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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
609
Middle
DISTRICT 633 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362034005918
FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL
30 PARROTT RD, WEST NYACK, NY 10994 · (845) 624-3969 · Rockland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of New York public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
11.1:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
138 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 6 | 605 | 99% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL
FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 609 | 22.7% | 56.0% |
| FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST NYACK | 612 | 25.2% | 56.1% |
| FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST NYACK | 679 | 22.7% | 71.7% |
| RONKONKOMA MIDDLE SCHOOL RONKONKOMA | 641 | 27.1% | 56.7% |
| JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON NEW YORK | 720 | 23.8% | 75.0% |
| MINEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL MINEOLA | 653 | 28.8% | 59.1% |
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 FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rockland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #325 of 766 | #8 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #342 of 768 ▲ 89 | #7 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #191 of 768 ▲ 131 | #4 of 15 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #275 of 796 | #12 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #456 of 683 | #6 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #109 of 688 | #4 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.7% | #681 of 773 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #125 of 168 | #6 of 7 |
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
609
+33 (+6%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 609 | 54.8 | 11.1:1 | 23% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 595 | 56.6 | 10.5:1 | 27% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 640 | 56.3 | 11.4:1 | 19% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 576 | 51 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 50 | 11.8:1 | 16% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 50 | 12.9:1 | 12% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 694 | 54 | 12.8:1 | 7% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL
FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public middle school run by CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in WEST NYACK, New York. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 609 students.
District-wide, CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 16 schools and 7,821 students.
At FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL, White students make up the biggest share, 48%. Enrollment also includes 30% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Rockland County, the White share is about 62%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL has 54.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. Across middle schools in New York, the average ratio is 10.3:1. The school has 23% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Rockland County is 48%.
FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 40% of New York public middle schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 66.7%. FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 56.0%.
For the population of Rockland County, the median household earns about $109,959 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Rockland County, 66 public schools serve about 41,335 students.
The closest school to FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL is FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 66.0% on proficiency, and FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL is below that at 56.0%.
For locale, NCES codes FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 576 (2020-21) to 609 (2024-25).
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Rockland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
341,883
Census ACS
Median income
$109,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
41,335 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CLARKSTOWN SOUTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,386 students
- CLARKSTOWN NORTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,209 students
- FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 679 students
- FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 612 students
- NEW CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 446 students
- LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 441 students
Other schools in WEST NYACK
- CLARKSTOWN SOUTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,386 students
- ROCKLAND BOCESCombined · 1,115 students
- FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 679 students
- FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 612 students
- STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 314 students
- WEST NYACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 304 students
Nearby schools
- FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 612
- FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 679
- ROCKLAND BOCES0.2 mi · 1,115
- LAUREL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 369
- STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 314
- BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 609 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 48% White, 30% Hispanic, 5% Black, 13% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.