BRIARCLIFF MIDDLE SCHOOL

BRIARCLIFF MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a low-enrollment middle school in BRIARCLIFF MANOR, New York, part of BRIARCLIFF MANOR UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 298 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 44% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

BRIARCLIFF MANOR UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,335 students; BRIARCLIFF MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, BRIARCLIFF MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Asian, 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, BRIARCLIFF MIDDLE SCHOOL records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 3% of students at BRIARCLIFF MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BRIARCLIFF MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 74.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 90.0%.

In the broader community, census data for Westchester County shows median household earnings sit near $118,976, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. BRIARCLIFF MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

BRIARCLIFF HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRIARCLIFF MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 85.4%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. BRIARCLIFF MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 359 (now 298). White enrollment moved from 74% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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