Is Benjamin Turner Middle School a good school?

Benjamin Turner Middle School ranks in the bottom 13.3% of New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Benjamin Turner Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 196 students attended Benjamin Turner Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Benjamin Turner Middle School?

Students at Benjamin Turner Middle School are 77% African American, 20% Hispanic, 2% White.

What schools do graduates of Benjamin Turner Middle School attend?

Students who attend Benjamin Turner Middle School usually go on to attend: High : Denzel Washington School-Arts High : Mount Vernon High School

Benjamin Turner Middle School

Summary:

Benjamin Turner Middle School is a public middle school located in Mount Vernon, New York, serving grades 5-8 with a student population of 196. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #11, which is ranked 608 out of 866 districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Benjamin Turner Middle School consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of New York middle schools, with proficiency rates on state assessments that are significantly lower than the state and district averages. For example, in 2022-2023, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts ranged from 27.66% to 35.48%, compared to the state averages of 45.09% to 55.2%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 20.41% to 38.71%, compared to the state averages of 49.69% to 51.94%. The school's performance on various student subgroups, including female, male, special education, and low socioeconomic status students, is also concerning and below the state and district averages.

When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Amani Public Charter School, which is located less than a mile away, Benjamin Turner Middle School generally performs worse academically, despite serving a similar demographic of students. The school's high spending per student, at $36,684 in the 2022-2023 school year, also raises questions about the effectiveness of the school's resource allocation and educational strategies, as the academic outcomes do not reflect this level of spending. The school's declining enrollment and racial shift in the student population over the past few years further highlight the need for substantial improvements to better serve the students and community of Benjamin Turner Middle School.

Detail:

Public K-8

624 S 3rd Ave
Mount Vernon, NY 10550

(914) 665-5150

District: Mount Vernon School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1300^th of 1,500 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $36,684

Students who attend Benjamin Turner Middle School usually attend:

High:	Denzel Washington School-Arts
	Mount Vernon High School

Feeder schools for Benjamin Turner Middle School:

Elementary:	Cecil H Parker School
	Edward Williams School
	Graham School
	Grimes School
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	Hamilton School
	Lincoln School
	Mount Vernon Honor Academy
	Mount Vernon Leadership Academy
	Pennington School
	Traphagen School
High:	Rebecca Turner Academy

Student/teacher ratio: 9.6

Number of students: 196

Racial breakdown:

African American:

77.0%

Hispanic:

20.4%

White:

2.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 70.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Benjamin Turner Middle School ranks worse than 86.7% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.66. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Benjamin Turner Middle School has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Mount Vernon School District. Racial makeup is: African American (77%), Hispanic (20.4%), White (2%). (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Benjamin Turner Middle School is 9.6, which is the lowest among 12 elementary schools in the Mount Vernon School District! (See more...)

Compare Benjamin Turner Middle School employs 20.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Benjamin Turner Middle School is $36,684, which is the highest among 12 elementary schools in the Mount Vernon School District!

Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Benjamin Turner Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Benjamin Turner Middle School 1300^th of 1500 New York public middle schools. (See Benjamin Turner Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Mount Vernon School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Mount Vernon School District 608^th of 866 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Benjamin Turner Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Benjamin Turner Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	18.98	905^th	1095	17.4%
2007	16.87	940^th	1123	16.3%
2008	24.75	946^th	1185	20.2%
2009	20.64	1011^th	1224	17.4%
2010	24.72	963^rd	1243	22.5%
2011	18.64	1070^th	1295	17.4%
2012	16.17	1134^th	1337	15.2%
2013	13.56	1234^th	1373	10.1%
2014	15.96	1231^st	1401	12.1%
2015	13.75	1282^nd	1407	8.9%
2016	18.68	1221^st	1429	14.6%
2017	21.14	1217^th	1455	16.4%
2018	21.97	1189^th	1438	17.3%
2019	10.91	1361^st	1439	5.4%
2021	12.35	1165^th	1242	6.2%
2022	23.32	1205^th	1479	18.5%
2023	19.66	1300^th	1500	13.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Benjamin Turner Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	27.48	464^th	503	7.8%
2019	26.68	435^th	473	8.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Benjamin Turner Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	27.88	1001^st	1170	14.4%
2019	22.94	1070^th	1139	6.1%
2022	23.00	1186^th	1283	7.6%
2023	15.36	1297^th	1307	0.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Benjamin Turner Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	24.72	1040^th	1245	16.5%
2019	14.25	1189^th	1241	4.2%
2023	28.51	1003^rd	1288	22.1%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Benjamin Turner Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	32.40	329^th	457	28.0%
2019	25.93	337^th	392	14.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Benjamin Turner Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	26.85	1075^th	1353	20.5%
2019	11.15	1299^th	1370	5.2%
2022	21.58	1224^th	1454	15.8%
2023	19.99	1269^th	1463	13.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Benjamin Turner Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	18.42	1209^th	1352	10.6%
2019	12.87	1284^th	1366	6.0%
2021	12.42	1011^th	1071	5.6%
2022	32.79	1006^th	1455	30.9%
2023	22.07	1240^th	1464	15.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Benjamin Turner Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	33.87	450^th	663	32.1%
2019	20.94	571^st	653	12.6%
2022	36.53	451^st	706	36.1%
2023	35.27	461^st	696	33.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Benjamin Turner Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	43.76	447^th	810	44.8%
2019	24.56	674^th	826	18.4%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Benjamin Turner Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	111	501	1	15	0	n/a	n/a	628
1990	96	471	2	14	0	n/a	n/a	583
1991	89	446	0	17	0	n/a	n/a	552
1992	106	475	1	22	0	n/a	n/a	604
1993	68	440	2	45	0	n/a	n/a	555
1994	60	421	1	39	0	n/a	n/a	521
1995	53	404	1	60	0	n/a	n/a	518
1996	53	404	1	60	0	n/a	n/a	518
1997	50	423	1	59	0	n/a	n/a	533
1998	40	491	0	45	0	n/a	n/a	576
1999	36	453	0	55	1	n/a	n/a	545
2000	59	428	1	53	1	n/a	n/a	542
2001	50	442	1	69	0	n/a	n/a	562
2002	55	498	1	68	0	n/a	n/a	622
2003	55	498	1	68	0	n/a	n/a	622
2004	67	557	3	69	0	n/a	n/a	696
2005	52	472	3	72	1	n/a	n/a	600
2006	21	514	1	43	1	n/a	n/a	580
2007	9	564	0	26	1	n/a	n/a	600
2008	8	537	2	33	0	n/a	n/a	580
2009	11	464	3	37	0	n/a	n/a	515
2010	12	433	2	32	0	n/a	n/a	479
2011	12	388	1	35	0	0	0	436
2012	11	511	2	33	0	0	0	557
2013	5	532	2	25	0	0	0	564
2014	7	486	2	25	0	0	0	520
2015	5	429	1	31	0	0	1	467
2016	3	373	6	38	0	0	2	422
2017	17	438	7	52	0	1	4	519
2018	15	485	4	71	1	1	6	583
2019	17	276	0	57	0	0	3	353
2020	8	275	0	73	1	0	2	359
2021	2	203	0	42	0	0	5	252
2022	0	137	0	31	0	0	1	169
2023	4	151	1	40	0	0	0	196

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Benjamin Turner Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	628	51.5	12.1	n/a
1990	583	57.3	10.1	n/a
1991	552	50.5	10.9	n/a
1992	604	57.5	10.5	n/a
1993	555	53.0	10.5	n/a
1994	521	50.0	10.4	21.1
1995	518	49.9	10.4	28.4
1996	518	49.9	10.4	28.4
1997	533	41.9	12.7	38.1
1998	576	44.0	13.1	33.3
1999	545	43.3	12.6	48.3
2000	542	44.3	12.2	41.5
2001	562	48.3	11.6	43.2
2002	622	45.3	13.7	52.7
2003	622	45.3	13.7	52.7
2004	696	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	600	50.2	12.0	44.8
2006	580	51.0	11.4	57.4
2007	600	50.3	11.9	43.5
2008	580	51.3	11.3	70.3
2009	515	43.3	11.9	56.9
2010	479	44.2	10.8	80.8
2011	436	32.5	13.3	82.8
2012	557	32.3	17.2	64.3
2013	564	39.2	14.3	66.3
2014	520	37.6	13.8	71.3
2015	467	36.0	12.9	77.3
2016	422	34.0	12.4	75.1
2017	519	48.0	10.8	71.9
2018	583	40.0	14.5	86.6
2019	353	35.0	10.0	86.1
2020	359	34.0	10.5	82.2
2021	252	26.2	9.5	86.9
2022	169	15.6	10.7	1.8
2023	196	20.3	9.6	70.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Benjamin Turner Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	628	51.5	12.1	n/a
1990	583	57.3	10.1	n/a
1991	552	50.5	10.9	n/a
1992	604	57.5	10.5	n/a
1993	555	53.0	10.5	n/a
1994	521	50.0	10.4	21.1
1995	518	49.9	10.4	28.4
1996	518	49.9	10.4	28.4
1997	533	41.9	12.7	38.1
1998	576	44.0	13.1	33.3
1999	545	43.3	12.6	48.3
2000	542	44.3	12.2	41.5
2001	562	48.3	11.6	43.2
2002	622	45.3	13.7	52.7
2003	622	45.3	13.7	52.7
2004	696	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	600	50.2	12.0	44.8
2006	580	51.0	11.4	57.4
2007	600	50.3	11.9	43.5
2008	580	51.3	11.3	70.3
2009	515	43.3	11.9	56.9
2010	479	44.2	10.8	80.8
2011	436	32.5	13.3	82.8
2012	557	32.3	17.2	64.3
2013	564	39.2	14.3	66.3
2014	520	37.6	13.8	71.3
2015	467	36.0	12.9	77.3
2016	422	34.0	12.4	75.1
2017	519	48.0	10.8	71.9
2018	583	40.0	14.5	86.6
2019	353	35.0	10.0	86.1
2020	359	34.0	10.5	82.2
2021	252	26.2	9.5	86.9
2022	169	15.6	10.7	1.8
2023	196	20.3	9.6	70.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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