Best Middle Schools in New York

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
361149000905	431	Franklinville Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	31 N Main St	Franklinville	14737	Cattaraugus County	Franklinville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 676-8060	299	34	8.7	50.2%	281 (94.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.7%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	$18,187			$2,364			$15,823	67.2	71.8	319	112
360105806354	432	Explore Exceed Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	443 St Marks Ave-Rm 114	Brooklyn	11238	Kings County	Explore Exceed Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 989-6702	429	48	8.9	84.1%	4 (0.9%)	326 (76.0%)	85 (19.8%)	6 (1.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	$29,126			$2,181			$26,945	67.2	36.3	953	521
360007605620	433	Tompkins Square Middle School	Public	6-8	600 E 6th St	New York	10009	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 995-1430	323	20	16.3	67.5%	68 (21.1%)	45 (13.9%)	166 (51.4%)	36 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.2%)	$21,156			$2,430			$18,725	67.2	62.5	479	46
362256003178	434	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	935	83	11.3	18.3%	702 (75.1%)	13 (1.4%)	170 (18.2%)	34 (3.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.6%)	$22,769			$00			$22,769	67.1	56.8	577	143
360008802613	435	Ps 175 City Island	Public	K-8	200 City Island Ave	Bronx	10464	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	No	(718) 885-1093	239	21	11.6	59.4%	74 (31.0%)	24 (10.0%)	117 (49.0%)	16 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.3%)	$20,850			$1,444			$19,405	67.1	42.5	840	405
361173000938	436	Galway Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	5317 Sacandaga Rd	Galway	12074	Saratoga County	Galway Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 882-1033	411	50	8.1	32.4%	402 (97.8%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$16,646			$493			$16,154	67.1	68.1	381	55
360633000416	437	Canandaigua Middle School	Public	6-8	215 Granger St	Canandaigua	14424	Ontario County	Canandaigua City School District	No	No	No	No	(585) 396-3850	676	78	8.6		583 (86.2%)	13 (1.9%)	38 (5.6%)	9 (1.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.4%)	$17,914			$1,215			$16,699	67	68.5	379	58
360816000604	438	Ronkonkoma Middle School	Public	6-8	501 Peconic St	Ronkonkoma	11779	Suffolk County	Connetquot Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 467-6000	672	70	9.5	33.6%	393 (58.5%)	28 (4.2%)	165 (24.6%)	69 (10.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.4%)	$28,905			$1,011			$27,894	66.9	49.5	694	256
361068000841	439	Elwood Middle School	Public	6-8	478 Elwood Rd	Elwood	11731	Suffolk County	Elwood Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 266-5420	461	47	9.8	21.7%	241 (52.3%)	28 (6.1%)	124 (26.9%)	57 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	$22,595			$382			$22,213	66.8	66.2	411	28
362988004026	440	Wappingers Junior High School	Public	7-8	30 Major MacDonald Way	Wappingers Falls	12590	Dutchess County	Wappingers Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 298-5200	735	67	10.9	36.3%	384 (52.2%)	82 (11.2%)	210 (28.6%)	33 (4.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.4%)	$20,372			$2,011			$18,361	66.6	54.8	610	170

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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 14, 2023, 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.