Is Henry H Wells Middle School a good school?

Henry H Wells Middle School ranks in the bottom 22.5% of New York middle schools.

How many students attend Henry H Wells Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 650 students attended Henry H Wells Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Henry H Wells Middle School?

Students at Henry H Wells Middle School are 54% Hispanic, 39% White, 3% African American, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Henry H Wells Middle School attend?

Students who attend Henry H Wells Middle School usually go on to attend Brewster High School

Henry H Wells Middle School

Summary:

Henry H Wells Middle School is a public middle school located in Brewster, New York, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 668 students. The school is part of the Brewster Central School District, which is ranked 618 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Henry H Wells Middle School has consistently underperformed compared to the state and district averages in various academic assessments, including English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's proficiency rates in ELA ranged from 31.72% to 45.83% across grades 6-8, while the state averages ranged from 43.64% to 51.88%. Similarly, in Math, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 10.28% to 48.85%, compared to the state averages of 40.72% to 57.08%. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with the school ranking in the bottom 25% of New York middle schools for English Language Learners, Special Education students, and Low Socioeconomic Status students.

Henry H Wells Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New York middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years. The school's ranking has declined from 519 out of 1,407 schools in 2013-2014 to 1,165 out of 1,504 schools in 2023-2024. When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Union Vale Middle School, Mildred E Strang Middle School, and Somers Middle School, Henry H Wells Middle School generally underperforms in terms of academic proficiency rates and overall performance.

Detail:

Public 6-8

570 Rt 312
Brewster, NY 10509-9956

(845) 279-3702

District: Brewster Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1165^th of 1,504 New York Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $23,744

Students who attend Henry H Wells Middle School usually attend:

High:

Brewster High School

Feeder schools for Henry H Wells Middle School:

Elementary:	C V Starr Intermediate School
	John F Kennedy Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 8.3

Number of students: 650

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

53.7%

White:

38.6%

African American:

2.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 44.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Henry H Wells Middle School ranks worse than 77.5% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.09. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (53.7%), White (38.6%), African American (2.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 44.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Henry H Wells Middle School is 8.3. (See more...)

Compare Henry H Wells Middle School employs 78.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Henry H Wells Middle School is $23,744.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Henry H Wells Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Henry H Wells Middle School 1165^th of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Henry H Wells Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Female students:

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White students:

Brewster Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Brewster Central School District 618^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Henry H Wells Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Henry H Wells Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	83.67	134^th	1095	87.8%
2007	83.45	140^th	1123	87.5%
2008	77.62	246^th	1185	79.2%
2009	78.48	206^th	1224	83.2%
2010	81.52	200^th	1243	83.9%
2011	73.88	355^th	1295	72.6%
2012	71.60	395^th	1337	70.5%
2013	68.30	360^th	1373	73.8%
2014	55.85	543^rd	1401	61.2%
2015	58.26	519^th	1407	63.1%
2016	47.14	718^th	1429	49.8%
2017	43.91	803^rd	1455	44.8%
2018	43.16	811^th	1438	43.6%
2019	38.26	864^th	1439	40.0%
2021	51.93	545^th	1242	56.1%
2022	33.66	1003^rd	1479	32.2%
2023	28.94	1134^th	1500	24.4%
2024	27.09	1165^th	1504	22.5%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Henry H Wells Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	40.64	70^th	126	44.4%
2022	26.44	134^th	190	29.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Henry H Wells Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	29.50	427^th	503	15.1%
2019	24.91	452^nd	473	4.4%
2022	24.36	528^th	581	9.1%
2023	24.15	553^rd	591	6.4%
2024	25.64	561^st	615	8.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Henry H Wells Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.33	819^th	1170	30.0%
2019	31.69	826^th	1139	27.5%
2021	75.08	59^th	522	88.7%
2022	31.12	970^th	1283	24.4%
2023	29.17	996^th	1307	23.8%
2024	29.50	988^th	1303	24.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Henry H Wells Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	31.37	903^rd	1245	27.5%
2019	25.31	1003^rd	1241	19.2%
2021	37.61	572^nd	935	38.8%
2022	23.89	1103^rd	1306	15.5%
2023	17.73	1181^st	1288	8.3%
2024	16.78	1177^th	1296	9.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Henry H Wells Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	45.34	762^nd	1353	43.7%
2019	36.76	887^th	1370	35.3%
2021	50.18	490^th	1066	54.0%
2022	29.79	1066^th	1454	26.7%
2023	28.98	1111^th	1463	24.1%
2024	31.81	1058^th	1465	27.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Henry H Wells Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	41.68	781^st	1352	42.2%
2019	40.94	760^th	1366	44.4%
2021	49.96	493^rd	1071	54.0%
2022	38.72	882^nd	1455	39.4%
2023	30.71	1064^th	1464	27.3%
2024	25.76	1166^th	1464	20.4%

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Rank History for Asian students at Henry H Wells Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	26.51	306^th	369	17.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Henry H Wells Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	47.61	308^th	663	53.5%
2019	35.43	407^th	653	37.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Henry H Wells Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	29.42	623^rd	810	23.1%
2019	27.70	633^rd	826	23.4%
2021	48.30	200^th	449	55.5%
2022	29.20	694^th	914	24.1%
2023	25.48	772^nd	943	18.1%
2024	25.72	769^th	953	19.3%

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Rank History for White students at Henry H Wells Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	42.70	455^th	763	40.4%
2019	38.93	439^th	716	38.7%
2021	38.20	404^th	614	34.2%
2022	36.09	490^th	748	34.5%
2023	30.04	586^th	772	24.1%
2024	29.90	593^rd	778	23.8%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Henry H Wells Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	520	5	3	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	534
1990	519	5	3	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	533
1991	753	6	4	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	769
1992	813	6	3	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	830
1993	795	24	12	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	838
1994	812	28	12	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	859
1995	848	37	0	38	0	n/a	n/a	0	923
1996	848	37	0	38	0	n/a	n/a	0	923
1997	859	48	0	49	0	n/a	n/a	0	956
1998	879	46	15	39	0	n/a	n/a	0	979
1999	664	43	16	33	0	n/a	n/a	0	756
2000	704	49	17	36	0	n/a	n/a	0	806
2001	739	55	25	41	0	n/a	n/a	0	860
2002	760	69	40	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	917
2003	760	69	40	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	917
2004	792	13	13	69	0	n/a	n/a	0	887
2005	812	22	15	60	0	n/a	n/a	0	909
2006	778	22	18	63	0	n/a	n/a	0	881
2007	745	33	27	89	1	n/a	n/a	0	895
2008	693	29	31	109	1	n/a	n/a	0	863
2009	713	23	30	116	1	n/a	n/a	3	886
2010	693	20	29	110	0	n/a	n/a	20	872
2011	661	21	19	135	0	0	17	0	853
2012	608	26	17	143	0	0	18	0	812
2013	555	21	15	154	0	0	14	0	759
2014	537	17	20	161	1	0	15	0	751
2015	521	10	24	174	3	0	13	0	745
2016	497	16	26	192	1	0	17	0	749
2017	457	19	27	215	1	0	17	0	736
2018	404	20	22	215	0	0	17	0	678
2019	392	22	24	254	1	0	22	0	715
2020	368	22	25	305	1	0	24	0	745
2021	356	21	19	335	1	0	27	0	759
2022	300	17	18	343	1	0	21	0	700
2023	292	15	17	326	2	0	16	0	668
2024	251	18	16	349	2	0	14	0	650

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Henry H Wells Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	534	42.4	12.5	n/a
1990	533	42.8	12.4	n/a
1991	769	59.6	12.9	n/a
1992	830	60.6	13.6	n/a
1993	838	59.5	14.1	n/a
1994	859	59.7	14.4	7.1
1995	923	62.5	14.8	7.4
1996	923	62.5	14.8	7.4
1997	956	61.9	15.4	8.8
1998	979	62.0	15.8	8.1
1999	756	53.2	14.2	7.7
2000	806	56.0	14.4	11.2
2001	860	61.8	13.9	8.4
2002	917	69.0	13.3	13
2003	917	69.0	13.3	13
2004	887	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	909	69.5	13.1	10.3
2006	881	70.0	12.6	8.1
2007	895	69.0	13.0	8.6
2008	863	70.4	12.3	7.9
2009	886	71.4	12.4	8.3
2010	872	70.0	12.4	9.3
2011	853	64.9	13.1	10.3
2012	812	62.0	13.0	11.7
2013	759	56.6	13.4	17
2014	751	50.6	14.8	16.5
2015	745	55.0	13.5	20.1
2016	749	53.0	14.1	26.2
2017	736	56.8	12.9	27.6
2018	678	61.8	10.9	28.2
2019	715	59.2	12.0	35.8
2020	745	67.8	10.9	40
2021	759	69.1	10.9	40.6
2022	700	71.2	9.8	43.6
2023	668	75.4	8.8	37.1
2024	650	78.2	8.3	44.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Henry H Wells Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	534	42.4	12.5	n/a
1990	533	42.8	12.4	n/a
1991	769	59.6	12.9	n/a
1992	830	60.6	13.6	n/a
1993	838	59.5	14.1	n/a
1994	859	59.7	14.4	7.1
1995	923	62.5	14.8	7.4
1996	923	62.5	14.8	7.4
1997	956	61.9	15.4	8.8
1998	979	62.0	15.8	8.1
1999	756	53.2	14.2	7.7
2000	806	56.0	14.4	11.2
2001	860	61.8	13.9	8.4
2002	917	69.0	13.3	13
2003	917	69.0	13.3	13
2004	887	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	909	69.5	13.1	10.3
2006	881	70.0	12.6	8.1
2007	895	69.0	13.0	8.6
2008	863	70.4	12.3	7.9
2009	886	71.4	12.4	8.3
2010	872	70.0	12.4	9.3
2011	853	64.9	13.1	10.3
2012	812	62.0	13.0	11.7
2013	759	56.6	13.4	17
2014	751	50.6	14.8	16.5
2015	745	55.0	13.5	20.1
2016	749	53.0	14.1	26.2
2017	736	56.8	12.9	27.6
2018	678	61.8	10.9	28.2
2019	715	59.2	12.0	35.8
2020	745	67.8	10.9	40
2021	759	69.1	10.9	40.6
2022	700	71.2	9.8	43.6
2023	668	75.4	8.8	37.1
2024	650	78.2	8.3	44.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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