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)
360012202589	261	Ps 164 Queens Valley	Public	PK, KG-8	138-01 77th Ave	Flushing	11367	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 544-1083	546	45	12	71.2%	164 (30.0%)	28 (5.1%)	173 (31.7%)	168 (30.8%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.6%)	$20,593			$1,436			$19,158	77.6	80.3	242	19
360119606691	262	Dream Charter School Mott Haven	Public, Charter	K-8	20 Bruckner Blvd	Bronx	10454	Bronx County	Dream Charter School Mott Haven	Yes	No	No	Yes	(212) 722-1608	654	81	8.1	92.4%	7 (1.1%)	248 (37.9%)	376 (57.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	4 (0.6%)	13 (2.0%)	$16,626			$00			$16,626	77.6	75.4	313	51
360009802386	263	Ps 102 Bayview	Public	PK, KG-8	55-24 Van Horn St	Elmhurst	11373	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 446-3308	1,146	92	12.4	78.1%	19 (1.7%)	22 (1.9%)	394 (34.4%)	675 (58.9%)	5 (0.4%)	14 (1.2%)	17 (1.5%)	$15,717			$1,157			$14,560	77.6	79.9	249	14
360015202736	264	Is 228 David A Boody	Public, Magnet	6-8	228 Ave S	Brooklyn	11223	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 375-7635	1,549	112	13.8	80.8%	674 (43.5%)	31 (2.0%)	364 (23.5%)	447 (28.9%)	6 (0.4%)	3 (0.2%)	24 (1.5%)	$16,350			$1,755			$14,595	77.6	81	229	35
362190003111	265	Orchard Park Middle School	Public	6-8	60 S Lincoln Ave	Orchard Park	14127	Erie County	Orchard Park Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 209-6227	1,056	101	10.4	13.0%	958 (90.7%)	15 (1.4%)	36 (3.4%)	14 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (3.1%)	$14,680			$747			$13,933	77.5	82.2	219	46
362349001901	266	Port Jefferson Middle School	Public	6-8	350 Old Post Rd	Port Jefferson	11777	Suffolk County	Port Jefferson Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 791-4431	206	25	8.2	16.0%	145 (70.4%)	5 (2.4%)	36 (17.5%)	13 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.4%)	$29,082			$50			$29,032	77.5	82.8	212	54
360004604487	267	Community Partnership Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	241 Emerson Pl	Brooklyn	11205	Kings County	Community Partnership Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 399-3824	413	43	9.7	94.9%	3 (0.7%)	253 (61.3%)	112 (27.1%)	3 (0.7%)	39 (9.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	$27,774			$2,585			$25,188	77.5	70.7	377	110
361089000863	268	Martha Brown Middle School	Public	6-8	665 Ayrault Rd	Fairport	14450	Monroe County	Fairport Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 421-2065	650	67	9.7	24.5%	546 (84.0%)	27 (4.2%)	41 (6.3%)	7 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.7%)	$17,598			$888			$16,711	77.4	77.1	292	24
362898003922	269	Russell I Doig Middle School	Public	5-8	100 Whig St	Trumansburg	14886	Tompkins County	Trumansburg Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 387-7551	269	36	7.5	34.9%	235 (87.4%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (3.7%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.1%)	$16,570			$1,100			$15,470	77.4	56.5	591	322
361329001094	270	West Hollow Middle School	Public	6-8	250 Old E Neck Rd	Melville	11747	Suffolk County	Half Hollow Hills Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 592-3400	955	94	10.1	24.4%	439 (46.0%)	117 (12.3%)	153 (16.0%)	187 (19.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	58 (6.1%)	$28,261			$616			$27,644	77.4	80.7	232	38

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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.