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)
363192004270	541	Kahlil Gibran School	Public	PK, KG-8	18 Rosedale Rd	Yonkers	10710	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 376-8580	506	24	20.9	56.9%	164 (32.4%)	68 (13.4%)	197 (38.9%)	44 (8.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (5.9%)	$13,422			$1,257			$12,165	59.6	39.6	894	353
360009802337	542	Ps/Is 87 Middle Village	Public	PK, KG-8	67-54 80th St	Middle Village	11379	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	No	(718) 326-8243	520	44	11.8	67.1%	146 (28.1%)	3 (0.6%)	322 (61.9%)	31 (6.0%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.3%)	$21,909			$461			$21,448	59.5	63.8	451	91
362547003521	543	Salem High School	Public	7-12	41 E Broadway	Salem	12865	Washington County	Salem Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 854-7600	247	30	8.2	54.7%	233 (94.3%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,622			$1,800			$18,822	59.5	69.3	366	177
360110906421	544	Achievement First Aspire Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-10	982 Hegeman Ave	Brooklyn	11208	Kings County	Achievement First Aspire Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 838-0205	775	60	13		4 (0.5%)	580 (74.8%)	148 (19.1%)	13 (1.7%)	14 (1.8%)	8 (1.0%)	8 (1.0%)	$22,607			$4,165			$18,442	59.5	59.5	528	16
361143000900	545	Franklin Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	26 Institute St	Franklin	13775	Delaware County	Franklin Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 829-3025	192	24	8	51.0%	180 (93.8%)	5 (2.6%)	3 (1.6%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$25,042			$3,638			$21,404	59.5	42.8	837	292
361098000878	546	Howitt School	Public	6-8	70 Van Cott Ave	Farmingdale	11735	Nassau County	Farmingdale Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 434-5410	1,199	129	9.3	22.4%	672 (56.0%)	77 (6.4%)	333 (27.8%)	66 (5.5%)	10 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	39 (3.3%)	$25,102			$706			$24,396	59.5	38.2	921	375
361812001625	547	Mahopac Middle School	Public	6-9	425 Baldwin Pl Rd	Mahopac	10541	Putnam County	Mahopac Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 621-1330	926	92	10	24.0%	611 (66.0%)	32 (3.5%)	246 (26.6%)	15 (1.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.2%)	$23,520			$825			$22,695	59.4	59.6	527	20
361695001506	548	Le Roy Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	9300 South St Rd	Le Roy	14482	Genesee County	Le Roy Central School District	No	No	No	No	(585) 768-8131	543	51	10.6	38.7%	496 (91.3%)	16 (2.9%)	14 (2.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.8%)	$13,308			$222			$13,086	59.4	51.9	655	107
360015302695	549	Ps 206 Joseph F Lamb	Public	K-8	2200 Gravesend Neck Rd	Brooklyn	11229	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 743-5598	1,512	120	12.5	70.5%	657 (43.5%)	24 (1.6%)	175 (11.6%)	631 (41.7%)	8 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (1.1%)	$16,117			$1,457			$14,660	59.2	69.8	358	191
361752006760	550	Morgan Road Middle School	Public	6-8	4340 Wetzel Rd	Liverpool	13090	Onondaga County	Liverpool Central School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(315) 453-1230	485	46	10.6	56.7%	321 (66.2%)	68 (14.0%)	34 (7.0%)	33 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.0%)	$15,046			$1,480			$13,566	59.1			(n/a)

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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.