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
411	Gardner-Dickinson School	Public	PK, KG-8	25 East Ave	Troy	12180	Rensselaer County	Wynantskill Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 283-4600	306	23	13.3	21.6%	280 (91.5%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (5.6%)	$43,975			$00			$43,975	68.2	73.6	323	88		363183004238
412	Ps 19 Judith K Weiss	Public	PK, KG-8	311 E 237th St	Bronx	10470	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	No	(718) 324-1924	679	45	15	62.6%	319 (47.0%)	54 (8.0%)	240 (35.3%)	25 (3.7%)	14 (2.1%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (3.7%)	$26,790			$1,838			$24,952	68.1	74.7	302	110		360008802100
413	Marlboro Middle School	Public	6-8	1375 Rt 9w	Marlboro	12542	Ulster County	Marlboro Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 236-5840	440	48	9.2	38.0%	247 (56.1%)	45 (10.2%)	120 (27.3%)	11 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.6%)	$30,721			$840			$29,880	67.9	55.4	618	205		361857001673
414	Weedsport Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	2821 E Brutus St	Weedsport	13166	Cayuga County	Weedsport Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 834-6652	374	40	9.2	34.8%	339 (90.6%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.7%)	$25,811			$1,255			$24,556	67.8	70	365	49		363042004095
415	Wisdom Lane Middle School	Public	6-8	120 Center Ln	Levittown	11756	Nassau County	Levittown Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 434-7304	765	73	10.4	44.6%	306 (40.0%)	15 (2.0%)	220 (28.8%)	208 (27.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.0%)	$35,225			$497			$34,728	67.8	62.5	501	86		361716001532
416	Seaford Middle School	Public	6-8	3940 Sunset Ave	Seaford	11783	Nassau County	Seaford Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 592-4280	522	60	8.6	12.5%	447 (85.6%)	4 (0.8%)	40 (7.7%)	23 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	$35,627			$645			$34,982	67.8	72	344	72		362640003618
417	Vestal Middle School	Public	6-8	600 S Benita Blvd	Vestal	13850	Broome County	Vestal Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 757-2331	847	70	12.1	32.9%	578 (68.2%)	44 (5.2%)	42 (5.0%)	141 (16.6%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.4%)	$21,120			$988			$20,132	67.7	76.5	280	137		362961003985
418	Middle School 101 Edward R Byrne	Public	6-8	2750 Lafayette Ave	Bronx	10465	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 829-6372	576	47	12.2	71.4%	49 (8.5%)	51 (8.9%)	399 (69.3%)	64 (11.1%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	7 (1.2%)	$30,518			$2,601			$27,918	67.7	70.9	358	60		360008503740
419	Colton-Pierrepont Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	4921 State Hwy 56	Colton	13625	St. Lawrence County	Colton-Pierrepont Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 262-2100	359	36	9.9	35.7%	353 (98.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$32,024			$1,324			$30,699	67.6	79.2	247	172		360810000576
420	Lincoln School	Public	K-8	170 E Lincoln Ave	Mount Vernon	10552	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5039	470	41	11.4	63.4%	46 (9.8%)	204 (43.4%)	201 (42.8%)	6 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.9%)	$34,823			$2,456			$32,367	67.5	54.4	636	216		362010001837

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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.

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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.