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
671	Forestville Central High School	Public	7-12	4 Academy St	Forestville	14062	Chautauqua County	Forestville Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 965-2711	185	25	7.4	40.5%	165 (89.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)	$31,139			$1,165			$29,974	53.4	61.8	518	153		361125000889
672	Alexander Middle School-High School	Public	6-12	3314 Buffalo St	Alexander	14005	Genesee County	Alexander Central School District	No	No	No	No	(585) 591-1551	403	47	8.5	25.1%	371 (92.1%)	2 (0.5%)	14 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.7%)	$28,578			$00			$28,578	53.3	55.9	613	59		360258000043
673	Is 96 Seth Low	Public, Magnet	6-8	99 Ave P	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 236-1344	851	102	8.3	87.1%	290 (34.1%)	49 (5.8%)	289 (34.0%)	216 (25.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	$38,239			$2,871			$35,368	53.3	51.4	690	17		360015202367
674	John Ericsson Middle School 126	Public, Magnet	6-8	424 Leonard St	Brooklyn	11222	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #14	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 782-2527	157	23	6.7	87.3%	16 (10.2%)	51 (32.5%)	81 (51.6%)	5 (3.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	$53,089			$3,673			$49,416	53.2	48.8	739	65		360011902467
675	West Hempstead Secondary School	Public	7-12	400 Nassau Blvd	West Hempstead	11552	Nassau County	West Hempstead Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 390-3214	806	71	11.3	33.0%	139 (17.2%)	168 (20.8%)	393 (48.8%)	73 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	29 (3.6%)	$45,185			$1,977			$43,208	53.1	51.9	678	3		363066004124
676	Achievement First East New York Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	557 Pennsylvania Ave	Brooklyn	11207	Kings County	Achievement First East New York Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 485-4924	1,072	75	14.2	87.5%	10 (0.9%)	542 (50.6%)	483 (45.1%)	9 (0.8%)	10 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	15 (1.4%)	$21,381			$1,274			$20,107	53	58.1	568	108		360014905824
677	Edward Town Middle School	Public	6-8	2292 Saunders Stlmnt Rd	Sanborn	14132	Niagara County	Niagara-Wheatfield Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 215-3150	723	62	11.7	34.6%	549 (75.9%)	23 (3.2%)	29 (4.0%)	21 (2.9%)	42 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (8.2%)	$26,120			$925			$25,196	52.9	60.6	532	145		362085002949
678	Village Academy	Public	6-8	10-45 Nameoke St	Far Rockaway	11691	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 471-6042	305	36	8.5	93.4%	4 (1.3%)	155 (50.8%)	135 (44.3%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.0%)	$37,179			$2,327			$34,852	52.9	42.6	863	185		360012306104
679	Ember Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	616 Quincy St-3rd Fl	Brooklyn	11221	Kings County	Ember Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 285-3787	373	45	8.2	84.7%	4 (1.1%)	288 (77.2%)	69 (18.5%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	$29,665			$1,179			$28,486	52.8	52.5	670	9		360104806255
680	Windham Ashland Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	5411 State Rt 23	Windham	12496	Greene County	Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 734-3400	282	37	7.6	46.1%	238 (84.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.8%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	16 (5.7%)	$45,113			$1,059			$44,054	52.6	83	203	477		363159004225

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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.