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)
361371001119	1101	Harpursville Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	54 Main St	Harpursville	13787	Broome County	Harpursville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 693-8105	252	30	8.3	53.6%	238 (94.4%)	3 (1.2%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.8%)	$20,562			$2,267			$18,295	30.1	26.3	1181	80
362781003773	1102	Kakiat Elementary School	Public	4-8	465 Viola Rd	Spring Valley	10977	Rockland County	East Ramapo Central School District (Spring Valley)	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 577-6100	678	59	11.4	87.0%	13 (1.9%)	135 (19.9%)	514 (75.8%)	11 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	$15,682			$5,383			$10,299	30.1	37	977	125
362124003007	1103	North Tonawanda Middle School	Public	7-8	455 Meadow Dr	North Tonawanda	14120	Niagara County	North Tonawanda City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 807-3700	478	50	9.5	50.0%	400 (83.7%)	12 (2.5%)	30 (6.3%)	4 (0.8%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.6%)	$16,127			$2,178			$13,949	30.1	42.1	886	217
360009502262	1104	Middle School 61 Dr Gladstone H Atwell	Public	6-8	400 Empire Blvd	Brooklyn	11225	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 774-1002	320	33	9.6	88.4%	7 (2.2%)	251 (78.4%)	45 (14.1%)	2 (0.6%)	9 (2.8%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.3%)	$26,427			$2,643			$23,785	30	37.6	967	137
360585000363	1105	Lorraine Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	71 Lorraine Ave	Buffalo	14220	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-4809	669	64	10.4	82.4%	280 (41.9%)	151 (22.6%)	118 (17.6%)	48 (7.2%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	65 (9.7%)	$10,934			$2,242			$8,691	29.8	24.7	1208	103
360008306530	1106	Hamilton Grange Middle School	Public	6-8	500 W 138th St	New York	10031	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 775-9600	310	33	9.3	83.9%	31 (10.0%)	36 (11.6%)	233 (75.2%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$20,066			$1,459			$18,607	29.8	34.5	1024	82
360558000286	1107	A D Oliver Middle School	Public	6-8	40 Allen St	Brockport	14420	Monroe County	Brockport Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 637-1860	738	75	9.8	50.8%	539 (73.0%)	37 (5.0%)	99 (13.4%)	7 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (7.3%)	$14,621			$1,418			$13,203	29.8	34.9	1014	93
360012005895	1108	Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle School	Public	6-8	1400 Pennsylvania Ave	Brooklyn	11239	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 348-2465	199	21	9.4	96.5%	2 (1.0%)	139 (69.8%)	42 (21.1%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (4.0%)	4 (2.0%)	3 (1.5%)	$29,535			$1,893			$27,642	29.7	37.8	962	146
363192004252	1109	School 5	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	118 Lockwood Ave	Yonkers	10701	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(914) 376-8320	568	28	20.6	65.7%	75 (13.2%)	78 (13.7%)	355 (62.5%)	24 (4.2%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	29 (5.1%)	$15,903			$692			$15,212	29.7	26.3	1180	71
360008406613	1110	Is 584	Public	6-8	600 St Ann's Ave	Bronx	10455	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 7	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 742-2900	155	23	6.7	94.2%	2 (1.3%)	39 (25.2%)	107 (69.0%)	6 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	$37,072			$4,395			$32,677	29.6	32.9	1048	62

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.