HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in NEW WINDSOR, New York, HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a substantial junior high, run under NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 802 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 51% above the state mean of about 531.

NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 10,762 students; HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder is composed of 21% Black, 12% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 44% of students at HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.8%; this one delivers 48.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,178 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 82 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students).

TEMPLE HILL SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 50.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 902 students in 2018 compared to 802 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 46% to 62% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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