Best Middle Schools in New York

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the NY State Assessments test scores by the NY State Education Department. The most recent update was on Thursday, December 4, 2025.

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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
151	City Honors School	Public	5-12	186 E North St	Buffalo	14204	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 816-4230	1,088	78	13.9	50.5%	452 (41.5%)	177 (16.3%)	133 (12.2%)	247 (22.7%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	70 (6.4%)	$28,699			$2,492			$26,207	88.1	90.1	133	18		360585000308
152	Ps 126 Jacob August Riis	Public	PK, KG-8	80 Catherine St	New York	10038	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 962-2188	575	49	11.7	75.1%	53 (9.2%)	81 (14.1%)	121 (21.0%)	294 (51.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.2%)	$33,195			$2,823			$30,372	87.9	91.1	122	30		360007702468
153	Seeall Academy (The)	Public	PK, KG-8	5601 16th Ave	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 851-8070	851	66	12.8	90.4%	177 (20.8%)	6 (0.7%)	301 (35.4%)	352 (41.4%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.2%)	$32,782			$2,600			$30,182	87.7	84.5	185	32		360015102626
154	Science Technology & Research Early College	Public	6-12	911 Flatbush Ave	Brooklyn	11226	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 564-2540	586	37	16	79.9%	17 (2.9%)	451 (77.0%)	75 (12.8%)	19 (3.2%)	13 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.7%)	$26,455			$2,641			$23,813	87.7	89.2	143	11		360009505516
155	Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School	Public	5-8	121 Central Park Rd	Plainview	11803	Nassau County	Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 434-3308	953	80	11.9	17.8%	414 (43.4%)	4 (0.4%)	76 (8.0%)	424 (44.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (3.7%)	$28,795			$401			$28,394	87.7	88.4	150	5		362322003257
156	Community Roots Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	51 St Edwards St-3rd Fl	Brooklyn	11205	Kings County	Community Roots Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 858-1629	473	43	11	31.5%	213 (45.0%)	100 (21.1%)	79 (16.7%)	28 (5.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (10.8%)	$26,118			$480			$25,638	87.7	86.1	170	14		360015905898
157	Washington Heights Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	202 Sherman Ave	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 304-3320	463	31	14.7	90.7%	11 (2.4%)	12 (2.6%)	434 (93.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$32,796			$2,994			$29,802	87.7	92.6	105	52		360008305990
158	Exploratory School (The)	Public	6-8	345 Dean St	Brooklyn	11217	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	No	(718) 330-9328	518	59	8.7	44.0%	216 (41.7%)	54 (10.4%)	123 (23.7%)	70 (13.5%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	50 (9.7%)	$35,651			$1,671			$33,981	87.6	85.4	177	19		360009205498
159	Southern Cayuga 7-12 Secondary School	Public	7-12	2384 Rt 34b	Aurora	13026	Cayuga County	Southern Cayuga Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 364-7111	289	30	9.6	39.8%	228 (78.9%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (16.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.5%)	$30,897			$1,321			$29,575	87.6	83.5	195	36		362757003749
160	Van Antwerp Middle School	Public	6-8	2253 Story Ave	Schenectady	12309	Schenectady County	Niskayuna Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 370-1243	442	42	10.6	24.0%	267 (60.4%)	35 (7.9%)	43 (9.7%)	63 (14.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (7.0%)	$23,617			$686			$22,931	87.2	87	161	1		362088000304

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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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