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Enrollment
612
Middle
DISTRICT 633 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362034005874
FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
30 PARROTT RD, WEST NYACK, NY 10994 · (845) 624-3971 · Rockland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL612 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% 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.
- ·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
11.5:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
154 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 7 | 604 | 99% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 1% |
Student demographics
67%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
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The New York average is about 58 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% |
% 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
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (56.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 612 | 25.2% | 56.1% |
| FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST NYACK | 609 | 22.7% | 56.0% |
| RONKONKOMA MIDDLE SCHOOL RONKONKOMA | 641 | 27.1% | 56.7% |
| FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST NYACK | 679 | 22.7% | 71.7% |
| 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 CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rockland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #322 of 766 | #7 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #271 of 768 ▼ 21 | #5 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 612 | #272 of 796 | #11 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #505 of 683 | #8 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #101 of 688 | #3 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.2% | #664 of 773 | #11 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #424 of 524 | #7 of 8 |
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
612
-29 (-5%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 734
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 612 | 53.4 | 11.5:1 | 25% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 664 | 57.8 | 11.5:1 | 21% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 599 | 52.4 | 11.4:1 | 19% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 55 | 11.7:1 | 16% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 52 | 12.4:1 | 16% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 46 | 13.9:1 | 11% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 734 | 57 | 12.9:1 | 4% (29) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school for students in WEST NYACK, New York. The school's 612 students are in grades 6 through 8.
FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL sits within CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 16 schools and 7,821 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, at 46%. Other reported shares: 31% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 8% Black. Rockland County's residents are about 62% White, 16 points above the school's share. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 53.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL and a ratio of 11.5:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 25% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Rockland County averages 48%, higher than here.
FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.1%, compared with a predicted 65.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is located in Rockland County, where the median household income is $109,959, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, Rockland County has 65 other public schools.
FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL. FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 612 students in 2024-25, 29 fewer than the 641 it had in 2020-21.
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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 ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 609 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 ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 609 students
- STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 314 students
- WEST NYACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 304 students
Nearby schools
- FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 679
- FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 609
- 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 CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 612 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 46% White, 31% Hispanic, 8% Black, 13% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
FELIX FESTA CHARACTER 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.