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Enrollment
825
Middle
DISTRICT 646 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JERICHO UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361581001369
JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL
99 CEDAR SWAMP RD, JERICHO, NY 11753 · (516) 203-3620 · Nassau County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL825 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
152 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 251 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 299 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 271 | 33% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 0% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL→JERICHO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within JERICHO UNION FREE 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
83.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
95.1%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 95 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 95.1% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 94.4% |
% 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
87.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL
JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (87.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 825 | 18.4% | 87.3% |
| GREAT NECK SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL GREAT NECK | 832 | 22.5% | 90.2% |
| HERRICKS MIDDLE SCHOOL ALBERTSON | 1,094 | 21.4% | 84.3% |
| H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL SYOSSET | 951 | 15.8% | 80.8% |
| SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL SYOSSET | 802 | 15.7% | 87.1% |
| JHS 67 LOUIS PASTEUR LITTLE NECK | 999 | 44.0% | 84.5% |
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 JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.3% | #15 of 766 | #3 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 95.1% | #82 of 768 ▼ 4 | #13 of 52 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #31 of 768 ▲ 9 | #5 of 52 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 825 | #145 of 796 | #18 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #473 of 683 | #38 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #470 of 688 | #45 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.4% | #707 of 773 | #34 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.0% | #84 of 168 | #9 of 21 |
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
825
+35 (+4%) vs 2020
+82% since 1990-91, when it was 453
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 825 | 73.2 | 11.3:1 | 18% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 830 | 70.1 | 11.8:1 | 15% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 810 | 71.2 | 11.4:1 | 13% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 790 | 69 | 11.4:1 | 11% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 771 | 66.6 | 11.6:1 | 6% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 707 | 56 | 12.6:1 | 6% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 737 | 87 | 8.5:1 | 10% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 716 | 59 | 12.1:1 | 0% (2) |
| 1990-91 | 453 | 47 | 9.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL
JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL is the name of a large middle-grades school in JERICHO, New York. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 825 students. On average, middle schools in New York enroll around 531, and this school is 55% bigger than that mark.
The district, JERICHO UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 5 schools serving 3,231 students.
Federal enrollment data show JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL is 77% Asian. The remaining shares are 15% White, 4% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Nassau County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 39, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL is 11.3:1, based on 73.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 31% for public schools in Nassau County.
A school with JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 68.2%. JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 87.3%, 19.1 points above that line.
For the population of Nassau County, the median household earns about $146,202 a year, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Nassau County, 315 public schools serve about 200,775 students.
Of the public schools around it, JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest to JERICHO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 87.3% compares with 80.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 790 to 825, a 4% gain.
On allk12, people connected to JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Nassau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,389,591
Census ACS
Median income
$146,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
315
200,775 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JERICHO UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- JERICHO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,260 students
- CANTIAGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 436 students
- GEORGE A JACKSON SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- JEFFREY RATNER-ROBERT SEAMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 278 students
Other schools in JERICHO
- JERICHO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,260 students
- CANTIAGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 436 students
- GEORGE A JACKSON SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- JEFFREY RATNER-ROBERT SEAMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 278 students
Nearby schools
- JERICHO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 1,260
- GEORGE A JACKSON SCHOOL0.9 mi · 432
- JEFFREY RATNER-ROBERT SEAMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 278
- ROBBINS LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 460
- CANTIAGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 436
- SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 825 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 15% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 77% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by JERICHO UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.