BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 7 FURNACE WOODS RD, in CORTLANDT MANOR, New York, BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a moderately sized middle-grades school that educates 534 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,173 students. BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL shows 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.6%, the actual is 59.5%, a residual of -2.2 points.

In the broader community, Westchester County reports that the typical household earns roughly $118,976 per year, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Westchester County runs 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), of which BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 52.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 3%: 550 students in 2018 compared to 534 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 60% to 46% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.