Northeastern Clinton Middle School, Champlain NY

Original Research by School Decision on Northeastern Clinton Middle School

Northeastern Clinton Middle School serves students in grades six through eight in Champlain, a small rural village on the US-Canada border in the northeastern corner of Clinton County. The school enrolls a small student population drawn from a quiet, historically rooted community where low-density residential life and border-crossing commerce define the local economy. The enrollment reflects the area's demographics: overwhelmingly white, with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating meaningful economic need within the catchment.

Test results across the school show proficiency that runs below the state middle. In math, sixth graders show modest performance, seventh graders are stronger, and eighth graders dip back down; overall math sits below half of students meeting proficiency. In English language arts, sixth grade performs better than the other two grades, while seventh grade shows the lowest performance across all tested areas. Science results for eighth grade, the only year tested, fall near the lower-middle range. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among districts in Clinton County, a position reflecting stronger relative standing within the smaller regional peer group. A parent may want to look into further detail with the school on why seventh-grade performance is notably lower across both math and ELA, and what interventions are in place to support struggling students, particularly given the participation rates dip notably in grade eight.

The school sits on a rural campus reached by a roughly five-mile recreation trail that connects the two villages of Champlain. This location reflects the district's geography: school buildings are spread across the town rather than clustered in a historic village center. The immediate setting is pastoral and quiet, with most daily activity car-oriented. The community has notable Franco-American heritage ties to Quebec and a strong historical identity centered on the village core near the Champlain History Center and Memorial Library.

Housing in the zip code is moderately affordable relative to the state benchmark, with a typical home value below the state median. The local economy centers on customs brokerage, cross-border logistics, and warehousing tied to the Interstate 87 gateway to Canada, along with retail, health care, and some manufacturing. Population growth has been minimal; the town remains small and largely unchanged. A parent considering this school should recognize it as a stable, rural middle school in a border community with below-state-average test results, albeit performing respectably within its county peer group, and serving a student body with economic need. Data on special-education enrollments and English-learner counts were not available, limiting a fuller picture of student-support infrastructure.

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Academic performance

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

New York Regents Exams

1 course 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
Math	19	100.0%

Math

Grade 647%

School 47% · District 46% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 764%

School 64% · District 64%

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 853%

School 53% · District 50% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 653%

School 53% · District 52% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 735%

School 35% · District 35%

▼ 12 pts below state median

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 42% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median

Science

Grade 847%

School 47% · District 49% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 13 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 876%

School 76% · district not reported

▼ 2 pts below state median

This schoolNORTHEASTERN CLINTON 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 6Lower-income43%Higher-income61%18 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income31%Higher-income38%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income40%Higher-income48%8 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income27%Higher-income63%35 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income65%Higher-income63%2 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income55%Higher-income52%3 pp gap