Is M Clifford Miller Middle School a good school?

M Clifford Miller Middle School ranks in the bottom 9.8% of New York middle schools.

How many students attend M Clifford Miller Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 822 students attended M Clifford Miller Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of M Clifford Miller Middle School?

Students at M Clifford Miller Middle School are 41% White, 30% Hispanic, 13% African American, 12% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

What high school do graduates of M Clifford Miller Middle School attend?

Students who attend M Clifford Miller Middle School usually go on to attend Kingston High School

M Clifford Miller Middle School

Summary:

M Clifford Miller Middle School is a public middle school located in Lake Katrine, New York, serving grades 5-8 with a total enrollment of 822 students. The school is part of the Kingston City School District, which is ranked 717 out of 866 districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

M Clifford Miller Middle School consistently underperforms compared to the state and district averages on standardized tests, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math significantly lower than the state and district averages across all grade levels. For example, in 8th grade ELA, the school's proficiency rate was 36.94% compared to the state average of 55.2% and the district average of 37.82%. The school also has a higher percentage of non-White students, with 41.48% White, 13.38% African American, 29.56% Hispanic, and 3.16% Asian students. Additionally, 64.6% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch, which is significantly higher than nearby schools like Linden Avenue Middle School (24.26%) and Bulkeley Middle School (27.79%).

Despite the school's low academic performance, M Clifford Miller Middle School has a relatively high per-student spending of $21,088 in the 2022-2023 school year, which is higher than the state average. The school's rankings have also declined over the years, from 829 out of 1,373 New York middle schools in 2012-2013 to 1,353 out of 1,500 in 2022-2023, placing it in the bottom third of New York middle schools. The combination of low academic performance, high poverty rates, and racial diversity at M Clifford Miller Middle School suggests that the school may be facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students, and addressing these challenges will likely require a comprehensive, multi-faceted approach involving the school, district, and community stakeholders.

Detail:

Public 5-8

65 Fording Pl Rd
Lake Katrine, NY 12449-5221

(845) 943-3941

District: Kingston City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1353^rd of 1,500 New York Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $21,088

Students who attend M Clifford Miller Middle School usually attend:

High:

Kingston High School

Feeder schools for M Clifford Miller Middle School:

Elementary:	Chambers School
	E R Crosby Elementary School
	John F Kennedy School

Student/teacher ratio: 9.3

Number of students: 822

Racial breakdown:

White:

41.5%

Hispanic:

29.6%

African American:

13.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 64.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details M Clifford Miller Middle School ranks worse than 90.2% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 16.72. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at M Clifford Miller Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (41.5%), Hispanic (29.6%), African American (13.4%). (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at M Clifford Miller Middle School is 9.3. (See more...)

Compare M Clifford Miller Middle School employs 87.6 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at M Clifford Miller Middle School is $21,088.

Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

M Clifford Miller Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks M Clifford Miller Middle School 1353^rd of 1500 New York public middle schools. (See M Clifford Miller Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Kingston City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Kingston City School District 717^th of 866 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for M Clifford Miller Middle School

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Rank History for all students at M Clifford Miller Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	40.78	744^th	1095	32.1%
2007	52.61	650^th	1123	42.1%
2008	49.16	750^th	1185	36.7%
2009	53.85	740^th	1224	39.5%
2010	43.76	798^th	1243	35.8%
2011	42.46	825^th	1295	36.3%
2012	41.96	849^th	1337	36.5%
2013	39.34	829^th	1373	39.6%
2014	36.96	889^th	1401	36.5%
2015	33.03	972^nd	1407	30.9%
2016	27.93	1063^rd	1429	25.6%
2017	31.34	1025^th	1455	29.6%
2018	30.42	1033^rd	1438	28.2%
2019	23.26	1149^th	1439	20.2%
2021	24.87	1002^nd	1242	19.3%
2022	26.67	1148^th	1479	22.4%
2023	16.72	1353^rd	1500	9.8%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at M Clifford Miller Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	25.99	95^th	126	24.6%
2022	18.42	158^th	190	16.8%
2023	27.87	148^th	208	28.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at M Clifford Miller Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	32.62	342^nd	473	27.7%
2022	32.10	433^rd	581	25.5%
2023	23.66	557^th	591	5.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at M Clifford Miller Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	33.95	828^th	1170	29.2%
2019	28.77	913^th	1139	19.8%
2022	24.85	1141^st	1283	11.1%
2023	27.09	1053^rd	1307	19.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at M Clifford Miller Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	24.87	1036^th	1245	16.8%
2019	20.93	1090^th	1241	12.2%
2021	26.29	763^rd	935	18.4%
2022	27.24	1038^th	1306	20.5%
2023	15.60	1204^th	1288	6.5%

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Rank History for Homeless students at M Clifford Miller Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	20.91	361^st	392	7.9%
2022	9.29	487^th	487	0.0%
2023	15.89	513^th	543	5.5%

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Rank History for Female students at M Clifford Miller Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	36.14	910^th	1353	32.7%
2019	23.84	1105^th	1370	19.3%
2021	18.81	950^th	1066	10.9%
2022	19.66	1254^th	1454	13.8%
2023	16.27	1324^th	1463	9.5%

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Rank History for Male students at M Clifford Miller Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	28.08	1022^nd	1352	24.4%
2019	24.93	1064^th	1366	22.1%
2021	32.02	762^nd	1071	28.9%
2022	35.65	945^th	1455	35.1%
2023	19.59	1282^nd	1464	12.4%

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Rank History for Asian students at M Clifford Miller Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	63.44	148^th	381	61.2%

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Rank History for African American students at M Clifford Miller Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	21.42	579^th	663	12.7%
2019	18.72	591^st	653	9.5%
2022	24.81	566^th	706	19.8%
2023	17.30	625^th	696	10.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at M Clifford Miller Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	42.48	468^th	810	42.2%
2019	25.05	670^th	826	18.9%
2021	24.01	371^st	449	17.4%
2022	23.55	763^rd	914	16.5%
2023	15.89	869^th	943	7.8%

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Rank History for White students at M Clifford Miller Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	22.23	656^th	763	14.0%
2019	18.51	635^th	716	11.3%
2021	17.53	547^th	614	10.9%
2022	21.53	633^rd	748	15.4%
2023	14.17	719^th	772	6.9%

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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 M Clifford Miller Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	656	80	14	12	1	n/a	n/a	0	763
1990	672	81	5	19	1	n/a	n/a	0	778
1991	680	94	11	22	2	n/a	n/a	0	809
1992	721	81	17	25	3	n/a	n/a	0	847
1993	686	82	19	19	4	n/a	n/a	0	810
1994	689	85	15	15	3	n/a	n/a	0	807
1995	728	113	11	21	0	n/a	n/a	0	873
1996	728	113	11	21	0	n/a	n/a	0	873
1997	717	130	17	21	3	n/a	n/a	0	888
1998	732	133	12	25	4	n/a	n/a	0	906
1999	725	113	18	17	1	n/a	n/a	0	874
2000	661	130	13	47	5	n/a	n/a	0	856
2001	747	109	18	37	1	n/a	n/a	0	912
2002	792	132	20	54	4	n/a	n/a	0	1002
2003	792	132	20	54	4	n/a	n/a	0	1002
2004	760	150	25	45	3	n/a	n/a	0	983
2005	766	165	4	54	20	n/a	n/a	0	1009
2006	726	171	16	62	2	n/a	n/a	0	977
2007	637	136	11	65	0	n/a	n/a	0	849
2008	591	137	17	61	4	n/a	n/a	0	810
2009	594	139	17	57	4	n/a	n/a	3	814
2010	529	114	15	65	8	n/a	n/a	11	742
2011	498	122	16	55	9	0	6	0	706
2012	451	112	14	71	4	0	20	0	672
2013	430	115	11	74	3	0	32	0	665
2014	525	163	19	120	6	0	46	0	879
2015	505	164	23	132	3	0	51	0	878
2016	451	148	26	141	2	0	52	0	820
2017	465	145	20	137	2	0	63	0	832
2018	444	135	22	171	1	0	74	0	847
2019	417	141	21	195	2	0	95	0	871
2020	406	125	19	216	0	0	108	0	874
2021	371	97	24	221	1	0	102	0	816
2022	362	102	22	224	2	0	95	0	807
2023	341	110	26	243	1	0	101	0	822

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 M Clifford Miller Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	763	59.9	12.7	n/a
1990	778	56.5	13.7	n/a
1991	809	56.5	14.3	n/a
1992	847	58.9	14.3	n/a
1993	810	58.9	13.8	n/a
1994	807	58.0	13.9	18.6
1995	873	64.4	13.6	22.7
1996	873	64.4	13.6	22.7
1997	888	60.0	14.8	31.3
1998	906	61.7	14.7	26.9
1999	874	61.0	14.3	34.3
2000	856	60.7	14.1	33.5
2001	912	71.3	12.8	43.1
2002	1002	68.6	14.6	37
2003	1002	68.6	14.6	37
2004	983	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1009	76.6	13.2	39.4
2006	977	68.0	14.4	39.7
2007	849	60.8	14.0	41.5
2008	810	69.6	11.6	40.7
2009	814	71.1	11.4	36.1
2010	742	63.5	11.6	44.3
2011	706	52.4	13.4	45.9
2012	672	59.0	11.3	48.2
2013	665	55.0	12.0	52.3
2014	879	68.0	12.9	n/a
2015	878	74.0	11.8	61.5
2016	820	76.0	10.7	61.8
2017	832	73.1	11.3	66.7
2018	847	75.0	11.2	66.1
2019	871	74.0	11.7	69.6
2020	874	89.0	9.8	58.7
2021	816	85.8	9.5	59.1
2022	807	84.6	9.5	62.5
2023	822	87.6	9.3	64.6

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 M Clifford Miller Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	763	59.9	12.7	n/a
1990	778	56.5	13.7	n/a
1991	809	56.5	14.3	n/a
1992	847	58.9	14.3	n/a
1993	810	58.9	13.8	n/a
1994	807	58.0	13.9	18.6
1995	873	64.4	13.6	22.7
1996	873	64.4	13.6	22.7
1997	888	60.0	14.8	31.3
1998	906	61.7	14.7	26.9
1999	874	61.0	14.3	34.3
2000	856	60.7	14.1	33.5
2001	912	71.3	12.8	43.1
2002	1002	68.6	14.6	37
2003	1002	68.6	14.6	37
2004	983	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1009	76.6	13.2	39.4
2006	977	68.0	14.4	39.7
2007	849	60.8	14.0	41.5
2008	810	69.6	11.6	40.7
2009	814	71.1	11.4	36.1
2010	742	63.5	11.6	44.3
2011	706	52.4	13.4	45.9
2012	672	59.0	11.3	48.2
2013	665	55.0	12.0	52.3
2014	879	68.0	12.9	n/a
2015	878	74.0	11.8	61.5
2016	820	76.0	10.7	61.8
2017	832	73.1	11.3	66.7
2018	847	75.0	11.2	66.1
2019	871	74.0	11.7	69.6
2020	874	89.0	9.8	58.7
2021	816	85.8	9.5	59.1
2022	807	84.6	9.5	62.5
2023	822	87.6	9.3	64.6

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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