Best Middle Schools in New York

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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)
362664003632	901	Shelter Island School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	33 N Ferry Rd	Shelter Island	11964	Suffolk County	Shelter Island Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 749-0302	174	35	5	34.5%	119 (68.4%)	1 (0.6%)	46 (26.4%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.4%)	$42,343			$913			$41,430	40.6	47.5	774	127
360008505657	902	School For Inquiry And Social Justice (The)	Public	6-8	1025 Morrison Ave	Bronx	10472	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 860-4181	401	36	11.2	85.8%	3 (0.7%)	64 (16.0%)	309 (77.1%)	15 (3.7%)	7 (1.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	$21,338			$1,659			$19,678	40.6	41	906	4
360003804346	903	Tapestry Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	65 Great Arrow Ave	Buffalo	14216	Erie County	Tapestry Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(716) 204-5883	1,108	90	12.3	69.6%	247 (22.3%)	581 (52.4%)	164 (14.8%)	26 (2.3%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	84 (7.6%)	$14,091			$2,626			$11,464	40.6	45.6	810	93
362832003817	904	Suffern Middle School	Public	6-8	80 Hemion Rd	Suffern	10901	Rockland County	Suffern Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 357-7400	836	91	9.1	37.8%	290 (34.7%)	88 (10.5%)	349 (41.7%)	64 (7.7%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	37 (4.4%)	$25,969			$660			$25,309	40.5	47.5	776	128
361641001448	905	La Fayette Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	3122 Route 11n	La Fayette	13084	Onondaga County	Lafayette Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 677-3152	324	34	9.6	40.4%	214 (66.0%)	4 (1.2%)	5 (1.5%)	2 (0.6%)	93 (28.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$23,047			$1,885			$21,163	40.5	32.5	1054	149
360101906215	906	New World Preparatory Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	355 Morningstar Rd	Staten Island	10303	Richmond County	New World Preparatory Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 705-8900	740	68	10.8	93.6%	24 (3.2%)	206 (27.8%)	482 (65.1%)	15 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (1.5%)	$21,360			$1,038			$20,322	40.5	36.4	986	80
360109006378	907	East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1573 Madison Ave-Rm 320	New York	10029	New York County	East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II	Yes	No	No	No	(212) 348-2518	398	47	8.4	89.9%	5 (1.3%)	108 (27.1%)	262 (65.8%)	7 (1.8%)	9 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.5%)	$27,955			$2,568			$25,387	40.4	26.6	1174	267
360111906495	908	American Dream Charter School	Public, Charter	6-12	403 Concord Ave	Bronx	10454	Bronx County	American Dream Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 585-3071	602	58	10.3	97.2%	2 (0.3%)	38 (6.3%)	560 (93.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,275			$4,163			$18,112	40.3	28.8	1136	228
360010302130	909	Is 27 Anning S Prall	Public, Magnet	6-8	11 Clove Lake Pl	Staten Island	10310	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 981-8800	952	82	11.6	75.8%	185 (19.4%)	194 (20.4%)	418 (43.9%)	120 (12.6%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (3.3%)	$20,697			$1,767			$18,930	40.3	41.5	895	14
360108406447	910	Utica Academy Of Science Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	160 School Ln	Frankfort	13340	Herkimer County	Utica Academy Of Science Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(315) 266-1072	880	48	18.4	82.8%	251 (28.5%)	246 (28.0%)	209 (23.8%)	132 (15.0%)	8 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (3.8%)	$10,627			$1,745			$8,882	40.3	38.5	950	40

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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.