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
361	Lake Pleasant School	Public	PK, KG-8	120 Elm Lake Rd	Speculator	12164	Hamilton County	Lake Pleasant Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 548-7571	67	16	4.2	41.8%	66 (98.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	$65,271			$2,566			$62,705	71.8	88.6	149	212		361653001461
362	Bglig-Shirley Rodriguez-Remeneski Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	750 Concourse Village W-Lower	Bronx	10451	Bronx County	Bglig-Shirley Rodriguez-Remeneski Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 993-1740	313			92.3%	6 (1.9%)	73 (23.3%)	230 (73.5%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,253			$1,029			$22,224	71.5	57.4	584	222		360096706008
363	Greenwich Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	10 Gray Ave	Greenwich	12834	Washington County	Greenwich Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 692-9542	410	43	9.5	34.9%	387 (94.4%)	8 (2.0%)	10 (2.4%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$30,207			$1,786			$28,422	71.5	70.2	364	1		361290001058
364	Ps 232 Lindenwood	Public	PK, KG-8	153-23 83rd St	Howard Beach	11414	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	No	(718) 848-9247	831	58	14.4	67.6%	186 (22.4%)	62 (7.5%)	451 (54.3%)	97 (11.7%)	10 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (2.9%)	$29,578			$2,022			$27,556	71.3	43	857	493		360012302743
365	Warwick Valley Middle School	Public	5-8	225 West St	Warwick	10990	Orange County	Warwick Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 987-3000	1,069	90	11.8	20.9%	750 (70.2%)	52 (4.9%)	191 (17.9%)	24 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.4%)	47 (4.4%)	$26,382			$414			$25,968	71.2	72.8	333	32		362997004035
366	Ps/Is 266	Public	PK, KG-8	74-10 Commonwealth Blvd	Bellerose	11426	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 479-3920	465	66	7	58.5%	39 (8.4%)	145 (31.2%)	125 (26.9%)	121 (26.0%)	12 (2.6%)	2 (0.4%)	21 (4.5%)	$38,372			$1,734			$36,638	71.2	84.4	187	179		360009905567
367	Imagine Me Leadership Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	39 Truxton St	Brooklyn	11233	Kings County	Imagine Me Leadership Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 985-2140	280			82.9%	1 (0.4%)	203 (72.5%)	66 (23.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.5%)	$13,817			$13,817			$00	71.1	64.6	463	96		360103106238
368	Ps/Is 208	Public	K-8	74-30 Commonwlth Blvd	Bellerose	11426	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	No	No	No	(718) 468-6420	605	62	9.7	63.1%	8 (1.3%)	349 (57.7%)	87 (14.4%)	73 (12.1%)	62 (10.2%)	7 (1.2%)	19 (3.1%)	$36,148			$1,669			$34,480	70.9	72.7	335	33		360010105544
369	Fonda-Fultonville 5-8 School	Public	5-8	112 Old Johnstown Rd	Fonda	12068	Montgomery County	Fonda-Fultonville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 853-4747	382	31	12.4	32.5%	348 (91.1%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (4.7%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.9%)	$21,778			$301			$21,476	70.9	67	422	53		361119004586
370	Ps 95 Gravesend (The)	Public	K-8	345 Van Sicklen St	Brooklyn	11223	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 449-5050	916	67	13.6	83.1%	227 (24.8%)	46 (5.0%)	311 (34.0%)	310 (33.8%)	8 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.4%)	$30,689			$2,733			$27,956	70.8	74	316	54		360015202363

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

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Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.