Best Middle Schools in New York

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the NY State Assessments test scores by the NY State Education Department. The most recent update was on Thursday, November 14, 2024.

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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)
361509001260	941	J Taylor Finley Middle School	Public	7-8	20 Greenlawn Rd	Huntington	11743	Suffolk County	Huntington Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 673-2020	594	70	8.5	54.5%	206 (34.7%)	43 (7.2%)	312 (52.5%)	13 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.2%)	$23,439			$759			$22,680	38.9	30.8	1082	141
360009502631	942	Ps 181	Public	PK, KG-8	1023 New York Ave	Brooklyn	11203	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 462-5298	562	50	11.2	81.7%	17 (3.0%)	453 (80.6%)	59 (10.5%)	9 (1.6%)	14 (2.5%)	4 (0.7%)	6 (1.1%)	$22,167			$2,945			$19,223	38.8	32.6	1053	111
360008802469	943	Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)	Public	6-8	1560 Purdy St	Bronx	10462	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 892-8600	788	67	11.7	82.4%	18 (2.3%)	157 (19.9%)	359 (45.6%)	232 (29.4%)	11 (1.4%)	9 (1.1%)	2 (0.3%)	$18,900			$1,806			$17,094	38.8	42.8	876	67
360008802524	944	Junior High School 144 Michelangelo	Public	6-8	2545 Gunther Ave	Bronx	10469	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 794-9749	398	31	12.7	89.9%	20 (5.0%)	181 (45.5%)	162 (40.7%)	30 (7.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$22,875			$2,693			$20,182	38.7	45.6	808	136
360015202807	945	Is 303 Herbert S Eisenberg	Public, Magnet	6-8	501 West Ave	Brooklyn	11224	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 996-0100	386	34	11.3	90.4%	155 (40.2%)	46 (11.9%)	102 (26.4%)	76 (19.7%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$19,737			$2,416			$17,321	38.6	45.3	818	127
360012306127	946	Waterside School For Leadership	Public	6-8	190 Beach 110th St	Rockaway Park	11694	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 634-1128	167	16	10.3	81.4%	9 (5.4%)	91 (54.5%)	60 (35.9%)	2 (1.2%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	$22,888			$2,130			$20,758	38.6	54.4	634	312
360010202527	947	Is 145 Joseph Pulitzer	Public, Magnet	6-8	33-34 80th St	Jackson Heights	11372	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 457-1242	1,525	106	14.3	91.5%	16 (1.0%)	11 (0.7%)	1,407 (92.3%)	81 (5.3%)	7 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	$16,246			$1,030			$15,217	38.4	41	907	40
362850003831	948	Sweet Home Middle School	Public	6-8	4150 Maple Rd	Amherst	14226	Erie County	Sweet Home Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 250-1450	800	73	10.9	47.5%	453 (56.6%)	152 (19.0%)	49 (6.1%)	96 (12.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (6.0%)	$18,692			$2,120			$16,572	38.4	45.8	805	143
361059002828	949	Cohen Middle School	Public	6-8	100 Robinwood Ave	Elmira Heights	14903	Chemung County	Elmira Heights Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 734-5078	252	26	9.7	52.8%	210 (83.3%)	11 (4.4%)	9 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.3%)	$10,640			$00			$10,640	38.4	34.8	1020	71
360008505984	950	Antonia Pantoja Preparatory Academy - A College Board School	Public	6-12	1980 Lafayette Ave	Bronx	10473	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 824-3152	396	41	9.6	91.4%	9 (2.3%)	75 (18.9%)	280 (70.7%)	23 (5.8%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	$22,002			$1,989			$20,013	38.4	24.7	1209	259

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About our rankings:

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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Educational resources:

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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.