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Enrollment
533
Middle
DISTRICT 742 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAVERSTRAW-STONY POINT CSD (NORTH ROCKLAND)·NCES 361401001143
JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
140 RT 210, STONY POINT, NY 10980 · (845) 942-3200 · Rockland County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of New York public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
264 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 4 | 180 | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 170 | 32% |
| Grade 6 | 171 | 32% |
| Ungraded | 12 | 2% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Based on grade levels within HAVERSTRAW-STONY POINT CSD (NORTH ROCKLAND). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 533 | 49.5% | 43.1% |
| SOUTH OCEAN MIDDLE SCHOOL PATCHOGUE | 513 | 52.8% | 41.2% |
| J TAYLOR FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL HUNTINGTON | 579 | 54.1% | 48.9% |
| SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL PATCHOGUE | 579 | 43.0% | 41.9% |
| SLEEPY HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH TARRYTOWN | 617 | 55.3% | 56.0% |
| OREGON MIDDLE SCHOOL MEDFORD | 545 | 52.1% | 43.8% |
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 JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rockland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #564 of 766 | #10 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #415 of 768 ▲ 33 | #8 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #435 of 768 ▲ 236 | #8 of 15 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #337 of 796 | #14 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #595 of 683 | #10 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #227 of 688 | #7 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #419 of 773 | #7 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #405 of 524 | #6 of 8 |
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
533
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 699
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
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 | 533 | 42.3 | 12.6:1 | 50% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 39.6 | 12.6:1 | 49% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 39.1 | 13.8:1 | 7% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 52% (279) |
| 2017-18 | 566 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 53% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 52% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 43 | 13.2:1 | 40% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 865 | 66 | 13.1:1 | 32% (273) |
| 1990-91 | 699 | 69 | 10.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In STONY POINT, New York, part of Rockland County, JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle school. The grade span is 4 through 6, and enrollment is 533 students.
JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 9 schools that make up HAVERSTRAW-STONY POINT CSD (NORTH ROCKLAND) (7,976 students in total).
At 59%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. It is also 27% White, 10% Black, and 3% multiracial. Rockland County's residents are about 21% Hispanic, 38 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 57%.
The count of teachers at JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 42.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.6:1. Among middle schools in New York, the typical ratio is 10.3:1. The school counts 264 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 50%. Across public schools in Rockland County, the average is about the same, 48%.
JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 16% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (43.1%) and its predicted rate (56.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
Rockland County has about 341,883 residents, and median household income is about $109,959, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 66 public schools in Rockland County, with a combined enrollment of about 41,335.
The closest public school, STONY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.9 miles from JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th among 8 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 540; in 2024-25, 533.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Rockland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
341,883
Census ACS
Median income
$109,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
41,335 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HAVERSTRAW-STONY POINT CSD (NORTH ROCKLAND)
- NORTH ROCKLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,798 students
- FIELDSTONE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,207 students
- WEST HAVERSTRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 715 students
- THIELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 706 students
- STONY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 666 students
- HAVERSTRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 662 students
Other schools in STONY POINT
- STONY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 666 students
Nearby schools
- STONY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 666
- NORTH ROCKLAND HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 2,798
- WEST HAVERSTRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 715
- THIELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 706
- WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 567
- FIELDSTONE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,207
Frequently asked questions
About JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 533 students in grades 04-06.
Is JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 04-06.
How many students per teacher at JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 27% White, 59% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HAVERSTRAW-STONY POINT CSD (NORTH ROCKLAND).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.