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Enrollment
790
Middle
DISTRICT 775 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARDSLEY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360318000081
ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
700 ASHFORD AVE, ARDSLEY, NY 10502 · (914) 295-5600 · Westchester County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL790 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of New York public middle schools
- ATest 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 York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
101 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 196 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 191 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 222 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 166 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 15 | 2% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL→ARDSLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ARDSLEY 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
80.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
89.2%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 89.2% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 85.7% |
% 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
80.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (80.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 790 | 12.8% | 80.1% |
| ROSLYN MIDDLE SCHOOL ROSLYN HEIGHTS | 802 | 16.6% | 79.9% |
| ROBERT CUSHMAN MURPHY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STONY BROOK | 655 | 21.2% | 71.5% |
| IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 614 | 18.9% | 72.9% |
| TRANSIT MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST AMHERST | 912 | 16.3% | 82.4% |
| H B MATTLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL PLAINVIEW | 783 | 11.0% | 79.8% |
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 ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #54 of 766 | #13 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.2% | #114 of 768 ▲ 24 | #17 of 40 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #43 of 768 ▲ 16 | #12 of 40 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 790 | #165 of 796 | #12 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #407 of 683 | #28 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #130 of 688 | #3 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.8% | #741 of 773 | #25 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.8% | #42 of 168 | #2 of 9 |
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
790
+58 (+8%) vs 2020
+72% since 1990-91, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 790 | 73.8 | 10.7:1 | 13% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 766 | 70.3 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 754 | 67.2 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 64 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 694 | 56 | 12.4:1 | 7% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 54 | 12.3:1 | 6% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 57 | 11.3:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 691 | 52 | 13.3:1 | 1% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 458 | 45 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school with its address in ARDSLEY, New York. It enrolls 790 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 5 through 8. That is 49% above the average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
ARDSLEY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (3 schools, 2,325 students) runs ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About 54% of the student body at ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is White. The remaining students are 21% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Black. Westchester County residents are about 52% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 10.7:1, based on 73.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 13% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Westchester County is 38%.
Among New York public middle schools, ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 89%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 9.8 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 80.1% actual, 70.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
For Westchester County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $118,976, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 255 public schools in the county, enrolling about 140,968, ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
Measured in a straight line, GREENVILLE SCHOOL is about 0.8 miles from ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. The five-mile area around ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 82.2%, higher than ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's 80.1%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
An 8% rise took enrollment from 732 in 2020-21 to 790 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARDSLEY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CONCORD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 780 students
- ARDSLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 755 students
Other schools in ARDSLEY
- CONCORD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 780 students
- ARDSLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 755 students
Nearby schools
- GREENVILLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 527
- GREENBURGH ELEVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 17
- GREENBURGH ELEVEN HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 50
- GREENBURGH ELEVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 14
- CONCORD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 780
- SPRINGHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 677
Frequently asked questions
About ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 790 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.7:1 (74 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 54% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 21% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by ARDSLEY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Westchester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.