Enrollment
334
Middle
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLAND FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361443001195
HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
52 MOUNTAIN AVE, HIGHLAND FALLS, NY 10928 · (845) 446-4761 · Orange County
GRADES 03–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of New York public middle schools
- B-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
8.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
173 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 3 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 18% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL→JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
60.9%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.8pp 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 and about 61 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 60.9% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 51.1% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL this school | 334 | 51.8% | 52.6% |
| CIRCLEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL CIRCLEVILLE | 466 | 52.1% | 56.6% |
| JACK ABRAMS STEM MAGNET SCHOOL HUNTINGTON STATION | 438 | 44.3% | 49.7% |
| SILAS WOOD 6TH GRADE CENTER HUNTINGTON STATION | 418 | 45.9% | 41.5% |
| OREGON MIDDLE SCHOOL MEDFORD | 545 | 52.1% | 43.8% |
| SOUTHAMPTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL SOUTHAMPTON | 324 | 49.1% | 44.3% |
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 HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #375 of 766 | #11 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #367 of 768 ▲ 79 | #8 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #269 of 768 ▲ 83 | #4 of 16 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #518 of 796 | #15 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #74 of 683 | #2 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #99 of 688 | #2 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #403 of 773 | #6 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #147 of 168 | N/A |
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
334
+28 (+9%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 273
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 8.7:1
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 | 334 | 38.9 | 8.6:1 | 52% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 40.7 | 7.8:1 | 53% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 43 | 7.5:1 | 56% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 35 | 8.7:1 | 55% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 32 | 10.3:1 | 51% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 312 | 30 | 10.4:1 | 49% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 30 | 12.4:1 | 32% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 282 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 37% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 273 | 28 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
About HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a small middle school in HIGHLAND FALLS, New York. Grades offered run from 3 through 8, with 334 students enrolled. An average school in this group (middle schools in New York) has about 531 students.
HIGHLAND FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools with a combined 930 students. HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, at 40%. Enrollment also includes 39% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Orange County, the White share is about 62%. HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 38.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL was 8.6:1. This ratio sits 1.7 below the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 52%.
The allk12 Grade for HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is B-. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 47% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (52.6%) and its predicted rate (55.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Orange County show that the median household income is $97,178, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. There are 82 public schools in Orange County, enrolling about 57,122 students in all.
The school nearest to HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL, at a distance of about 1.4 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is 7th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Fringe, or in a town close to an urbanized area.
Federal data show a 9% enrollment rise, from 306 in 2020-21 to 334 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 HIGHLAND FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 409 students
- FORT MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 187 students
Nearby schools
- JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 409
- GARRISON SCHOOL1.8 mi · 208
- FORT MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 187
- HALDANE HIGH SCHOOL3.7 mi · 318
- HALDANE MIDDLE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 163
- HALDANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 334 students in grades 03-08.
What age range does HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serve?
HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serves students from grade 03 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
Approximately 8.6:1 students per teacher at HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
How diverse is HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL reports a student body of 40% White, 39% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL in?
HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is part of HIGHLAND FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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