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If you could change one rule at HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
802
Middle
DISTRICT 792 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362070004486
HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
405 UNION AVE, NEW WINDSOR, NY 12553 · (845) 563-3750 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL802 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of New York public middle schools
- C+Test 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
10.4:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
353 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 263 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 273 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 266 | 33% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL→NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY
Based on grade levels within NEWBURGH CITY 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
36.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
43.9%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 43.9% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 802 | 44.0% | 48.3% |
| SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWBURGH | 782 | 52.8% | 29.1% |
| PEEKSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOL PEEKSKILL | 860 | 49.1% | 35.4% |
| ANNE M DORNER MIDDLE SCHOOL OSSINING | 1,032 | 46.6% | 46.4% |
| PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVERHEAD | 797 | 50.3% | 25.9% |
| BAY SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAY SHORE | 1,258 | 43.3% | 49.9% |
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 HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #463 of 766 | #13 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #586 of 768 ▲ 7 | #14 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #604 of 768 ▼ 13 | #14 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 802 | #156 of 796 | #9 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #346 of 683 | #6 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #245 of 688 | #8 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.0% | #492 of 773 | #9 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #292 of 524 | #4 of 12 |
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
802
-106 (-12%) vs 2020
+477% since 1990-91, when it was 139
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 802 | 77.4 | 10.4:1 | 44% (353) |
| 2023-24 | 856 | 78 | 11.0:1 | 53% (453) |
| 2022-23 | 856 | 80.3 | 10.7:1 | 51% (436) |
| 2020-21 | 908 | 76 | 11.9:1 | 57% (522) |
| 2017-18 | 902 | 75 | 12.0:1 | 58% (525) |
| 2015-16 | 924 | 74 | 12.5:1 | 65% (598) |
| 2010-11 | 674 | 53 | 12.7:1 | 59% (396) |
| 2000-01 | 811 | 66 | 12.3:1 | 58% (470) |
| 1990-91 | 139 | 11 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a high-enrollment middle school in NEW WINDSOR, New York. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 802 students. It has 51% more students than the average for middle schools in New York (about 531).
NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL and 11 other schools, with 10,762 students in total.
The largest group at HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 62%. The remaining students are 21% Black, 12% White, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 56%.
The school has 77.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.4 students per teacher. That is in line with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Of all students at HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 44% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Orange County is similar, at 44%.
On the allk12 Grade, HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at C, ahead of 29% of New York public middle schools.
HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 10.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (48.3% versus 58.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Looking at the county, Orange County, median household income comes to about $97,178, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 82, with about 57,122 students.
Measured in a straight line, TEMPLE HILL SCHOOL is about 0.6 miles from HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 48.3% is below the 50.8% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL had a net loss of 106 students, or 12%. The school's ratio dropped from 11.9:1 to 10.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
People who know HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
406,616
Census ACS
Median income
$97,178
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
82
57,122 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMYHigh · 3,550 students
- MEADOW HILL SCHOOLElementary · 982 students
- TEMPLE HILL SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- GIDNEY AVENUE MEMORIAL SCHOOLElementary · 788 students
- SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 782 students
- GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
Other schools in NEW WINDSOR
- CORNWALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,010 students
- TEMPLE HILL SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMYElementary · 500 students
- LITTLE BRITAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 442 students
- NEW WINDSOR SCHOOLElementary · 439 students
- KAPLAN CAREER ACADEMYHigh · 89 students
Other Heritage Middle schools
19 other US public schools in 13 states are named Heritage Middle. HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 8th largest of the 20.
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMERIDIAN, ID · 1,003 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolLIVINGSTON, NJ · 994 students
- Heritage MiddleWake Forest, NC · 947 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLDELTONA, FL · 932 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolRinggold, GA · 858 students
Nearby schools
- TEMPLE HILL SCHOOL0.6 mi · 890
- VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY1.2 mi · 500
- KAPLAN CAREER ACADEMY1.3 mi · 89
- NEW WINDSOR SCHOOL1.5 mi · 439
- SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 782
- NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY2.4 mi · 3,550
Frequently asked questions
About HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 802 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 77 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
How diverse is HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 12% White, 62% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.