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If you could change one rule at West New York Middle School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,087
Middle
DISTRICT 822 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST NEW YORK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341758000547
West New York Middle School
201 57TH ST, WEST NEW YORK, NJ 07093 · (201) 553-4160 · Hudson County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,087 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of New Jersey public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
994 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 543 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 544 | 50% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
West New York Middle School→Memorial High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within West New York School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
24.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.1% | 24.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 23.7% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 16% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like West New York Middle School
West New York Middle School's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West New York Middle School this school | 1,087 | 91.4% | 32.7% |
| Emerson Middle School UNION CITY | 999 | 86.7% | 38.7% |
| New Brunswick Middle School NEW BRUNSWICK | 829 | 94.8% | 16.3% |
| Union Hill Middle School UNION CITY | 865 | 83.5% | 42.0% |
| William C. McGinnis Middle School PERTH AMBOY | 984 | 78.8% | 20.5% |
| Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 Passaic | 742 | 100.0% | 56.8% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where West New York Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #318 of 433 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #341 of 437 ▼ 4 | #10 of 12 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #334 of 437 ▼ 13 | #10 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,087 | #25 of 445 | #1 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #410 of 417 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #412 of 419 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #7 of 436 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #105 of 122 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,087
-28 (-3%) vs 2020
+84% since 2010-11, when it was 590
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,087 | 68 | 16.0:1 | 91% (994) |
| 2023-24 | 1,078 | 70 | 15.4:1 | 89% (960) |
| 2022-23 | 1,096 | 77 | 14.2:1 | 87% (954) |
| 2020-21 | 1,115 | 71 | 15.7:1 | 87% (967) |
| 2017-18 | 1,070 | 76 | 14.1:1 | 81% (869) |
| 2015-16 | 942 | 78 | 12.1:1 | 82% (773) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | 60 | 9.8:1 | 79% (465) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West New York Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,070 to 1,087); teachers down 11% (76 to 68).
About West New York Middle School
West New York Middle School is a large middle school with its address in WEST NEW YORK, New Jersey. It has an enrollment of 1,087 students in grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students, which makes this school 88% above average.
West New York School District oversees West New York Middle School and 8 other schools, with 7,399 students in total.
A large majority of enrollment at West New York Middle School is Hispanic, at 96%. Hudson County's residents are about 41% Hispanic, 56 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 7%.
There are about 16.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at West New York Middle School, which has 68. Middle schools in New Jersey average 10.9:1, 5.1 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at West New York Middle School is about 91%. The rate at public schools in Hudson County averages 68%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, West New York Middle School lands at B, ahead of 57% of New Jersey public middle schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, West New York Middle School is among the top 10% of schools in New Jersey. Predicted: 16.1%. Actual: 32.7%.
In Hudson County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $91,795, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 130 public schools and about 86,216 students.
Among nearby public schools, Memorial High School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. West New York Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, West New York Middle School ranks 5th on proficiency.
West New York Middle School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 1,115 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 1,087 by 2024-25.
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Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West New York School District
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,345 students
- Public School Number OneElementary · 758 students
- Public School Number TwoElementary · 621 students
- Harry L BainElementary · 599 students
- Public School Number FiveElementary · 570 students
- Albio Sires Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
Other schools in WEST NEW YORK
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,345 students
- Public School Number OneElementary · 758 students
- Public School Number TwoElementary · 621 students
- Harry L BainElementary · 599 students
- Public School Number FiveElementary · 570 students
- Albio Sires Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Memorial High School0.1 mi · 2,345
- Public School Number Five0.1 mi · 570
- Early Childhood School0.2 mi · 395
- Public School Number Two0.2 mi · 621
- Harry L Bain0.4 mi · 599
- Public School Number Three0.4 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About West New York Middle SchoolHow many students attend West New York Middle School?
West New York Middle School enrolls approximately 1,087 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does West New York Middle School serve?
West New York Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at West New York Middle School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at West New York Middle School.
How diverse is West New York Middle School?
West New York Middle School reports a student body of 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is West New York Middle School in?
West New York Middle School is part of West New York School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.