Is Suffern Middle School a good school?

Suffern Middle School ranks 904 th of 1504 New York middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Suffern Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 847 students attended Suffern Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Suffern Middle School?

Students at Suffern Middle School are 45% Hispanic, 34% White, 9% African American, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Suffern Middle School attend?

Students who attend Suffern Middle School usually go on to attend Suffern Senior High School

Suffern Middle School

Summary:

Suffern Middle School is a public middle school serving 836 students in grades 6-8 in the Suffern Central School District in Suffern, New York. While the school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past several years, dropping from 173 out of 1,407 New York middle schools in 2014-2015 to 904 out of 1,504 in 2023-2024, its performance on state assessments is below the state average, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math ranging from 39-48% and 10-57%, respectively, across different grade levels.

The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups. While Asian and White students perform relatively well, with rankings in the top 20-30% of New York middle schools, African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner (ELL) students perform much worse, with rankings in the bottom 30-50% of schools. The school also struggles with its Special Education and Economically Disadvantaged student populations, ranking in the bottom 40-60% of schools. Suffern Middle School's performance is generally lower than that of nearby middle schools, such as Pearl River Middle School, A. MacArthur Barr Middle School, and the Felix Festa Middle Schools in the Clarkstown Central School District, which consistently outperform Suffern Middle School on state assessments and have higher statewide rankings.

To address these challenges, the school and Suffern Central School District may need to implement comprehensive strategies to improve instructional quality, provide targeted support for struggling students, and ensure equitable access to educational opportunities for all learners. Despite increased spending and resources, Suffern Middle School's declining performance and significant equity gaps suggest that the school faces significant challenges in meeting the needs of its diverse student population.

Detail:

Public 6-8

80 Hemion Rd
Suffern, NY 10901-4163

(845) 357-7400

District: Suffern Central School District

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $25,969

Students who attend Suffern Middle School usually attend:

High:

Suffern Senior High School

Feeder schools for Suffern Middle School:

Elementary:	Cherry Lane Elementary School
	Montebello Road School
	Richard P Connor Elementary School
	Sloatsburg Elementary School
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	Viola Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 9.4

Number of students: 847

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

44.6%

White:

34.2%

African American:

9.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 42.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Suffern Middle School ranks worse than 60.1% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 40.54. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (44.6%), White (34.2%), African American (9.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 42.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Suffern Middle School is 9.4. (See more...)

Compare Suffern Middle School employs 89.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Suffern Middle School is $25,969.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Suffern Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Suffern Middle School 904^th of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Suffern Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Suffern Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Suffern Central School District 550^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Suffern Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Suffern Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	81.22	176^th	1095	83.9%
2007	82.83	155^th	1123	86.2%
2008	79.94	202^nd	1185	83.0%
2009	78.32	213^th	1224	82.6%
2010	83.65	149^th	1243	88.0%
2011	84.39	161^st	1295	87.6%
2012	84.55	158^th	1337	88.2%
2013	87.75	124^th	1373	91.0%
2014	80.44	197^th	1401	85.9%
2015	82.68	173^rd	1407	87.7%
2016	71.76	320^th	1429	77.6%
2017	72.35	329^th	1455	77.4%
2018	76.15	288^th	1438	80.0%
2019	74.11	313^th	1439	78.2%
2021	44.03	677^th	1242	45.5%
2022	51.43	660^th	1479	55.4%
2023	47.49	776^th	1500	48.3%
2024	40.54	904^th	1504	39.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Suffern Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	83.21	19^th	126	84.9%
2021	51.61	36^th	95	62.1%
2022	51.42	85^th	190	55.3%
2023	78.86	38^th	208	81.7%
2024	67.27	72^nd	220	67.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Suffern Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	39.16	277^th	503	44.9%
2019	41.44	221^st	473	53.3%
2022	35.05	381^st	581	34.4%
2023	30.12	467^th	591	21.0%
2024	27.77	531^st	615	13.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Suffern Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	43.90	561^st	1170	52.1%
2019	46.71	465^th	1139	59.2%
2021	21.88	455^th	522	12.8%
2022	36.96	789^th	1283	38.5%
2023	28.31	1018^th	1307	22.1%
2024	36.11	810^th	1303	37.8%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	57.74	409^th	1245	67.1%
2019	53.35	473^rd	1241	61.9%
2021	25.46	776^th	935	17.0%
2022	35.07	851^st	1306	34.8%
2023	32.67	936^th	1288	27.3%
2024	24.37	1080^th	1296	16.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Suffern Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	78.09	255^th	1353	81.2%
2019	73.18	318^th	1370	76.8%
2021	47.34	535^th	1066	49.8%
2022	50.58	688^th	1454	52.7%
2023	49.52	723^rd	1463	50.6%
2024	45.31	800^th	1465	45.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Suffern Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	72.22	304^th	1352	77.5%
2019	72.94	298^th	1366	78.2%
2021	40.85	635^th	1071	40.7%
2022	51.50	625^th	1455	57.0%
2023	44.79	790^th	1464	46.0%
2024	36.53	951^st	1464	35.0%

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Rank History for Asian students at Suffern Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	51.87	212^th	374	43.3%
2019	56.43	172^nd	369	53.4%
2021	43.01	157^th	236	33.5%
2022	65.88	131^st	381	65.6%
2023	62.88	161^st	388	58.5%
2024	63.37	156^th	396	60.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Suffern Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	70.74	132^nd	663	80.1%
2019	71.12	133^rd	653	79.6%
2021	48.86	116^th	253	54.2%
2022	49.84	304^th	706	56.9%
2023	39.93	426^th	696	38.8%
2024	40.72	407^th	705	42.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Suffern Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	59.06	287^th	810	64.6%
2019	52.59	333^rd	826	59.7%
2021	20.61	399^th	449	11.1%
2022	37.02	578^th	914	36.8%
2023	31.55	672^nd	943	28.7%
2024	23.50	803^rd	953	15.7%

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Rank History for White students at Suffern Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	75.67	150^th	763	80.3%
2019	73.82	174^th	716	75.7%
2021	55.72	256^th	614	58.3%
2022	57.17	302^nd	748	59.6%
2023	58.02	319^th	772	58.7%
2024	58.71	305^th	778	60.8%

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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 Suffern Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	501	18	18	13	14	n/a	n/a	564
1990	496	22	15	12	12	n/a	n/a	557
1991	541	24	16	8	9	n/a	n/a	598
1992	537	23	15	8	9	n/a	n/a	592
1993	523	27	15	21	1	n/a	n/a	587
1994	534	21	16	29	5	n/a	n/a	605
1995	506	21	14	30	12	n/a	n/a	583
1996	506	21	14	30	12	n/a	n/a	583
1997	548	26	12	22	14	n/a	n/a	622
1998	545	25	14	24	17	n/a	n/a	625
1999	532	30	14	28	18	n/a	n/a	622
2000	573	30	19	24	20	n/a	n/a	666
2001	590	34	34	49	15	n/a	n/a	722
2002	911	65	44	94	9	n/a	n/a	1123
2003	911	65	44	94	9	n/a	n/a	1123
2004	896	56	43	99	5	n/a	n/a	1099
2005	943	49	55	90	12	n/a	n/a	1149
2006	887	47	57	98	12	n/a	n/a	1101
2007	877	61	59	94	12	n/a	n/a	1103
2008	844	57	61	105	16	n/a	n/a	1083
2009	838	55	71	123	17	n/a	n/a	1104
2010	851	54	87	139	11	n/a	n/a	1142
2011	849	49	80	144	18	0	4	1144
2012	817	46	84	144	13	3	11	1118
2013	782	63	83	156	10	2	11	1107
2014	702	60	101	154	1	0	12	1030
2015	681	65	96	146	1	0	19	1008
2016	681	69	89	167	2	0	25	1033
2017	700	66	72	212	2	1	29	1082
2018	640	64	60	250	1	1	36	1052
2019	575	66	70	261	0	1	39	1012
2020	519	85	71	285	0	3	43	1006
2021	447	84	80	307	3	4	48	973
2022	361	88	66	346	6	4	40	911
2023	290	88	64	349	6	2	37	836
2024	290	80	57	378	6	1	35	847

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 Suffern Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	564	51.8	10.8	n/a
1990	557	53.6	10.3	n/a
1991	598	54.5	10.9	n/a
1992	592	50.5	11.7	n/a
1993	587	49.4	11.9	n/a
1994	605	46.9	12.9	6.6
1995	583	49.1	11.9	5.7
1996	583	49.1	11.9	5.7
1997	622	57.2	10.9	7.1
1998	625	53.2	11.7	8.5
1999	622	53.8	11.6	6.8
2000	666	53.0	12.6	10.7
2001	722	62.1	11.6	4.6
2002	1123	88.3	12.7	7.3
2003	1123	88.3	12.7	7.3
2004	1099	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1149	95.8	12.0	7.9
2006	1101	91.0	12.1	9.6
2007	1103	89.1	12.4	10.5
2008	1083	90.4	12.0	13
2009	1104	88.5	12.5	13.7
2010	1142	91.3	12.5	13.1
2011	1144	95.3	11.9	15.3
2012	1118	94.4	11.8	18.6
2013	1107	92.6	11.9	17
2014	1030	88.5	11.6	15.9
2015	1008	88.0	11.4	19
2016	1033	88.0	11.7	21.3
2017	1082	85.8	12.5	24.1
2018	1052	90.5	11.6	28.2
2019	1012	89.1	11.3	29.9
2020	1006	95.7	10.5	17.5
2021	973	90.9	10.6	33.3
2022	911	89.2	10.2	29.2
2023	836	91.2	9.1	37.8
2024	847	89.7	9.4	42.7

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 Suffern Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	564	51.8	10.8	n/a
1990	557	53.6	10.3	n/a
1991	598	54.5	10.9	n/a
1992	592	50.5	11.7	n/a
1993	587	49.4	11.9	n/a
1994	605	46.9	12.9	6.6
1995	583	49.1	11.9	5.7
1996	583	49.1	11.9	5.7
1997	622	57.2	10.9	7.1
1998	625	53.2	11.7	8.5
1999	622	53.8	11.6	6.8
2000	666	53.0	12.6	10.7
2001	722	62.1	11.6	4.6
2002	1123	88.3	12.7	7.3
2003	1123	88.3	12.7	7.3
2004	1099	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1149	95.8	12.0	7.9
2006	1101	91.0	12.1	9.6
2007	1103	89.1	12.4	10.5
2008	1083	90.4	12.0	13
2009	1104	88.5	12.5	13.7
2010	1142	91.3	12.5	13.1
2011	1144	95.3	11.9	15.3
2012	1118	94.4	11.8	18.6
2013	1107	92.6	11.9	17
2014	1030	88.5	11.6	15.9
2015	1008	88.0	11.4	19
2016	1033	88.0	11.7	21.3
2017	1082	85.8	12.5	24.1
2018	1052	90.5	11.6	28.2
2019	1012	89.1	11.3	29.9
2020	1006	95.7	10.5	17.5
2021	973	90.9	10.6	33.3
2022	911	89.2	10.2	29.2
2023	836	91.2	9.1	37.8
2024	847	89.7	9.4	42.7

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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