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Enrollment
635
Middle
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NANUET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362019001853
A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL
143 CHURCH ST, NANUET, NY 10954 · (845) 627-4044 · Rockland County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL635 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New York public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
222 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 58%
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 5 | 151 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 165 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 148 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 171 | 27% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 72% · 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
A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL→NANUET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NANUET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
67.6%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 67.6% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 69.1% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 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 A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL
A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 635 | 35.0% | 62.7% |
| MINEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL MINEOLA | 653 | 28.8% | 59.1% |
| NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS BROOKLYN | 546 | 40.5% | 85.6% |
| NYACK MIDDLE SCHOOL NYACK | 644 | 29.3% | 58.0% |
| FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST NYACK | 612 | 25.2% | 56.1% |
| RONKONKOMA MIDDLE SCHOOL RONKONKOMA | 641 | 27.1% | 56.7% |
Matched among New York 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 A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rockland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #226 of 766 | #3 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #292 of 768 ▼ 19 | #4 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #190 of 768 ▼ 68 | #3 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 635 | #251 of 796 | #10 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #185 of 683 | #2 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #67 of 688 | #2 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.0% | #575 of 773 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +87.9% | #2 of 168 | #1 of 7 |
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
635
+258 (+68%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 635 | 67.4 | 9.4:1 | 35% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 66.3 | 9.9:1 | 33% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 676 | 66.4 | 10.2:1 | 32% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 32 | 11.8:1 | 24% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 25 | 13.5:1 | 24% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 363 | 19 | 19.1:1 | 16% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 702 | 67 | 10.5:1 | 11% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 431 | 36 | 12.0:1 | 6% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 500 | 37 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL
The public middle school A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL is located in NANUET, New York. It covers grades 5 through 8, with a total enrollment of 635 students.
A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 4 schools in NANUET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 2,103 students in total.
A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 37%. It is also 37% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 9% Black, and 3% multiracial. Rockland County's residents are about 62% White, 25 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 70%.
A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 67.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 9.4 students for each one. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. About 35% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. On average, public schools in Rockland County report 48%.
Measured against New York public middle schools, A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 62.1% for a school in New York with A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 62.7%.
Rockland County has about 341,883 residents, and median household income is about $109,959, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 66 public schools in Rockland County, with a combined enrollment of about 41,335.
Of nearby public schools, NANUET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL had 377 students in 2020-21 and 635 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (9.4:1) than in 2020-21 (11.8:1).
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Rockland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
341,883
Census ACS
Median income
$109,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
41,335 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NANUET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NANUET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 745 students
- GEORGE W MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 409 students
- HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 314 students
Other schools in NANUET
- NANUET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 745 students
- GEORGE W MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 409 students
- HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 314 students
Nearby schools
- NANUET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 745
- GEORGE W MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 409
- HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 314
- BIRCHWOOD SCHOOL1.3 mi · 66
- CLARKSTOWN SOUTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,386
- BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL?
A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 635 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL?
A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 37% White, 37% Hispanic, 9% Black, 14% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of NANUET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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