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Enrollment
520
Middle
DISTRICT 533 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361395001130
FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL
27 FARRAGUT AVE, HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NY 10706 · (914) 478-6230 · Westchester County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of New York public middle schools
- A+Test 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
10.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
19 students
DISTRICT 4% · 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 | 119 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 137 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 126 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 136 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL→HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON 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
83.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
82.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -17.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 18 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 82.3% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 100.0% |
% 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
82.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL
FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (82.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 520 | 3.7% | 82.8% |
| ALBERT G PRODELL MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOREHAM | 457 | 6.3% | 69.3% |
| JOHN JAY MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS RIVER | 630 | 8.7% | 77.6% |
| H C CRITTENDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL ARMONK | 474 | 4.0% | 89.4% |
| WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL THORNWOOD | 477 | 10.9% | 69.7% |
| RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL RYE | 634 | 2.5% | 86.7% |
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 FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #33 of 766 | #8 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #166 of 768 ▼ 146 | #24 of 40 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #29 of 768 ▼ 8 | #10 of 40 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #343 of 796 | #23 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #353 of 683 | #26 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #359 of 688 | #26 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.7% | #766 of 773 | #34 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #165 of 168 | #8 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
520
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
+112% since 1990-91, when it was 245
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 520 | 50 | 10.4:1 | 4% (19) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 54.7 | 9.7:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 527 | 57.3 | 9.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 52 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 517 | 42.6 | 12.2:1 | 5% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 36 | 14.0:1 | 5% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 510 | 38 | 13.4:1 | 7% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 245 | 18 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL
FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in HASTINGS ON HUDSON, New York, and is classified as a middle school. Grades offered run from 5 through 8, with 520 students enrolled.
HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 1,598 students, and its 3 schools include FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Roughly 68% of students at FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 52%. FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL's diversity index is 49%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL is 50 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 10.4:1. That matches the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York fairly closely. The school counts 19 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 4%. It compares with 38% for public schools in Westchester County.
The allk12 Grade for FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL is A. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 90% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 82.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 73.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Westchester County, the median household income is $118,976, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Westchester County is home to 255 public schools and about 140,968 public school students.
The nearest public school is HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL, at less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
NCES describes the area around FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL was 510 in 2020-21 and 520 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 553 students
- HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 525 students
Other schools in HASTINGS ON HUDSON
- HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 553 students
- HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 525 students
- MARTIN LUTHER KING JR HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 63 students
- ZICCOLELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 23 students
- ZICCOLELLA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 19 students
Other Farragut Middle schools
One other US public school is named Farragut Middle. FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Farragut Middle SchoolKnoxville, TN · 1,463 students
Nearby schools
- HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 525
- HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 553
- CLARK ACADEMY0.9 mi · 121
- GREENBURGH ELEVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 14
- GREENBURGH ELEVEN HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 50
- GREENBURGH ELEVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 17
Frequently asked questions
About FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 520 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.4:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 68% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.