Best Middle Schools in New York

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 1500)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
360585000350	1481	Ps 59 Dr Charles Drew Science Magnet	Public	PK, KG-8	1 Mlk Park	Buffalo	14211	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-3370	620	56	11.1	93.2%	54 (8.7%)	370 (59.7%)	51 (8.2%)	118 (19.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.2%)	$15,380			$1,742			$13,638	5	7.3	1449	32
360007305551	1482	Enterprise Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	275 Oak St	Buffalo	14203	Erie County	Enterprise Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(716) 855-2114	362	30	12.1	91.4%	10 (2.8%)	260 (71.8%)	70 (19.3%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.0%)	$16,959			$2,685			$14,274	4.8	7.2	1451	31
360585000310	1483	Herman Badillo Bilingual Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	315 Carolina St	Buffalo	14201	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-3848	513	59	8.6	95.7%	13 (2.5%)	43 (8.4%)	447 (87.1%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	$14,318			$2,412			$11,906	4.8	5.2	1472	11
362475003380	1484	School 5-John Williams	Public	PK, KG-8	555 N Plymouth Ave	Rochester	14608	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 325-2255	596	56	10.6	93.0%	88 (14.8%)	263 (44.1%)	158 (26.5%)	72 (12.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	13 (2.2%)	$14,225			$2,392			$11,833	4.7	8.4	1442	42
360585000332	1485	Harriet Ross Tubman Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	212 Stanton St	Buffalo	14212	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-3780	513	51	10.1	96.3%	30 (5.8%)	261 (50.9%)	72 (14.0%)	130 (25.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.5%)	$13,541			$2,676			$10,865	4.7	5.8	1465	20
360585005600	1486	Harvey Austin School #97	Public	PK, KG-8	1405 Sycamore St	Buffalo	14211	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-4460	516	57	8.9	94.2%	11 (2.1%)	342 (66.3%)	42 (8.1%)	95 (18.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.5%)	$17,100			$3,009			$14,091	4.7	4.9	1474	12
362859003860	1487	Frazer K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	741 Park Ave	Syracuse	13204	Onondaga County	Syracuse City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 435-4555	770	70	11	92.2%	176 (22.9%)	296 (38.4%)	141 (18.3%)	51 (6.6%)	18 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	88 (11.4%)	$15,399			$4,032			$11,366	4.6	7.5	1447	40
360585000302	1488	Dr Lydia T Wright School Of Excellence	Public	PK, KG-8	106 Appenheimer St	Buffalo	14214	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-4110	580	52	11.2	92.9%	18 (3.1%)	427 (73.6%)	46 (7.9%)	53 (9.1%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	32 (5.5%)	$10,519			$2,961			$7,558	4.4	8.5	1441	47
362859003849	1489	Clary Middle School	Public	6-8	100 Amidon Dr	Syracuse	13205	Onondaga County	Syracuse City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 435-4411	275	29	9.5	88.7%	31 (11.3%)	172 (62.5%)	21 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.9%)	1 (0.4%)	42 (15.3%)	$22,647			$5,686			$16,962	3.9	6.3	1461	28
362475003391	1490	School 17-Enrico Fermi	Public	PK, KG-8	158 Orchard St	Rochester	14611	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 436-2560	644	50	12.8	91.9%	29 (4.5%)	177 (27.5%)	403 (62.6%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	29 (4.5%)	$12,237			$3,193			$9,044	3.5	5.8	1464	26

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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 December 14, 2023, 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.