6	11	38	0	862
2014	570	108	29	141	5	0	46	0	899
2015	521	96	30	111	9	0	52	0	819
2016	536	88	20	90	10	0	43	0	787
2017	533	86	12	102	4	11	39	0	787
2018	527	79	15	114	2	8	41	0	786
2019	548	80	18	111	3	6	37	0	803
2020	511	70	13	106	3	6	50	0	759
2021	508	49	9	96	5	6	51	0	724
2022	496	56	10	92	5	9	51	0	719
2023	478	49	3	71	4	11	56	0	672

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 Indian River Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1991	969	66.9	14.4	n/a
1992	997	70.4	14.1	n/a
1993	1125	65.6	17.1	n/a
1994	1117	65.7	17.0	28.5
1995	1160	67.1	17.3	24.9
1996	1160	67.1	17.3	24.9
1997	1107	58.0	19.1	29.1
1998	1051	56.6	18.6	29.7
1999	1048	61.7	17.0	29.8
2000	1082	70.9	15.3	49.8
2001	1004	75.5	13.3	47.7
2002	785	59.0	13.3	40.6
2003	785	59.0	13.3	40.6
2004	775	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	793	64.0	12.4	50.7
2006	816	53.0	15.4	43.9
2007	832	60.0	13.9	41.8
2008	815	54.0	15.1	41.1
2009	817	58.1	14.1	43.4
2010	773	57.5	13.4	47.4
2011	829	58.5	14.1	59.1
2012	850	63.3	13.4	41.1
2013	862	63.3	13.6	42.5
2014	899	64.7	13.8	48.6
2015	819	67.0	12.2	50.1
2016	787	65.0	12.1	45.5
2017	787	66.2	11.8	46.4
2018	786	64.5	12.1	49.2
2019	803	58.0	13.8	51.6
2020	759	72.2	10.5	51
2021	724	68.1	10.6	48.6
2022	719	66.8	10.7	46.6
2023	672	64.7	10.3	60.4

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 Indian River Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1991	969	66.9	14.4	n/a
1992	997	70.4	14.1	n/a
1993	1125	65.6	17.1	n/a
1994	1117	65.7	17.0	28.5
1995	1160	67.1	17.3	24.9
1996	1160	67.1	17.3	24.9
1997	1107	58.0	19.1	29.1
1998	1051	56.6	18.6	29.7
1999	1048	61.7	17.0	29.8
2000	1082	70.9	15.3	49.8
2001	1004	75.5	13.3	47.7
2002	785	59.0	13.3	40.6
2003	785	59.0	13.3	40.6
2004	775	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	793	64.0	12.4	50.7
2006	816	53.0	15.4	43.9
2007	832	60.0	13.9	41.8
2008	815	54.0	15.1	41.1
2009	817	58.1	14.1	43.4
2010	773	57.5	13.4	47.4
2011	829	58.5	14.1	59.1
2012	850	63.3	13.4	41.1
2013	862	63.3	13.6	42.5
2014	899	64.7	13.8	48.6
2015	819	67.0	12.2	50.1
2016	787	65.0	12.1	45.5
2017	787	66.2	11.8	46.4
2018	786	64.5	12.1	49.2
2019	803	58.0	13.8	51.6
2020	759	72.2	10.5	51
2021	724	68.1	10.6	48.6
2022	719	66.8	10.7	46.6
2023	672	64.7	10.3	60.4

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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