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)
360004904470	41	Icahn Charter School 1	Public, Charter	K-8	1525 Brook Ave	Bronx	10457	Bronx County	Icahn Charter School 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 716-8105	338	14	23.5	92.0%	1 (0.3%)	183 (54.1%)	141 (41.7%)	6 (1.8%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	$21,628			$2,376			$19,252	97.2	95.6	58	17
360015202754	42	Mark Twain Is 239 For The Gifted And Talented	Public, Magnet	6-8	2401 Neptune Ave	Brooklyn	11224	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	Yes	No	No	(718) 266-0814	1,211	73	16.5	47.6%	456 (37.7%)	134 (11.1%)	135 (11.1%)	408 (33.7%)	5 (0.4%)	6 (0.5%)	67 (5.5%)	$15,409			$859			$14,551	97.1	96.3	50	8
362526003493	43	Rye Middle School	Public	6-8	Parsons St	Rye	10580	Westchester County	Rye City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 967-6100	675	71	9.5		521 (77.2%)	6 (0.9%)	55 (8.1%)	62 (9.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (4.1%)	$28,419			$415			$28,005	97.1	96.3	49	6
360012205979	44	Bell Academy	Public	6-8	18-25 212th St	Bayside	11360	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	No	(718) 428-0587	360	27	13.3	42.2%	91 (25.3%)	19 (5.3%)	87 (24.2%)	154 (42.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.2%)	$17,678			$911			$16,767	96.8	96.1	52	8
360007902605	45	Ps 171 Patrick Henry	Public	PK, KG-8	19 E 103rd St	New York	10029	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 860-5801	774	44	17.7	81.0%	38 (4.9%)	190 (24.5%)	446 (57.6%)	64 (8.3%)	9 (1.2%)	11 (1.4%)	16 (2.1%)	$17,663			$1,920			$15,742	96.8	97.2	36	9
360095506027	46	Icahn Charter School 3	Public, Charter	K-8	1500 Pelham Pkwy S	Bronx	10461	Bronx County	Icahn Charter School 3	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 828-0034	334	29	11.5	70.4%	4 (1.2%)	195 (58.4%)	103 (30.8%)	21 (6.3%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.1%)	$19,263			$1,953			$17,310	96.7	96.7	41	5
361251001017	47	Great Neck South Middle School	Public	6-8	349 Lakeville Rd	Great Neck	11020	Nassau County	Great Neck Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 441-4600	827	86	9.6	20.6%	91 (11.0%)	7 (0.8%)	75 (9.1%)	613 (74.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (4.8%)	$24,863			$421			$24,442	96.7	96.7	45	2
360007704405	48	East Side Middle School	Public	6-8	331 E 91st St	New York	10128	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 360-0114	427	32	13.3	26.0%	214 (50.1%)	24 (5.6%)	71 (16.6%)	90 (21.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	25 (5.9%)	$16,187			$515			$15,672	96.7	96.6	46	2
360606000391	49	H C Crittenden Middle School	Public	6-8	10 MacDonald Ave	Armonk	10504	Westchester County	Byram Hills Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 273-4250	501	55	9.1		384 (76.6%)	5 (1.0%)	36 (7.2%)	38 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	36 (7.2%)	$29,275			$283			$28,991	96.6	97.5	30	19
360010205735	50	Baccalaureate School For Global Education	Public	7-12	34-12 36th Ave	Long Island City	11106	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	No	(718) 361-5275	525	35	15.1	48.6%	161 (30.7%)	14 (2.7%)	99 (18.9%)	212 (40.4%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.9%)	$14,421			$487			$13,935	96.6	99	6	44

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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.