Is Crispell Middle School a good school?

Crispell Middle School ranks 1046 th of 1504 New York middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Crispell Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 615 students attended Crispell Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Crispell Middle School?

Students at Crispell Middle School are 68% White, 21% Hispanic, 6% African American, 4% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Crispell Middle School attend?

Students who attend Crispell Middle School usually go on to attend Pine Bush Senior High School

Crispell Middle School

Summary:

Crispell Middle School is a public middle school located in Pine Bush, New York, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 633 students. It is part of the Pine Bush Central School District, which is ranked 580 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Crispell Middle School's academic performance, as measured by state assessments, is generally below the state and district averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts (ELA) ranged from 33.89% (6th grade) to 43.09% (7th grade), compared to the state averages of 43.64% (6th grade) and 49.56% (7th grade). Similarly, in math, the proficiency rates ranged from 34.29% (6th grade) to 43.1% (7th grade), compared to the state averages of 50.56% (6th grade) and 57.08% (7th grade). The school's performance for students with special needs and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds is particularly concerning, ranking 1214 out of 1303 and 1124 out of 1296, respectively, in the 2023-2024 school year.

Crispell Middle School's performance has declined over the years, as evidenced by its statewide ranking dropping from 586 out of 1407 middle schools in 2013-2014 to 1046 out of 1504 in 2023-2024. When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Circleville Middle School and New Paltz Middle School, Crispell Middle School's performance is generally lower. This trend is concerning and warrants further investigation, especially given the school's relatively high percentage of students from low-income families, with 51.66% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year.

Detail:

Public 6-8

77 Maple Ave
Pine Bush, NY 12566-0780

(845) 744-2031

District: Pine Bush Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1046^th of 1,504 New York Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,541

Students who attend Crispell Middle School usually attend:

High:

Pine Bush Senior High School

Feeder schools for Crispell Middle School:

Elementary:	E J Russell Elementary School
	Pine Bush Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.0

Number of students: 615

Racial breakdown:

White:

68.3%

Hispanic:

20.8%

African American:

5.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 48.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Crispell Middle School ranks worse than 69.5% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 33.63. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (68.3%), Hispanic (20.8%), African American (5.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 48.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Crispell Middle School is 11. (See more...)

Compare Crispell Middle School employs 55.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Crispell Middle School is $20,541.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Crispell Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Crispell Middle School 1046^th of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Crispell Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Pine Bush Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Pine Bush Central School District 580^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Crispell Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Crispell Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	62.71	463^rd	1095	57.7%
2007	64.77	461^st	1123	58.9%
2008	64.72	522^nd	1185	55.9%
2009	68.56	482^nd	1224	60.6%
2010	61.77	549^th	1243	55.8%
2011	56.08	651^st	1295	49.7%
2012	57.78	625^th	1337	53.3%
2013	48.51	678^th	1373	50.6%
2014	52.34	601^st	1401	57.1%
2015	53.89	586^th	1407	58.4%
2016	44.95	764^th	1429	46.5%
2017	49.71	702^nd	1455	51.8%
2018	39.85	865^th	1438	39.8%
2019	38.05	866^th	1439	39.8%
2021	25.31	998^th	1242	19.6%
2022	40.26	884^th	1479	40.2%
2023	44.77	833^rd	1500	44.5%
2024	33.63	1046^th	1504	30.5%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Crispell Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	66.99	38^th	107	64.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Crispell Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	31.05	912^th	1170	22.1%
2019	26.06	990^th	1139	13.1%
2021	16.25	499^th	522	4.4%
2022	25.34	1123^rd	1283	12.5%
2023	33.22	901^st	1307	31.1%
2024	20.85	1214^th	1303	6.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Crispell Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	35.58	826^th	1245	33.7%
2019	24.85	1008^th	1241	18.8%
2021	18.11	859^th	935	8.1%
2022	32.86	909^th	1306	30.4%
2023	39.88	773^rd	1288	40.0%
2024	21.12	1124^th	1296	13.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Crispell Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	40.37	836^th	1353	38.2%
2019	40.07	823^rd	1370	39.9%
2021	30.14	798^th	1066	25.1%
2022	39.80	875^th	1454	39.8%
2023	42.52	853^rd	1463	41.7%
2024	42.42	862^nd	1465	41.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Crispell Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	40.95	794^th	1352	41.3%
2019	38.34	816^th	1366	40.3%
2021	22.01	901^st	1071	15.9%
2022	40.89	839^th	1455	42.3%
2023	47.23	751^st	1464	48.7%
2024	27.44	1141^st	1464	22.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Crispell Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	38.87	395^th	663	40.4%
2019	33.00	441^st	653	32.5%
2022	42.91	388^th	706	45.0%
2023	53.39	295^th	696	57.6%
2024	44.27	371^st	705	47.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Crispell Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	30.02	613^th	810	24.3%
2019	20.58	715^th	826	13.4%
2021	42.64	241^st	449	46.3%
2022	39.98	528^th	914	42.2%
2023	43.18	510^th	943	45.9%
2024	23.40	804^th	953	15.6%

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Rank History for White students at Crispell Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	27.93	599^th	763	21.5%
2019	27.89	545^th	716	23.9%
2021	17.31	549^th	614	10.6%
2022	27.28	581^st	748	22.3%
2023	34.96	529^th	772	31.5%
2024	26.82	625^th	778	19.7%

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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 Crispell Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	671	8	4	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	689
1990	700	9	8	15	2	n/a	n/a	0	734
1991	766	8	5	11	1	n/a	n/a	0	791
1992	598	11	4	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	624
1993	653	8	1	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	671
1994	640	5	3	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	664
1995	721	10	7	25	1	n/a	n/a	0	764
1996	721	10	7	25	1	n/a	n/a	0	764
1997	744	9	6	29	1	n/a	n/a	0	789
1998	754	9	5	36	0	n/a	n/a	0	804
1999	817	10	5	26	1	n/a	n/a	0	859
2000	772	12	3	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	810
2001	818	10	1	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	849
2002	853	13	4	34	0	n/a	n/a	0	904
2003	853	13	4	34	0	n/a	n/a	0	904
2004	860	20	3	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	925
2005	792	24	6	39	1	n/a	n/a	0	862
2006	776	27	11	50	3	n/a	n/a	0	867
2007	741	33	9	46	3	n/a	n/a	0	832
2008	718	40	9	59	2	n/a	n/a	4	832
2009	690	33	11	57	3	n/a	n/a	4	798
2010	656	31	11	60	0	n/a	n/a	9	767
2011	650	39	12	69	0	0	5	0	775
2012	625	26	8	69	0	2	5	0	735
2013	605	27	13	68	0	2	7	0	722
2014	592	20	15	67	0	0	10	0	704
2015	581	23	10	77	3	0	7	0	701
2016	578	24	13	65	3	0	11	0	694
2017	561	22	12	68	2	0	15	0	680
2018	560	25	11	69	2	1	19	0	687
2019	533	29	11	87	3	2	22	0	687
2020	545	33	5	80	4	3	23	0	693
2021	496	26	10	64	4	1	20	0	621
2022	522	31	8	61	3	1	11	0	637
2023	433	33	9	131	1	0	26	0	633
2024	420	35	7	128	1	0	24	0	615

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 Crispell Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	689	42.5	16.2	n/a
1990	734	47.6	15.4	n/a
1991	791	50.5	15.6	n/a
1992	624	40.4	15.4	n/a
1993	671	41.4	16.2	n/a
1994	664	43.5	15.3	11.9
1995	764	47.3	16.2	11.9
1996	764	47.3	16.2	11.9
1997	789	50.0	15.8	11.7
1998	804	56.6	14.2	14.9
1999	859	56.1	15.3	11.3
2000	810	54.0	15.0	14.9
2001	849	60.2	14.1	18.1
2002	904	62.7	14.4	16.9
2003	904	62.7	14.4	16.9
2004	925	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	862	65.6	13.1	18.3
2006	867	65.0	13.3	16.5
2007	832	61.4	13.6	20.1
2008	832	65.5	12.7	19.7
2009	798	61.8	12.9	23.4
2010	767	58.7	13.0	24
2011	775	57.2	13.5	23.9
2012	735	50.3	14.5	37.7
2013	722	47.6	15.1	37.3
2014	704	49.7	14.1	29.7
2015	701	51.0	13.7	33.4
2016	694	52.0	13.3	39.8
2017	680	51.3	13.2	37.2
2018	687	53.2	12.9	39.4
2019	687	54.7	12.5	41.2
2020	693	56.0	12.3	45.2
2021	621	54.2	11.4	45.4
2022	637	51.9	12.2	48.8
2023	633	51.9	12.1	51.7
2024	615	55.4	11.0	48.1

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 Crispell Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	689	42.5	16.2	n/a
1990	734	47.6	15.4	n/a
1991	791	50.5	15.6	n/a
1992	624	40.4	15.4	n/a
1993	671	41.4	16.2	n/a
1994	664	43.5	15.3	11.9
1995	764	47.3	16.2	11.9
1996	764	47.3	16.2	11.9
1997	789	50.0	15.8	11.7
1998	804	56.6	14.2	14.9
1999	859	56.1	15.3	11.3
2000	810	54.0	15.0	14.9
2001	849	60.2	14.1	18.1
2002	904	62.7	14.4	16.9
2003	904	62.7	14.4	16.9
2004	925	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	862	65.6	13.1	18.3
2006	867	65.0	13.3	16.5
2007	832	61.4	13.6	20.1
2008	832	65.5	12.7	19.7
2009	798	61.8	12.9	23.4
2010	767	58.7	13.0	24
2011	775	57.2	13.5	23.9
2012	735	50.3	14.5	37.7
2013	722	47.6	15.1	37.3
2014	704	49.7	14.1	29.7
2015	701	51.0	13.7	33.4
2016	694	52.0	13.3	39.8
2017	680	51.3	13.2	37.2
2018	687	53.2	12.9	39.4
2019	687	54.7	12.5	41.2
2020	693	56.0	12.3	45.2
2021	621	54.2	11.4	45.4
2022	637	51.9	12.2	48.8
2023	633	51.9	12.1	51.7
2024	615	55.4	11.0	48.1

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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