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)
360012006739	911	Middle School 935	Public	6-8	76 Dinsmore Pl	Brooklyn	11208	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 240-2700	266	21	12.6	85.3%	0 (0.0%)	36 (13.5%)	212 (79.7%)	16 (6.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$18,214			$1,782			$16,432	40.2	52.6	663	248
361284001054	912	Greenport High School	Public	7-12	720 Front St	Greenport	11944	Suffolk County	Greenport Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 477-1950	335	33	10	64.2%	101 (30.1%)	21 (6.3%)	195 (58.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.4%)	$21,481			$2,665			$18,816	40.2	39.6	923	11
362724003717	913	Oliver W Winch Middle School	Public	6-8	99 Hudson St	South Glens Falls	12803	Saratoga County	South Glens Falls Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 792-5891	659	53	12.3	39.8%	605 (91.8%)	4 (0.6%)	26 (3.9%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.9%)	$13,744			$895			$12,849	40.2	51.3	689	224
360015203107	914	Brooklyn Studio Secondary School	Public	6-12	8310 21st Ave	Brooklyn	11214	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 266-5032	879	79	11.1	81.1%	369 (42.0%)	23 (2.6%)	339 (38.6%)	139 (15.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.7%)	$18,941			$1,436			$17,506	40.1	42.6	881	33
360008605790	915	Kappa	Public	6-8	3630 3rd Ave	Bronx	10456	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 590-5455	185	28	6.6	94.1%	1 (0.5%)	85 (45.9%)	94 (50.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	$26,745			$3,174			$23,571	40.1	26.3	1182	267
360010302057	916	Is 51 Edwin Markham	Public	6-8	80 Willowbrook Rd	Staten Island	10302	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 981-0502	1,104	94	11.7	80.2%	182 (16.5%)	221 (20.0%)	586 (53.1%)	75 (6.8%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	33 (3.0%)	$22,112			$1,492			$20,620	40.1	39.5	926	10
360118900804	917	Mountain View Campus	Public	6-12	7530 Court St	Elizabethtown	12932	Essex County	Boquet Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 873-6371	200	32	6.1	57.0%	197 (98.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,033			$127			$18,906	40.1	33.7	1036	119
362889003910	918	Tri-Valley Secondary School	Public	7-12	34 Moore Hill Rd	Grahamsville	12740	Sullivan County	Tri-Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 985-2296	392	47	8.3	52.3%	288 (73.5%)	13 (3.3%)	68 (17.3%)	9 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.3%)	$19,507			$00			$19,507	40	45.2	824	94
360255000038	919	Alden Middle School	Public	2-8	13250 Park St	Alden	14004	Erie County	Alden Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 937-9116	356	33	10.8	29.8%	343 (96.3%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$18,336			$1,406			$16,930	39.9	48.3	757	162
360108701787	920	Gregory B Jarvis Middle School	Public	5-8	28 Grove St	Mohawk	13407	Herkimer County	Central Valley Central School District At Ilion-Mohawk	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 866-2620	634	57	11	57.6%	571 (90.1%)	10 (1.6%)	26 (4.1%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.5%)	$9,757			$1,442			$8,315	39.9	22.8	1247	327

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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.