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)
360008605664	1291	Bronx Writing Academy	Public	6-8	270 E 167th St	Bronx	10456	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 293-9048	230	32	7.2	97.8%	3 (1.3%)	56 (24.3%)	170 (73.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$31,542			$2,326			$29,215	20.7	27.8	1153	138
360009005806	1292	Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School	Public	6-8	1001 Jennings St	Bronx	10460	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #12	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 319-7270	232	25	9.1	96.1%	6 (2.6%)	55 (23.7%)	164 (70.7%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	1 (0.4%)	$29,457			$2,296			$27,160	20.6	14.8	1374	82
363192001077	1293	Family School 32	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	1 Montclair Pl	Yonkers	10710	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(914) 376-8595	590	29	20.2	65.9%	86 (14.6%)	82 (13.9%)	359 (60.8%)	46 (7.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.5%)	$18,679			$781			$17,899	20.6	25.9	1187	106
361263000475	1294	Arcadia Middle School	Public	5-8	130 Island Cottage Rd	Rochester	14612	Monroe County	Greece Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 966-3300	686	69	9.8	62.2%	362 (52.8%)	119 (17.3%)	123 (17.9%)	34 (5.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (6.9%)	$15,538			$2,403			$13,135	20.6	25.1	1200	94
360009704888	1295	Is 349 Math Science And Technology	Public, Magnet	6-8	35 Starr St	Brooklyn	11221	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #32	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 418-6389	196	27	7.3	92.3%	5 (2.6%)	19 (9.7%)	161 (82.1%)	3 (1.5%)	5 (2.6%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	$25,459			$2,023			$23,436	20.5	21.6	1263	32
360009502760	1296	Middle School 246 Walt Whitman	Public	6-8	72 Veronica Pl	Brooklyn	11226	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 282-5230	346	26	13	87.0%	16 (4.6%)	200 (57.8%)	117 (33.8%)	8 (2.3%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	$24,235			$2,671			$21,564	20.5	18.5	1319	23
360007805627	1297	Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School	Public	6-12	215 W 114th St	New York	10026	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 865-9260	318	36	8.9	92.5%	12 (3.8%)	184 (57.9%)	107 (33.6%)	3 (0.9%)	9 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	$23,757			$1,747			$22,010	20.4	25.4	1196	101
360012104886	1298	Ps/Is 323	Public	PK, KG-8	210 Chester St	Brooklyn	11212	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #23	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 495-7781	487	39	12.4	95.7%	2 (0.4%)	346 (71.0%)	127 (26.1%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	$20,746			$1,301			$19,446	20.4	12.7	1399	101
360008606394	1299	Highbridge Green School (The)	Public	6-8	200 W 167th St	Bronx	10452	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 410-5770	387	42	9.2	99.2%	4 (1.0%)	79 (20.4%)	303 (78.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,486			$2,216			$21,270	20.4	15.6	1366	67
360487000234	1300	West Middle School	Public	6-8	W Middle Ave	Binghamton	13905	Broome County	Binghamton City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 763-8401	502	60	8.3	62.9%	236 (47.0%)	129 (25.7%)	56 (11.2%)	14 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (13.3%)	$20,051			$3,953			$16,099	20.3	19.9	1292	8

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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.
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.