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Enrollment
757
Middle
DISTRICT 548 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HYDE PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361518001270
HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
23 HAVILAND RD, HYDE PARK, NY 12538 · (845) 229-4030 · Dutchess County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL757 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% 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.
- B-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
8.9:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
364 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 270 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 225 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 250 | 33% |
| Ungraded | 12 | 2% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL→FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within HYDE PARK CENTRAL 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
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
45.7%
NY avg 57.4% . -54.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 54 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 45.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 757 | 48.1% | 54.8% |
| LAGRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL LAGRANGEVILLE | 817 | 46.3% | 39.8% |
| ARCADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 673 | 50.2% | 53.5% |
| ATHENA MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 810 | 45.9% | 53.8% |
| ROMBOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL BEACON | 592 | 43.9% | 47.2% |
| J WATSON BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL KINGSTON | 936 | 45.6% | 45.4% |
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 HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Dutchess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #344 of 766 | #7 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #569 of 768 ▼ 540 | #13 of 14 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #420 of 768 ▲ 2 | #8 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 757 | #186 of 796 | #6 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #114 of 683 | #3 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #103 of 688 | #2 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #435 of 773 | #3 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #366 of 524 | #9 of 13 |
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
757
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 757 | 84.9 | 8.9:1 | 48% (364) |
| 2023-24 | 750 | 80.3 | 9.3:1 | 54% (403) |
| 2022-23 | 759 | 78 | 9.7:1 | 59% (449) |
| 2020-21 | 762 | 74 | 10.3:1 | 51% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 823 | 69 | 11.9:1 | 50% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 819 | 69 | 11.9:1 | 46% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 937 | 80 | 11.7:1 | 38% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 1,119 | 77 | 14.5:1 | 18% (199) |
| 1990-91 | 594 | 56 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school located in HYDE PARK, New York, in Dutchess County. Its 757 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 43% above the 531 average for middle schools in New York.
HYDE PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 3,286 students across 6 schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL. The largest is White students, at 48%. The remaining shares are 27% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Dutchess County's population at about 69%. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 84.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 8.9:1. That is 1.4 students per teacher below the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is 48%. Public schools in Dutchess County average 40%.
Measured against New York public middle schools, HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 54.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 57.3%.
Dutchess County census figures show that the median household income is $99,478, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 76 public schools in Dutchess County, enrolling about 36,885 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around HAVILAND 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.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 762 to 757. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 10.3:1 to 8.9:1.
The HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Dutchess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,220
Census ACS
Median income
$99,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,885 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HYDE PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,121 students
- NORTH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 463 students
- RALPH R SMITH SCHOOLElementary · 332 students
- VIOLET AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 312 students
- NETHERWOOD SCHOOLElementary · 301 students
Other schools in HYDE PARK
- FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,121 students
- NORTH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 463 students
- RALPH R SMITH SCHOOLElementary · 332 students
- NETHERWOOD SCHOOLElementary · 301 students
Nearby schools
- RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 332
- NETHERWOOD SCHOOL2.7 mi · 301
- DUTCHESS BOCES2.9 mi · 325
- VIOLET AVENUE SCHOOL3.1 mi · 312
- NORTH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 463
- WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 757 students in grades 06-08.
Is HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 85 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 48% White, 27% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HYDE PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.