Best Middle Schools in New York for Foster Care Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in New York!

Every year, the NY State Education Department shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Foster Care students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

JUST IN! New York NY State Assessments test scores and updated rankings for the 2023-24 school year were posted to SchoolDigger this week!

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish New York test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Foster Care vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 2)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Foster Care)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Foster Care)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
362937003952	1	John F Kennedy Middle School	Public, Magnet	7-8	500 Deerfield Dr E	Utica	13502	Oneida County	Utica City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(315) 368-6641	695	57	12.1	77.0%	225 (32.4%)	168 (24.2%)	132 (19.0%)	120 (17.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (6.9%)	$13,836			$4,218			$9,618	50.0%	37.9%	12.10%
361170000930	2	Fulton Junior High School	Public	7-8	129 Curtis St	Fulton	13069	Oswego County	Fulton City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 593-5440	500	47	10.5	61.8%	436 (87.2%)	7 (1.4%)	33 (6.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.4%)	$17,893			$1,630			$16,263	0.0%	24.9%	24.87%

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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.

Educational resources:

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

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Understanding an IEP: The Ultimate Guide for Parents and Educators

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.