FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack junior high in WEST NYACK, New York, FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL educates 679 students from grades 6 through 8, run under CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 28% larger than typical.

CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 7,821 students; FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Rockland County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.7%, the actual is 71.7%, a residual of +5.0 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Rockland County shows median household earnings sit near $109,959, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 66 public schools in Rockland County (combined enrollment of about 41,335 students).

FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL has remained close to its prior level, going from 683 students in 2018 to 679 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 63% to 49%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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