Is Port Jervis Middle School a good school?

Port Jervis Middle School ranks 1093 rd of 1500 New York middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Port Jervis Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 379 students attended Port Jervis Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Port Jervis Middle School?

Students at Port Jervis Middle School are 60% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 8% African American, 2% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Port Jervis Middle School attend?

Students who attend Port Jervis Middle School usually go on to attend Port Jervis Senior High School

Port Jervis Middle School

Summary:

Port Jervis Middle School is a public middle school serving grades 7-8 in the Goshen Central School District, with a student population of 379 that is predominantly White (59.63%), with significant Hispanic (21.37%) and African American (8.18%) populations.

Despite having a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.3 and higher per-student spending of $19,835 compared to the state average, Port Jervis Middle School consistently underperforms the state averages in proficiency rates for English Language Arts (ELA) and Math on the New York State Assessments. For example, in 2022-2023, the school's 7th grade ELA proficiency rate was 38.04% compared to the state average of 48%, and its 8th grade Math proficiency rate was 16.67% compared to the state average of 40.74%. The school's performance has been declining over the years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 909 out of 1,438 in 2017-2018 to 1,093 out of 1,500 in 2022-2023. When compared to nearby middle schools, such as C.J. Hooker Middle School, Circleville Middle School, and Warwick Valley Middle School, Port Jervis Middle School consistently underperforms in academic metrics.

The school's challenges may be attributed to its high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 58.58% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, which is significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's performance data shows significant racial disparities, with African American and Hispanic students consistently underperforming their White peers. These complex issues suggest that a comprehensive, targeted approach may be needed to address the root causes and improve student outcomes at Port Jervis Middle School.

Detail:

Public 7-8

10 Rte 209
Port Jervis, NY 12771-2194

(845) 858-3100

District: Port Jervis City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1093^rd of 1,500 New York Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,835

Students who attend Port Jervis Middle School usually attend:

High:

Port Jervis Senior High School

Feeder schools for Port Jervis Middle School:

Elementary:	Anna S Kuhl Elementary School
	N A Hamilton Bicentennial School

Student/teacher ratio: 9.3

Number of students: 379

Racial breakdown:

White:

59.6%

Hispanic:

21.4%

Two or more races:

8.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 58.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Port Jervis Middle School ranks worse than 72.9% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.12. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (59.6%), Hispanic (21.4%), two or more races (8.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 58.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Port Jervis Middle School is 9.3. (See more...)

Compare Port Jervis Middle School employs 40.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Port Jervis Middle School is $19,835.

Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Port Jervis Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Port Jervis Middle School 1093^rd of 1500 New York public middle schools. (See Port Jervis Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Port Jervis City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Port Jervis City School District 652^nd of 866 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Port Jervis Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Port Jervis Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	40.19	747^th	1095	31.8%
2007	43.27	742^nd	1123	33.9%
2008	44.42	806^th	1185	32.0%
2009	37.05	900^th	1224	26.5%
2010	35.48	880^th	1243	29.2%
2011	41.11	841^st	1295	35.1%
2012	35.61	937^th	1337	29.9%
2013	38.68	838^th	1373	39.0%
2014	35.81	909^th	1401	35.1%
2015	34.58	945^th	1407	32.8%
2016	34.54	954^th	1429	33.2%
2017	35.42	940^th	1455	35.4%
2018	37.31	909^th	1438	36.8%
2019	26.93	1078^th	1439	25.1%
2021	25.84	990^th	1242	20.3%
2022	36.11	957^th	1479	35.3%
2023	30.12	1093^rd	1500	27.1%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Port Jervis Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	16.10	168^th	190	11.6%
2023	12.85	194^th	208	6.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Port Jervis Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.32	820^th	1170	29.9%
2019	25.03	1026^th	1139	9.9%
2021	23.93	437^th	522	16.3%
2022	30.39	997^th	1283	22.3%
2023	25.37	1097^th	1307	16.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Port Jervis Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	30.53	925^th	1245	25.7%
2019	22.97	1048^th	1241	15.6%
2021	19.95	837^th	935	10.5%
2022	29.80	981^st	1306	24.9%
2023	28.20	1011^th	1288	21.5%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Port Jervis Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	21.61	358^th	392	8.7%
2023	34.91	373^rd	543	31.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Port Jervis Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	36.03	913^th	1353	32.5%
2019	28.24	1023^rd	1370	25.3%
2021	25.09	870^th	1066	18.4%
2022	33.28	991^st	1454	31.8%
2023	35.95	982^nd	1463	32.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Port Jervis Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	39.07	830^th	1352	38.6%
2019	27.49	1017^th	1366	25.5%
2021	25.28	850^th	1071	20.6%
2022	38.49	890^th	1455	38.8%
2023	25.17	1175^th	1464	19.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Port Jervis Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	57.27	217^th	663	67.3%
2019	31.68	449^th	653	31.2%
2022	49.83	305^th	706	56.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Port Jervis Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	32.01	594^th	810	26.7%
2019	17.56	747^th	826	9.6%
2021	27.71	343^rd	449	23.6%
2022	38.73	549^th	914	39.9%
2023	29.27	705^th	943	25.2%

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Rank History for White students at Port Jervis Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	25.16	621^st	763	18.6%
2019	20.04	622^nd	716	13.1%
2021	23.09	513^th	614	16.4%
2022	29.47	557^th	748	25.5%
2023	29.10	591^st	772	23.4%

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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 Port Jervis Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	442	13	4	29	0	n/a	n/a	0	488
1990	492	11	4	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	521
1991	462	15	4	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	504
1992	498	9	0	24	0	n/a	n/a	0	531
1993	505	15	1	23	10	n/a	n/a	0	554
1994	527	12	2	25	6	n/a	n/a	0	572
1995	543	27	7	27	3	n/a	n/a	0	607
1996	543	27	7	27	3	n/a	n/a	0	607
1997	496	22	3	32	1	n/a	n/a	0	554
1998	556	15	4	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	591
1999	525	20	4	19	1	n/a	n/a	0	569
2000	524	20	4	29	1	n/a	n/a	0	578
2001	558	21	7	26	1	n/a	n/a	0	613
2002	546	34	4	34	1	n/a	n/a	0	619
2003	546	34	4	34	1	n/a	n/a	0	619
2004	495	27	2	26	2	n/a	n/a	0	552
2005	476	25	2	30	4	n/a	n/a	0	537
2006	464	32	3	32	4	n/a	n/a	0	535
2007	454	33	2	40	1	n/a	n/a	0	530
2008	429	33	7	33	2	n/a	n/a	0	504
2009	384	42	10	36	1	n/a	n/a	1	474
2010	370	40	2	39	2	n/a	n/a	0	453
2011	390	35	3	35	2	0	0	0	465
2012	383	45	4	41	4	0	5	0	482
2013	371	54	5	43	4	1	7	0	485
2014	364	42	6	47	2	0	5	0	466
2015	330	41	1	58	1	0	9	0	440
2016	313	37	4	54	0	0	9	0	417
2017	292	43	9	43	0	0	10	0	397
2018	288	41	8	45	1	0	20	0	403
2019	259	38	6	63	3	0	28	0	397
2020	240	37	9	81	3	0	20	0	390
2021	213	40	8	85	2	0	18	0	366
2022	216	27	9	71	1	0	32	0	356
2023	226	31	8	81	0	0	33	0	379

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 Port Jervis Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	488	39.1	12.4	n/a
1990	521	42.4	12.2	n/a
1991	504	40.8	12.3	n/a
1992	531	38.7	13.7	n/a
1993	554	36.8	15.1	n/a
1994	572	36.8	15.5	22.7
1995	607	40.8	14.9	26.2
1996	607	40.8	14.9	26.2
1997	554	38.0	14.6	28.7
1998	591	38.5	15.4	26.6
1999	569	39.0	14.6	30.6
2000	578	40.0	14.5	35.8
2001	613	42.0	14.6	36.4
2002	619	42.0	14.7	39.7
2003	619	42.0	14.7	39.7
2004	552	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	537	39.3	13.7	42.5
2006	535	40.0	13.4	42.2
2007	530	37.0	14.3	42.3
2008	504	39.0	12.9	38.7
2009	474	40.0	11.9	53.5
2010	453	40.0	11.3	57.2
2011	465	41.0	11.3	55.7
2012	482	38.0	12.6	56.8
2013	485	38.0	12.7	51.8
2014	466	37.2	12.5	60.9
2015	440	37.0	11.8	63.9
2016	417	38.0	10.9	63.8
2017	397	40.0	9.9	61
2018	403	39.0	10.3	59.6
2019	397	39.0	10.1	59.7
2020	390	42.9	9.0	47.4
2021	366	40.6	9.0	59
2022	356	39.7	8.9	56.2
2023	379	40.3	9.3	58.6

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 Port Jervis Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	488	39.1	12.4	n/a
1990	521	42.4	12.2	n/a
1991	504	40.8	12.3	n/a
1992	531	38.7	13.7	n/a
1993	554	36.8	15.1	n/a
1994	572	36.8	15.5	22.7
1995	607	40.8	14.9	26.2
1996	607	40.8	14.9	26.2
1997	554	38.0	14.6	28.7
1998	591	38.5	15.4	26.6
1999	569	39.0	14.6	30.6
2000	578	40.0	14.5	35.8
2001	613	42.0	14.6	36.4
2002	619	42.0	14.7	39.7
2003	619	42.0	14.7	39.7
2004	552	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	537	39.3	13.7	42.5
2006	535	40.0	13.4	42.2
2007	530	37.0	14.3	42.3
2008	504	39.0	12.9	38.7
2009	474	40.0	11.9	53.5
2010	453	40.0	11.3	57.2
2011	465	41.0	11.3	55.7
2012	482	38.0	12.6	56.8
2013	485	38.0	12.7	51.8
2014	466	37.2	12.5	60.9
2015	440	37.0	11.8	63.9
2016	417	38.0	10.9	63.8
2017	397	40.0	9.9	61
2018	403	39.0	10.3	59.6
2019	397	39.0	10.1	59.7
2020	390	42.9	9.0	47.4
2021	366	40.6	9.0	59
2022	356	39.7	8.9	56.2
2023	379	40.3	9.3	58.6

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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