North Rose-wolcott Middle School, Wolcott NY

Original Research by School Decision on North Rose-wolcott Middle School

North Rose-Wolcott Middle School serves grades five through eight in the small rural village of Wolcott in Wayne County's northeast corner. The school sits in an agricultural area with an aging historic core and low-density sprawl, where the economy centers on education, manufacturing, and farming. The broader district covers North Rose and Wolcott and operates an elementary school, this middle school, and a high school. Population in the area has declined modestly over recent years; the village has a stock of older homes and little new residential development.

The school's enrollment is about the typical size for a rural middle school, with roughly equal cohorts across the four grades. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch, reflecting moderate economic stress in the region. The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller Hispanic population and very few students of other races. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available.

Academic results show a student body that struggles with proficiency. In math, the lowest performance is in grade five, where fewer than one-third of students meet state standards; results improve markedly by grade eight, where about two-thirds do. English language arts shows steadier but modest performance across grades, with about four in ten students proficient in grades five and six, rising to roughly half in grades seven and eight. Science proficiency in grade five is the weakest subject area across the school, while grade eight science improves significantly. Testing participation rates are strong across subjects and grades, generally in the low to mid-90s, except for grade eight science, where participation is lower.

When compared to other districts in Wayne County, North Rose-Wolcott Middle School sits above the midpoint for overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. This indicates that while the school faces academic challenges, its performance is not the lowest in the region.

The district has invested in facilities improvements. In late 2023, voters approved a capital project for building renovations and upgrades across all three schools without adding to school taxes. In late 2025, voters again approved further facilities work, including a new bus maintenance facility and classroom and infrastructure improvements at the elementary and high schools, again with no local tax impact thanks to capital reserves and state aid.

State assessment data for social studies was available only from 2009-10 and is no longer current; no trend data showing change over recent years was available. Civil rights compliance information, special population details, and data on staffing, attendance, and course offerings were not found or did not apply to this school's grade band. A parent or resident looking at this school may want to discuss with the district what targeted interventions are underway in grade five math and science, and how the school addresses the gap between early-grade and eighth-grade proficiency levels.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

New York Regents Exams

2 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Science	20	100.0%
Math	18	100.0%

Math

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 31% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 634%

School 34% · District 34%

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 752%

School 52% · District 52%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 867%

School 67% · District 66% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 41% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 12 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 640%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 745%

School 45% · District 45%

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 848%

School 48% · District 48% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Science

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 27% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 55% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 866%

School 66% · district not reported

▼ 12 pts below state median

This schoolNORTH ROSE-WOLCOTT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income41%Higher-income47%7 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income41%Higher-income39%2 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income39%Higher-income54%15 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income44%Higher-income53%9 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income27%Higher-income42%15 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income24%Higher-income48%24 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income39%Higher-income69%31 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income56%Higher-income81%25 pp gap