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
431	Ella Baker School	Public	PK, KG-8	317 E 67th St	New York	10065	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 717-8809	337	32	10.5	50.7%	106 (31.5%)	51 (15.1%)	125 (37.1%)	33 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.5%)	$34,202			$1,828			$32,374	67.1	82.5	208	223		360007703348
432	Middle School 358	Public, Magnet	6-8	88-06 164th St	Jamaica	11432	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 558-6240	345	21	16.1	92.5%	6 (1.7%)	57 (16.5%)	168 (48.7%)	104 (30.1%)	8 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	$31,492			$3,210			$28,282	67	52.5	669	237		360010006548
433	School 9m-Oceanside Middle School	Public	7-8	186 Alice Ave	Oceanside	11572	Nassau County	Oceanside Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 678-8518	801	77	10.4	21.0%	498 (62.2%)	25 (3.1%)	214 (26.7%)	42 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (2.6%)	$35,890			$709			$35,181	67	64	477	44		362157004528
434	Gillette Road Middle School	Public	4-7	6150 S Bay Rd	Cicero	13039	Onondaga County	North Syracuse Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 218-3000	1,101	94	11.6	34.7%	853 (77.5%)	57 (5.2%)	55 (5.0%)	57 (5.2%)	9 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (6.4%)	$23,794			$1,198			$22,597	66.9	63.9	478	44		362121002998
435	Voorheesville Middle School	Public	6-8	432 New Salem Rd	Voorheesville	12186	Albany County	Voorheesville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 765-3314	320	22	14.3	14.7%	272 (85.0%)	2 (0.6%)	14 (4.4%)	11 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.6%)	$23,752			$606			$23,145	66.9	74.1	312	123		362967006128
436	A MacArthur Barr Middle School	Public	5-8	143 Church St	Nanuet	10954	Rockland County	Nanuet Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 627-4044	635	67	9.4	35.0%	238 (37.5%)	54 (8.5%)	235 (37.0%)	88 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	18 (2.8%)	$38,642			$557			$38,085	66.8	76.1	288	148		362019001853
437	Jonas Bronck Academy	Public	6-10	400 E Fordham Rd	Bronx	10458	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #10	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 365-2502	392	33	11.7	92.9%	13 (3.3%)	56 (14.3%)	289 (73.7%)	25 (6.4%)	5 (1.3%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	$30,560			$3,147			$27,413	66.8	59.6	547	110		360008705797
438	Commack Middle School	Public	6-8	700 Vanderbilt Pky	Commack	11725	Suffolk County	Commack Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 858-3505	1,337	118	11.3	16.8%	871 (65.1%)	35 (2.6%)	209 (15.6%)	176 (13.2%)	7 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (2.9%)	$36,937			$583			$36,354	66.6	74	317	121		360813000581
439	Fillmore Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	104 W Main St	Fillmore	14735	Allegany County	Fillmore Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 567-2289	597	68	8.7	55.6%	574 (96.1%)	3 (0.5%)	8 (1.3%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	$28,067			$2,026			$26,042	66.6	71.1	355	84		361107004552
440	Uncommon Bed-Stuy East Charter School Nyc	Public, Charter	5-9	800 Gates Ave-4th Fl	Brooklyn	11221	Kings County	Uncommon Bed-Stuy East Charter School Nyc	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 669-7460	317	28	11.3	85.2%	8 (2.5%)	177 (55.8%)	119 (37.5%)	5 (1.6%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.6%)	$21,716			$888			$20,828	66.5	61.8	519	79		360096506044

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About our rankings:

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.