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)
362967006128	281	Voorheesville Middle School	Public	6-8	432 New Salem Rd	Voorheesville	12186	Albany County	Voorheesville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 765-3314	296	26	11.1	14.2%	257 (86.8%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (3.0%)	7 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.4%)	$14,462			$451			$14,011	77.7	88.3	131	150
362019001853	282	A MacArthur Barr Middle School	Public	5-8	143 Church St	Nanuet	10954	Rockland County	Nanuet Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 627-4044	676	66	10.1	32.4%	250 (37.0%)	64 (9.5%)	235 (34.8%)	100 (14.8%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	21 (3.1%)	$22,170			$529			$21,641	77.7	59.8	522	240
360012201996	283	Is 237	Public	6-8	46-21 Colden St	Flushing	11355	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 353-6464	1,182	83	14.3	81.3%	20 (1.7%)	43 (3.6%)	231 (19.5%)	868 (73.4%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (1.4%)	$15,831			$1,456			$14,375	77.6	83.6	186	97
362964003994	284	Victor Junior High School	Public	6-8	953 High St	Victor	14564	Ontario County	Victor Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 924-3252	658	59	11	28.9%	537 (81.6%)	15 (2.3%)	54 (8.2%)	19 (2.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.4%)	$13,289			$694			$12,595	77.6	83.3	189	95
361971001805	285	Montauk School	Public	PK, KG-8	50 S Dorset Dr	Montauk	11954	Suffolk County	Montauk Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 668-2474	303	41	7.3		207 (68.3%)	7 (2.3%)	77 (25.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.3%)	$46,218			$00			$46,218	77.5	74.9	283	2
360009705537	286	All City Leadership Secondary School	Public	6-12	321 Palmetto St	Brooklyn	11237	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #32	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 246-6500	421	32	13.1	77.4%	49 (11.6%)	49 (11.6%)	278 (66.0%)	22 (5.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.8%)	$14,371			$1,583			$12,788	77.5	92	97	189
362904002757	287	Tuckahoe Middle School	Public	6-8	65 Siwanoy Blvd	Eastchester	10707	Westchester County	Tuckahoe Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 337-5376	278	30	9.2	18.0%	188 (67.6%)	16 (5.8%)	48 (17.3%)	16 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.6%)	$19,871			$514			$19,358	77.2	63.8	452	165
360009204890	288	Boerum Hill School For International Studies (The)	Public	6-12	284 Baltic St	Brooklyn	11201	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	No	(718) 330-9390	782	72	10.8	48.2%	301 (38.5%)	187 (23.9%)	193 (24.7%)	26 (3.3%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	70 (9.0%)	$16,025			$1,067			$14,958	77.2	56.4	586	298
363147004213	289	Heim Middle School	Public	5-8	175 Heim Rd	Williamsville	14221	Erie County	Williamsville Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 626-8600	602	61	9.8	26.4%	450 (74.8%)	27 (4.5%)	29 (4.8%)	56 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (6.5%)	$18,809			$992			$17,817	77.2	69	370	81
362100002986	290	Shaker Middle School	Public	6-8	475 Watervliet-Shaker Rd	Latham	12110	Albany County	North Colonie Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 785-1341	1,423	115	12.3	26.3%	834 (58.6%)	105 (7.4%)	86 (6.0%)	304 (21.4%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (6.0%)	$13,961			$1,054			$12,907	77.2	83.4	187	103

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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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