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
581	Clarke Middle School	Public	6-8	11060 Us Rt 11	Adams	13605	Jefferson County	South Jefferson Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 232-4531	399	35	11.4	47.6%	379 (95.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)	$21,584			$1,701			$19,883	58.7	51.6	686	105		360234005605
582	Honeoye Middle/High School	Public	6-12	8528 Main St	Honeoye	14471	Ontario County	Honeoye Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 229-5171	292	39	7.4	41.4%	272 (93.2%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	$33,581			$1,543			$32,038	58.6	53	660	78		361467001221
583	North Warren Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	6110 State Rt 8	Chestertown	12817	Warren County	North Warren Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 494-3015	470	56	8.3	47.7%	429 (91.3%)	10 (2.1%)	16 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.8%)	$29,490			$2,132			$27,358	58.6	67.4	413	170		361696001508
584	Soule Road Middle School	Public	6-8	8340 Soule Rd	Liverpool	13090	Onondaga County	Liverpool Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 453-1283	351	36	9.8	41.9%	237 (67.5%)	25 (7.1%)	31 (8.8%)	30 (8.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.4%)	$30,807			$1,456			$29,352	58.6	56.1	606	22		361752001572
585	Fredonia Middle School	Public	5-8	425 E Main St	Fredonia	14063	Chautauqua County	Fredonia Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 679-1581	453	49	9.1	41.3%	319 (70.4%)	7 (1.5%)	92 (20.3%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.0%)	$26,466			$357			$26,109	58.6	56.6	600	15		361152000908
586	La Fargeville Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	20414 Sunrise Ave	La Fargeville	13656	Jefferson County	La Fargeville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 658-2241	448	41	10.9	45.3%	417 (93.1%)	3 (0.7%)	13 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.3%)	$23,383			$1,589			$21,793	58.5	66	439	147		361638001446
587	Laboratory School Of Finance And Technology (The): X223	Public	6-12	360 E 145th St	Bronx	10454	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 7	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 585-8202	646	57	11.2	96.0%	7 (1.1%)	123 (19.0%)	504 (78.0%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	$33,881			$4,314			$29,567	58.4	67.3	416	171		360008405521
588	Pearl River High School	Public	8-12	275 E Central Ave	Pearl River	10965	Rockland County	Pearl River Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 620-3800	904	84	10.7	20.1%	659 (72.9%)	8 (0.9%)	182 (20.1%)	32 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (2.5%)	$39,028			$659			$38,369	58.4	65	457	131		362256003178
589	Kahlil Gibran School	Public	PK, KG-8	18 Rosedale Rd	Yonkers	10710	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 376-8580	539	26	20.8	49.2%	173 (32.1%)	84 (15.6%)	197 (36.5%)	54 (10.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.4%)	$23,335			$1,622			$21,713	58.4	62.9	490	99		363192004270
590	Dake Junior High School	Public	7-9	350 Cooper Rd	Rochester	14617	Monroe County	West Irondequoit Central School District	No	No	No	No	(585) 342-2140	551	51	10.7	32.8%	379 (68.8%)	45 (8.2%)	76 (13.8%)	17 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.6%)	$24,827			$1,018			$23,808	58.3	61.4	521	69		361539001301

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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.