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Enrollment
954
Middle
DISTRICT 1,140 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009802355
IS 93 RIDGEWOOD
66-56 FOREST AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385 · (718) 821-4882 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL954 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% 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.
- 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
11.2:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
879 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 268 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 311 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 374 | 39% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
37.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 37.5% |
% 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
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 IS 93 RIDGEWOOD
IS 93 RIDGEWOOD's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 93 RIDGEWOOD this school | 954 | 92.1% | 40.2% |
| SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 975 | 86.2% | 42.6% |
| ACADEMY FOR PERSONAL LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE BRONX | 788 | 94.4% | 35.0% |
| EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 1,108 | 87.3% | 43.1% |
| IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZER JACKSON HEIGHTS | 1,397 | 92.3% | 51.0% |
| WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL BAY SHORE | 906 | 82.2% | 36.9% |
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 IS 93 RIDGEWOOD ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #604 of 766 | #49 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #624 of 768 ▲ 20 | #47 of 57 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #573 of 768 ▼ 141 | #50 of 57 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 954 | #85 of 796 | #19 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #465 of 683 | #15 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.6% | #480 of 688 | #47 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.1% | #117 of 773 | #9 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #258 of 524 | #28 of 43 |
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
954
-131 (-12%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 1,305
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 954 | 85.1 | 11.2:1 | 92% (879) |
| 2023-24 | 996 | 81.2 | 12.3:1 | 94% (938) |
| 2022-23 | 985 | 81.1 | 12.2:1 | 89% (879) |
| 2020-21 | 1,085 | 82 | 13.2:1 | 95% (1,035) |
| 2017-18 | 1,094 | 84 | 13.0:1 | 95% (1,035) |
| 2015-16 | 1,157 | 81 | 14.3:1 | 92% (1,067) |
| 2010-11 | 1,305 | 80 | 16.3:1 | 73% (950) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 93 RIDGEWOOD.
About IS 93 RIDGEWOOD
IS 93 RIDGEWOOD is a middle school in RIDGEWOOD, New York, reachable at (718) 821-4882. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 954 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in New York is roughly 531 students; this school is 80% bigger than that.
Federal data list 57 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, with 48,008 students enrolled.
A majority of students at IS 93 RIDGEWOOD, 78%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 14% White and 5% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 28%. By the diversity index, IS 93 RIDGEWOOD comes in at 38%.
The school employs the equivalent of 85.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.2:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New York is 10.3:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at IS 93 RIDGEWOOD is 92%. Across public schools in Queens County, the average is 77%.
IS 93 RIDGEWOOD is graded C by allk12, scoring above 32% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
IS 93 RIDGEWOOD scores 40.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.1%.
Federal survey data for Queens County show that median household income is about $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 392 public schools operate in Queens County, serving about 268,205 students.
Nearest public school: PS 88 SENECA, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around IS 93 RIDGEWOOD holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 40.2% average proficiency ranks 6th among 8 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 1,085 to 954. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.2:1) than in 2020-21 (13.2:1).
The IS 93 RIDGEWOOD community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Queens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,323,052
Census ACS
Median income
$86,136
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
392
268,205 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24
- IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCIMiddle · 2,131 students
- NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- IS 73 FRANK SANSIVIERI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,581 students
- PS 19 MARINO JEANTETElementary · 1,506 students
Other schools in RIDGEWOOD
- GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- PS 88 SENECAElementary · 692 students
- ROBERT E PEARY SCHOOLElementary · 581 students
- ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUSElementary · 573 students
- JOSEPH F QUINN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 77Middle · 569 students
- PS 71 FORESTElementary · 468 students
Nearby schools
- PS 88 SENECA0.4 mi · 692
- PS 71 FOREST0.4 mi · 468
- PS 2390.4 mi · 414
- JOSEPH F QUINN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 770.5 mi · 569
- ROBERT E PEARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 581
- PS 81 JEAN PAUL RICHTER0.5 mi · 657
Frequently asked questions
About IS 93 RIDGEWOODHow many students attend IS 93 RIDGEWOOD?
IS 93 RIDGEWOOD enrolls approximately 954 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does IS 93 RIDGEWOOD serve?
IS 93 RIDGEWOOD serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at IS 93 RIDGEWOOD?
The student-to-teacher ratio at IS 93 RIDGEWOOD is approximately 11.2:1 (85 FTE teachers).
How diverse is IS 93 RIDGEWOOD?
IS 93 RIDGEWOOD reports a student body of 14% White, 78% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is IS 93 RIDGEWOOD in?
IS 93 RIDGEWOOD is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.