Best Middle Schools in New York

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 1500)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
281	Cornwall Middle School	Public	5-8	122 Main St	Cornwall	12518	Orange County	Cornwall Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 534-8009	905	76	11.8	22.8%	479 (52.9%)	61 (6.7%)	252 (27.8%)	64 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (5.4%)	$26,864			$1,017			$25,847	78	85	181	100		360843005575
282	Salem High School	Public	7-12	41 E Broadway	Salem	12865	Washington County	Salem Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 854-7600	230	27	8.5	43.9%	219 (95.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$51,990			$2,927			$49,063	78	69.5	377	95		362547003521
283	Clarke Middle School	Public	6-8	740 Edgewood Dr	Westbury	11590	Nassau County	East Meadow Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 876-7401	663	72	9.2	29.4%	241 (36.3%)	22 (3.3%)	191 (28.8%)	200 (30.2%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	$31,092			$967			$30,125	78	70	366	83		360984000106
284	Is 181 Pablo Casals	Public	6-8	800 Baychester Ave	Bronx	10475	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 904-5600	490	52	9.4	81.2%	15 (3.1%)	255 (52.0%)	154 (31.4%)	46 (9.4%)	7 (1.4%)	4 (0.8%)	9 (1.8%)	$42,146			$3,258			$38,888	77.9	72.3	340	56		360008801989
285	Bradford Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	2820 Rt 226	Bradford	14815	Schuyler County	Bradford Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 583-4616	249	32	7.8	51.4%	246 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$35,165			$1,941			$33,224	77.9	69.9	369	84		360522000246
286	School Of The Future High School	Public	6-12	127 E 22nd St	New York	10010	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 475-8086	709	57	12.3	50.6%	270 (38.1%)	103 (14.5%)	190 (26.8%)	101 (14.2%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	37 (5.2%)	$27,321			$1,578			$25,742	77.8	81.2	221	65		360007702862
287	Amherst Middle School	Public	6-8	55 Kings Hwy	Amherst	14226	Erie County	Amherst Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 362-7100	646	73	8.8	35.8%	385 (59.6%)	101 (15.6%)	38 (5.9%)	76 (11.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (6.8%)	$25,462			$1,229			$24,233	77.4	84.5	184	103		360292004335
288	Stamford Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1 River St	Stamford	12167	Delaware County	Stamford Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 652-7301	248	30	8.2	47.2%	223 (89.9%)	6 (2.4%)	18 (7.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$37,564			$2,421			$35,142	77.3	59.1	553	265		362802003796
289	Sackets Harbor Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	215 S Broad St	Sackets Harbor	13685	Jefferson County	Sackets Harbor Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 646-3575	411	38	10.8	28.5%	360 (87.6%)	4 (1.0%)	33 (8.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.7%)	$23,760			$313			$23,446	77.2	71.8	347	58		361488001245
290	Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School Nyc	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	794 Monroe St-3rd Fl	Brooklyn	11221	Kings County	Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School Nyc	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 638-1875	871	85	10.2	83.1%	13 (1.5%)	667 (76.6%)	139 (16.0%)	22 (2.5%)	20 (2.3%)	4 (0.5%)	6 (0.7%)	$24,809			$1,083			$23,725	77.1	68.4	398	108		360100006112

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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 December 4, 2025, 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.