DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL

DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as an intimate middle school in DOBBS FERRY, New York, overseen by DOBBS FERRY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 345 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 35% smaller than that benchmark.

Within DOBBS FERRY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,481 students, DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Black. By comparison, Westchester County as a whole is about 52% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 80.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Westchester County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $118,976 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

Nearest neighbor: DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 83.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 343 students in 2018 compared to 345 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 68% to 62% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.