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)
360003004379	1131	Roosevelt Children's Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	105 Pleasant Ave	Roosevelt	11575	Nassau County	Roosevelt Children's Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(516) 867-6202	730	42	17.5	53.4%	4 (0.5%)	417 (57.1%)	305 (41.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,512			$1,384			$19,129	28.7	37.9	960	171
360414000180	1132	Rombout Middle School	Public	6-8	84 Matteawan Rd	Beacon	12508	Dutchess County	Beacon City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 838-6900	615	62	10	50.6%	266 (43.3%)	87 (14.1%)	181 (29.4%)	21 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (9.6%)	$19,610			$1,583			$18,027	28.7	37.1	976	156
360011905933	1133	Lyons Community School	Public	6-12	223 Graham Ave	Brooklyn	11206	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #14	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 782-0918	383	47	8.2	90.9%	9 (2.3%)	140 (36.6%)	209 (54.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (5.5%)	$25,249			$3,593			$21,656	28.6	33.1	1045	88
363012004047	1134	Case Middle School	Public	7-8	1237 Washington St	Watertown	13601	Jefferson County	Watertown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 785-3870	626	44	14.1	70.1%	420 (67.1%)	48 (7.7%)	60 (9.6%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	87 (13.9%)	$8,694			$2,291			$6,404	28.5	26.4	1178	44
362283006690	1135	Peru Middle School	Public	6-8	17 School St	Peru	12972	Clinton County	Peru Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 643-6302	427	42	10.1	41.7%	400 (93.7%)	4 (0.9%)	7 (1.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.8%)	$14,761			$1,309			$13,452	28.5	36.7	981	154
362070004486	1136	Heritage Middle School	Public	6-8	405 Union Ave	New Windsor	12553	Orange County	Newburgh City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 563-3750	856	80	10.6	50.9%	126 (14.7%)	190 (22.2%)	473 (55.3%)	22 (2.6%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	40 (4.7%)	$15,414			$00			$15,414	28.4	27.3	1164	28
360010202416	1137	Ps 111 Jacob Blackwell	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	37-15 13th St	Long Island City	11101	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 786-2073	397	37	10.6	95.7%	8 (2.0%)	165 (41.6%)	202 (50.9%)	12 (3.0%)	4 (1.0%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$22,614			$1,660			$20,954	28.3	23.7	1230	93
362352003284	1138	Port Jervis Middle School	Public	7-8	10 Rte 209	Port Jervis	12771	Orange County	Port Jervis City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 858-3100	379	40	9.3	58.6%	226 (59.6%)	31 (8.2%)	81 (21.4%)	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.7%)	$19,835			$00			$19,835	28.3	30.1	1093	45
360007602511	1139	Ps 140 Nathan Straus	Public	PK, KG-8	123 Ridge St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 677-4680	295	44	6.7	89.5%	9 (3.1%)	62 (21.0%)	213 (72.2%)	6 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	$29,849			$2,285			$27,564	28.2	30.4	1088	51
360282000055	1140	Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	639 County Rt 22	Parish	13131	Oswego County	Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 625-5222	464	49	9.4	56.9%	431 (92.9%)	3 (0.6%)	10 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.7%)	$19,999			$3,231			$16,768	28.2	33.5	1040	100

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