Best Middle Schools in New York

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1504)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
360008605673	1401	Urban Assembly School For Applied Math And Science (The)	Public	6-12	1595 Bathgate Ave	Bronx	10457	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 466-7800	586	68	8.6	94.4%	2 (0.3%)	166 (28.3%)	408 (69.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	$22,544			$1,862			$20,682	13.7	15.8	1363	38
360008605192	1402	Is 117 Joseph H Wade	Public	6-8	1865 Morris Ave	Bronx	10453	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 583-7750	358	38	9.3	96.9%	1 (0.3%)	65 (18.2%)	288 (80.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	$26,428			$2,494			$23,934	13.7	17.5	1338	64
360585000341	1403	International School	Public	PK, KG-8	141 Hoyt St	Buffalo	14213	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-3300	981	87	11.2	91.8%	155 (15.8%)	370 (37.7%)	81 (8.3%)	342 (34.9%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	29 (3.0%)	$12,923			$1,649			$11,274	13.4	13.8	1388	15
360585000323	1404	Dr A Pantoja Community School Excllnce -#18	Public	PK, KG-8	750 West Ave	Buffalo	14215	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-3160	443	45	9.8	94.8%	27 (6.1%)	150 (33.9%)	94 (21.2%)	154 (34.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.6%)	$14,584			$2,671			$11,913	13.3	11.4	1417	13
360528000248	1405	East Middle School	Public	6-8	70 Hilltop Dr	Brentwood	11717	Suffolk County	Brentwood Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 434-2473	1,159	87	13.3	86.7%	14 (1.2%)	73 (6.3%)	1,048 (90.4%)	7 (0.6%)	9 (0.8%)	3 (0.3%)	5 (0.4%)	$18,094			$1,485			$16,610	13	18.1	1328	77
360585004506	1406	Southside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	430 Southside Pkwy	Buffalo	14210	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-4818	862	86	10	86.4%	346 (40.1%)	207 (24.0%)	178 (20.6%)	53 (6.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (8.8%)	$15,701			$1,834			$13,866	12.9	7.4	1461	55
362082005951	1407	Gaskill Preparatory School	Public	7-8	910 Hyde Park Blvd	Niagara Falls	14301	Niagara County	Niagara Falls City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 278-5820	500	39	12.9	78.2%	123 (24.6%)	229 (45.8%)	44 (8.8%)	7 (1.4%)	11 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (17.2%)	$14,903			$2,010			$12,893	12.7	7.7	1456	49
360008506156	1408	Soundview Academy For Culture And Scholarship	Public	6-8	885 Bolton Ave	Bronx	10473	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 991-4027	298	32	9.2	89.6%	8 (2.7%)	77 (25.8%)	199 (66.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.4%)	$23,485			$1,931			$21,554	12.7	6.5	1470	62
360001901976	1409	Unadilla Valley Secondary School	Public, Alternative	4-12	4238 State Hwy 8	New Berlin	13411	Chenango County	Unadilla Valley Central School District	No	No	No	No	(607) 847-7500	333	34	9.8	52.6%	314 (94.3%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.8%)	$16,577			$878			$15,699	12.4	23.2	1243	166
360108006316	1410	Young Women's College Prep Charter School	Public, Charter	7-12	133 Hoover Dr	Rochester	14615	Monroe County	Young Women's College Prep Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(585) 254-0320	367	32	11.5	80.4%	44 (12.0%)	242 (65.9%)	71 (19.3%)	6 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$14,079			$2,958			$11,121	12.4	14.1	1385	25

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NY State Assessments English Language Arts, NY State Assessments Math, NY State Assessments Science test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on November 14, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the NY State Education Department, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the NY State Education Department.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.