Queensbury Middle School, Queensbury NY

Original Research by School Decision on Queensbury Middle School

Queensbury Middle School serves grades six through eight as part of the Queensbury Union Free School District, sitting on a consolidated campus along Aviation Road where all four district buildings share the same grounds. That arrangement is worth knowing from the start: a student who starts at the elementary level and moves through to high school never really leaves the same physical footprint, which gives the campus an unusual continuity but also means the middle school does not occupy its own standalone neighborhood setting.

The school draws from Queensbury, a suburban town in Warren County at the Adirondack foothills, roughly an hour's drive north of Albany. The town's texture is highway-commercial more than walkable-residential: chain retail, the Aviation Mall, and big-box stores line the main corridors, and most families depend on cars for nearly everything. The broader economy includes healthcare anchored by Hudson Headwaters Health Network, manufacturing through employers like C.R. Bard, SUNY Adirondack, and the tourism economy that flows from proximity to Lake George. Publicly reported sources describe Queensbury as one of the faster-growing towns in its region, with ongoing single-family subdivision construction and new apartment development extending that pattern into the present.

On the New York State Testing Program, sixth and seventh graders showed solid math proficiency, with more than two-thirds of tested students scoring at levels three or four. Eighth-grade math results were not reported in the data provided. In English language arts, sixth-grade proficiency came in noticeably lower than math at the same grade, while seventh and eighth grade ELA results were meaningfully stronger, approaching the math figures. Eighth-grade science results showed roughly three in five tested students meeting the proficiency threshold, though the participation rate for that science assessment was low enough that the figure should be read with some caution, and a parent may want to ask the school directly about which students sat for that exam. Relative to districts in Warren County, the school's overall proficiency index falls in the bottom quartile of the nine-district comparison set, which is worth noting. That position reflects the full picture across tested grades and subjects, and a family weighing academic outcomes against peer schools in the county would want to press for more detail on what the district is doing to improve those results.

The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic, multiracial, and Asian students. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a share that reflects a mix of family economic circumstances without tipping heavily toward concentrated poverty. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs were not available in the records provided.

At the district level, voters recently approved a capital project under the name "Success for our Future" that, among other things, replaces a middle school boiler and addresses roofing and rear windows, so families should expect some physical plant work to be underway or recently completed on the middle school building. The more extensive renovation work is concentrated at the elementary school. The district also launched a full-day Universal Prekindergarten program in 2023 and expanded it for 2024-25, which is relevant for families with younger children coming up behind middle school age.

Housing near the school sits above the national median home value, and has been appreciating at a pace that outruns the national average, though it remains well below the New York State benchmark. The rental market data was not available. Property taxes have been rising modestly in recent budget cycles, generally within the state cap, which publicly reported sources describe as a deliberate district priority.

Chronic absenteeism data and a graduation rate do not apply here given the grade span served. No program offerings data was provided, so specifics on electives, enrichment tracks, or extracurriculars could not be assessed from the available information.

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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
Math	211	84.0%
Science	71	100.0%

Math

Grade 30%

School 0% · District 65% · ▼ 64 pts below district

▼ 59 pts below state median · ▼ 51 pts below county median

Grade 40%

School 0% · District 63% · ▼ 63 pts below district

▼ 58 pts below state median · ▼ 46 pts below county median

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 66% · ▼ 66 pts below district

▼ 51 pts below state median · ▼ 43 pts below county median

Grade 667%

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

▲ 22 pts above state median

Grade 768%

School 68% · District 68%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 80%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 37 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 30%

School 0% · District 59% · ▼ 59 pts below district

▼ 52 pts below state median · ▼ 54 pts below county median

Grade 40%

School 0% · District 57% · ▼ 57 pts below district

▼ 53 pts below state median · ▼ 48 pts below county median

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 71% · ▼ 71 pts below district

▼ 54 pts below state median · ▼ 49 pts below county median

Grade 656%

School 56% · District 55% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 764%

School 64% · District 64%

▲ 17 pts above state median

Grade 868%

School 68% · District 68%

▲ 20 pts above state median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 54% · ▼ 54 pts below district

▼ 42 pts below state median · ▼ 48 pts below county median

Grade 863%

School 63% · District 62% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 890%

School 90% · district not reported

▲ 12 pts above state median

This schoolQUEENSBURY UNION FREE 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-income38%Higher-income67%30 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income43%Higher-income77%34 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income48%Higher-income79%30 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income51%Higher-income77%26 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income50%Higher-income80%30 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income10%Higher-income34%24 pp gap