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, November 14, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1504)	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 (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
360015304070	861	Is 381	Public	6-8	2500 Nostrand Ave	Brooklyn	11210	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 338-1534	279	25	11.1	79.6%	22 (7.9%)	166 (59.5%)	53 (19.0%)	24 (8.6%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (3.9%)	$19,086			$1,219			$17,866	42.8	53.3	652	209
360118606645	862	Edmund W Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School	Public, Charter	6-8	77 Sands St	Brooklyn	11201	Kings County	Edmund W Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 429-8439	188	17	11	85.1%	3 (1.6%)	151 (80.3%)	29 (15.4%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	$27,052			$4,617			$22,435	42.7	48.1	762	100
360012306104	863	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	295	35	8.5	92.9%	4 (1.4%)	144 (48.8%)	135 (45.8%)	6 (2.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	$24,810			$3,379			$21,431	42.6	45.4	814	49
360009505818	864	Ebbets Field Middle School	Public	6-8	46 McKeever Pl	Brooklyn	11225	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 941-5097	138	19	7.4	97.1%	1 (0.7%)	103 (74.6%)	25 (18.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	3 (2.2%)	4 (2.9%)	$41,983			$2,257			$39,727	42.4	48.8	744	120
360993000767	865	East Rochester Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	200 Woodbine Ave	East Rochester	14445	Monroe County	East Rochester Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(585) 248-6350	512	53	9.6	52.1%	341 (66.6%)	52 (10.2%)	69 (13.5%)	6 (1.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.8%)	$15,912			$1,052			$14,860	42.4	32	1061	196
362685003664	866	Sidney Middle School	Public	7-8	13 Pearl St E	Sidney	13838	Delaware County	Sidney Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 561-7703	164	16	10.1	55.5%	139 (84.8%)	1 (0.6%)	10 (6.1%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.3%)	$22,978			$2,027			$20,951	42.3	49.5	724	142
360008605663	867	Mott Hall III	Public	6-8	580 Crotona Park S	Bronx	10456	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 842-6138	309	28	11	95.8%	6 (1.9%)	114 (36.9%)	186 (60.2%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,135			$2,024			$17,111	42.3	39.1	936	69
362166004325	868	Ogdensburg Free Academy	Public	7-12	1100 State St	Ogdensburg	13669	St. Lawrence County	Ogdensburg City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 393-0900	675	65	10.4	44.4%	665 (98.5%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	$20,076			$1,947			$18,129	42.3	43.2	868
363135004575	869	Whitesville Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	692 Main St	Whitesville	14897	Allegany County	Whitesville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 356-3301	129	21	6.1	50.4%	120 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$21,993			$553			$21,440	42.3	40.5	914	45
360012006483	870	Highland Park Community School	Public	6-8	528 Ridgewood Ave	Brooklyn	11208	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 235-1785	246	23	10.7	93.5%	5 (2.0%)	21 (8.5%)	202 (82.1%)	12 (4.9%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$18,967			$2,776			$16,190	42.3	35.7	1001	131

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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 November 14, 2024, 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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Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.