Enrollment
211
Middle
DISTRICT 308 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RHINEBECK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362448003343
BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
45 N PARK RD, RHINEBECK, NY 12572 · (845) 871-5500 · Dutchess County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL211 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% 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.
- ABeats 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
8.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
35 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 6 | 64 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 77 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 70 | 33% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL→RHINEBECK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within RHINEBECK CENTRAL 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
81.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
86.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 86.6% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 82.9% |
% 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
83.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (83.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 211 | 16.6% | 83.5% |
| HALDANE MIDDLE SCHOOL COLD SPRING | 163 | 18.4% | 78.3% |
| PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PORT JEFFERSON | 224 | 18.3% | 71.3% |
| EAST MORICHES SCHOOL EAST MORICHES | 291 | 22.0% | 63.0% |
| SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL SKANEATELES | 255 | 13.3% | 80.7% |
| VOORHEESVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL VOORHEESVILLE | 320 | 14.7% | 65.0% |
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 BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Dutchess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #31 of 766 | #1 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.6% | #137 of 768 ▲ 16 | #2 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #39 of 768 ▼ 8 | #1 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 211 | #684 of 796 | #13 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #50 of 683 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.0% | #460 of 688 | #12 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.6% | #720 of 773 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #215 of 524 | #2 of 13 |
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
211
-42 (-17%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 169
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 9.0:1
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 | 211 | 25.4 | 8.3:1 | 17% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 224 | 26 | 8.6:1 | 20% (45) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 25.1 | 9.2:1 | 20% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | 28 | 9.0:1 | 20% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 248 | 17.6 | 14.1:1 | 18% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 248 | 16 | 15.5:1 | 17% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 280 | 22 | 12.7:1 | 9% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 316 | 19 | 16.6:1 | 6% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 169 | 13 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a very small middle school in RHINEBECK, New York. Enrollment stands at 211 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 60% below the average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
Besides BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, RHINEBECK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 924 students.
The largest group at BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is White students, at 76%. Enrollment also includes 12% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 40%.
Its staff includes 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 8.3 students per teacher. Across middle schools in New York, the average ratio is 10.3:1. BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 17%. The gap from the 40% average for public schools in Dutchess County is 23 points.
BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 93% of New York public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL would score about 68.9%. It scores 83.5%, 14.6 points above that figure.
American Community Survey estimates for Dutchess County show that median household income comes to about $99,478, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 76, with about 36,885 students.
RHINEBECK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 211, compared with 253 in 2020-21.
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Dutchess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,220
Census ACS
Median income
$99,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,885 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RHINEBECK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CHANCELLOR LIVINGSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 392 students
- RHINEBECK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 321 students
Other schools in RHINEBECK
- CHANCELLOR LIVINGSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 392 students
- RHINEBECK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 321 students
Nearby schools
- RHINEBECK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 321
- CHANCELLOR LIVINGSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 392
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 322
- ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL4.7 mi · 325
- KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL5.0 mi · 1,749
- LINDEN AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL5.1 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 211 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
What is the student diversity at BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of RHINEBECK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.