Middle · Regular · Grades 5 to 8

Emerson J Dillon Middle School, Phoenix, NY

CEP schoolEmerson J Dillon Middle School is a public middle school in Phoenix, part of Phoenix Central School District. It enrolled 509 students in 2024-25, with 9.6 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "EMERSON J DILLON MIDDLE SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 509
Teachers (FTE): 53.0
Students per teacher: 9.6
Grades: 5 to 8

This school's ratio is 1.4 lower than the district figure of 11.0. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school9.6

District11.0

New York11.4

United States15.3

School details

Address: 116 Volney St, Phoenix, NY 13135
Phone: (315)695-1521
District: Phoenix Central School District
County: Oswego County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 362292003221

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 264
Reduced-price lunch: 4
Free or reduced-price lunch: 26852.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.