Is Selden Middle School a good school?

Selden Middle School ranks in the bottom 21.7% of New York middle schools.

How many students attend Selden Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,053 students attended Selden Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Selden Middle School?

Students at Selden Middle School are 45% White, 34% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% African American, 3% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Selden Middle School attend?

Students who attend Selden Middle School usually go on to attend Newfield High School

Selden Middle School

Summary:

Selden Middle School is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in the Middle Country Central School District in Centereach, New York, with 1,058 students.

Selden Middle School faces significant academic challenges, with declining performance over the past several years. The school's proficiency rates on state assessments are generally below the state and district averages, particularly for Hispanic students and English Language Learners. When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Dawnwood Middle School and schools in the Smithtown and Three Village Central School Districts, Selden Middle School significantly underperforms. The school's spending per student has increased, but it is still below the state average, and the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio suggests potential opportunities for targeted interventions and support to improve student learning.

Despite the school's challenges, there are some interesting findings and takeaways. The significant achievement gaps between different student subgroups at Selden Middle School suggest a need to focus more on addressing equity and inclusion issues. Additionally, the school's proximity to higher-performing schools in the region may present opportunities for collaboration and shared best practices to help improve student outcomes.

Detail:

Public 6-8

22 Jefferson Ave
Centereach, NY 11720-3249

(631) 285-8400

District: Middle Country Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1177^th of 1,504 New York Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,846

Students who attend Selden Middle School usually attend:

High:

Newfield High School

Feeder schools for Selden Middle School:

Elementary:	Bicycle Path Kindergarten-Pre K Center
	Hawkins Path School
	New Lane Memorial Elementary School
	Stagecoach School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.2

Number of students: 1,053

Racial breakdown:

White:

45.3%

Hispanic:

34.3%

Asian:

10.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 44.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Selden Middle School ranks worse than 78.3% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 26.51. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (45.3%), Hispanic (34.3%), Asian (10.2%). (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 Selden Middle School is 14.2. (See more...)

Compare Selden Middle School employs 73.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Selden Middle School is $18,846.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Selden Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Selden Middle School 1177^th of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Selden Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Middle Country Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Middle Country Central School District 726^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Selden Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Selden Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	77.34	236^th	1095	78.4%
2007	79.41	216^th	1123	80.8%
2008	79.42	211^th	1185	82.2%
2009	79.57	178^th	1224	85.5%
2010	80.89	208^th	1243	83.3%
2011	79.12	258^th	1295	80.1%
2012	80.33	230^th	1337	82.8%
2013	72.52	306^th	1373	77.7%
2014	50.71	640^th	1401	54.3%
2015	71.39	327^th	1407	76.8%
2016	70.01	350^th	1429	75.5%
2017	63.46	455^th	1455	68.7%
2018	53.30	619^th	1438	57.0%
2019	66.37	424^th	1439	70.5%
2021	40.48	737^th	1242	40.7%
2022	46.16	768^th	1479	48.1%
2023	33.57	1037^th	1500	30.9%
2024	26.51	1177^th	1504	21.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Selden Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2022	20.98	569^th	581	2.1%
2023	26.15	534^th	591	9.6%
2024	23.63	585^th	615	4.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Selden Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	39.77	686^th	1170	41.4%
2019	47.86	443^rd	1139	61.1%
2021	63.05	111^th	522	78.7%
2022	53.05	418^th	1283	67.4%
2023	34.01	884^th	1307	32.4%
2024	21.29	1208^th	1303	7.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Selden Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	52.55	484^th	1245	61.1%
2019	58.68	393^rd	1241	68.3%
2021	28.35	735^th	935	21.4%
2022	40.35	742^nd	1306	43.2%
2023	33.11	928^th	1288	28.0%
2024	35.01	870^th	1296	32.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Selden Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	52.19	639^th	1353	52.8%
2019	79.12	242^nd	1370	82.3%
2021	46.20	551^st	1066	48.3%
2022	57.16	571^st	1454	60.7%
2023	42.09	861^st	1463	41.1%
2024	36.76	966^th	1465	34.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Selden Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	55.91	540^th	1352	60.1%
2019	55.33	534^th	1366	60.9%
2021	32.15	760^th	1071	29.0%
2022	39.16	869^th	1455	40.3%
2023	27.81	1123^rd	1464	23.3%
2024	22.37	1239^th	1464	15.4%

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Rank History for Asian students at Selden Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	46.63	230^th	374	38.5%
2019	49.42	218^th	369	40.9%
2021	28.29	190^th	236	19.5%
2022	33.02	286^th	381	24.9%
2023	20.58	337^th	388	13.1%
2024	20.65	346^th	396	12.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Selden Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	66.42	157^th	653	76.0%
2023	45.30	372^nd	696	46.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Selden Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	44.49	439^th	810	45.8%
2019	43.94	420^th	826	49.2%
2021	24.83	365^th	449	18.7%
2022	28.50	695^th	914	24.0%
2023	20.97	828^th	943	12.2%
2024	17.28	874^th	953	8.3%

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Rank History for White students at Selden Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	39.50	490^th	763	35.8%
2019	55.92	326^th	716	54.5%
2021	37.11	411^th	614	33.1%
2022	58.57	292^nd	748	61.0%
2023	31.29	571^st	772	26.0%
2024	29.08	605^th	778	22.2%

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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 Selden Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	1269	8	4	23	0	n/a	n/a	1304
1990	1127	18	6	37	0	n/a	n/a	1188
1991	1176	21	6	34	0	n/a	n/a	1237
1992	1115	32	21	49	0	n/a	n/a	1217
1993	1066	39	33	76	2	n/a	n/a	1216
1994	1083	28	24	82	1	n/a	n/a	1218
1995	1049	41	30	119	0	n/a	n/a	1239
1996	1049	41	30	119	0	n/a	n/a	1239
1997	996	28	36	129	0	n/a	n/a	1189
1998	1068	33	25	62	1	n/a	n/a	1189
1999	1050	55	35	52	0	n/a	n/a	1192
2000	1126	49	16	66	2	n/a	n/a	1259
2001	1127	44	29	52	0	n/a	n/a	1252
2002	1204	26	40	80	0	n/a	n/a	1350
2003	1204	26	40	80	0	n/a	n/a	1350
2004	1154	33	43	104	1	n/a	n/a	1335
2005	1080	44	49	107	4	n/a	n/a	1284
2006	1052	48	50	115	4	n/a	n/a	1269
2007	985	56	59	121	5	n/a	n/a	1226
2008	967	44	75	129	2	n/a	n/a	1217
2009	956	51	74	133	1	n/a	n/a	1215
2010	971	51	58	137	0	n/a	n/a	1217
2011	954	61	49	113	0	0	0	1177
2012	952	51	50	128	0	0	7	1188
2013	920	47	60	145	0	1	8	1181
2014	867	43	72	155	0	0	13	1150
2015	814	61	69	182	1	0	10	1137
2016	807	71	71	196	1	0	12	1158
2017	767	75	66	199	1	0	14	1122
2018	719	65	74	182	0	0	15	1055
2019	668	56	84	188	0	0	27	1023
2020	612	64	91	249	1	0	36	1053
2021	583	65	92	309	1	0	45	1095
2022	546	69	100	332	1	0	41	1089
2023	504	80	109	325	0	0	40	1058
2024	477	79	107	361	0	0	29	1053

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 Selden Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1304	84.3	15.4	n/a
1990	1188	74.3	15.9	n/a
1991	1237	78.3	15.7	n/a
1992	1217	72.3	16.8	n/a
1993	1216	71.4	17.0	n/a
1994	1218	73.4	16.6	11
1995	1239	76.1	16.3	10.7
1996	1239	76.1	16.3	10.7
1997	1189	76.0	15.6	11.7
1998	1189	78.6	15.1	9.3
1999	1192	78.0	15.3	11.2
2000	1259	84.0	15.0	14.7
2001	1252	94.0	13.3	15.7
2002	1350	93.6	14.4	14.8
2003	1350	93.6	14.4	14.8
2004	1335	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1284	89.0	14.4	15.8
2006	1269	92.0	13.8	17.4
2007	1226	89.2	13.7	16.9
2008	1217	87.1	14.0	17.9
2009	1215	87.1	13.9	18.3
2010	1217	87.0	13.9	25.1
2011	1177	87.1	13.5	25.4
2012	1188	84.0	14.1	29.2
2013	1181	81.6	14.4	36
2014	1150	81.9	14.0	29.9
2015	1137	81.0	14.0	34.6
2016	1158	84.0	13.7	37.4
2017	1122	81.6	13.7	38.7
2018	1055	75.9	13.8	33
2019	1023	71.6	14.2	25.7
2020	1053	87.0	12.1	36.8
2021	1095	83.4	13.1	22.3
2022	1089	82.4	13.2	36.5
2023	1058	76.2	13.8	37.3
2024	1053	73.9	14.2	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 Selden Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1304	84.3	15.4	n/a
1990	1188	74.3	15.9	n/a
1991	1237	78.3	15.7	n/a
1992	1217	72.3	16.8	n/a
1993	1216	71.4	17.0	n/a
1994	1218	73.4	16.6	11
1995	1239	76.1	16.3	10.7
1996	1239	76.1	16.3	10.7
1997	1189	76.0	15.6	11.7
1998	1189	78.6	15.1	9.3
1999	1192	78.0	15.3	11.2
2000	1259	84.0	15.0	14.7
2001	1252	94.0	13.3	15.7
2002	1350	93.6	14.4	14.8
2003	1350	93.6	14.4	14.8
2004	1335	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1284	89.0	14.4	15.8
2006	1269	92.0	13.8	17.4
2007	1226	89.2	13.7	16.9
2008	1217	87.1	14.0	17.9
2009	1215	87.1	13.9	18.3
2010	1217	87.0	13.9	25.1
2011	1177	87.1	13.5	25.4
2012	1188	84.0	14.1	29.2
2013	1181	81.6	14.4	36
2014	1150	81.9	14.0	29.9
2015	1137	81.0	14.0	34.6
2016	1158	84.0	13.7	37.4
2017	1122	81.6	13.7	38.7
2018	1055	75.9	13.8	33
2019	1023	71.6	14.2	25.7
2020	1053	87.0	12.1	36.8
2021	1095	83.4	13.1	22.3
2022	1089	82.4	13.2	36.5
2023	1058	76.2	13.8	37.3
2024	1053	73.9	14.2	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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