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Enrollment
409
Middle
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLKILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362979004003
JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
109 BONA VENTURA AVE, WALLKILL, NY 12589 · (845) 895-7175 · Ulster County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% 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.
- 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
9.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
139 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 7 | 193 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 210 | 51% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 1% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL→WALLKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WALLKILL CENTRAL 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
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
75.3%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 75.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 74.2% |
% 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
62.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (62.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 409 | 34.0% | 62.3% |
| MARLBORO MIDDLE SCHOOL MARLBORO | 440 | 38.0% | 63.7% |
| PAWLING MIDDLE SCHOOL PAWLING | 319 | 34.2% | 52.1% |
| CENTER MORICHES MIDDLE SCHOOL CENTER MORICHES | 297 | 33.0% | 41.1% |
| HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGHLAND | 348 | 34.8% | 51.8% |
| MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 371 | 35.8% | 81.4% |
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 JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ulster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #233 of 766 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #231 of 768 ▲ 4 | #3 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #375 of 768 ▼ 12 | #4 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #427 of 796 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #140 of 683 | #6 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #278 of 688 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.0% | #584 of 773 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #153 of 524 | #3 of 9 |
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
409
-44 (-10%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 409 | 44.8 | 9.1:1 | 34% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 43.9 | 9.8:1 | 40% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 432 | 46.3 | 9.3:1 | 37% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 45 | 10.1:1 | 36% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 41 | 12.3:1 | 34% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 41 | 11.4:1 | 35% (166) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 28% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 19% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 669 | 52 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle school with its address in WALLKILL, New York. The school counted 409 students in 2024-25, covering grades 7 through 8. It has 23% fewer students than the average for middle schools in New York (about 531).
WALLKILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 2,706 students in 5 schools, and JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is White: 61%. Other groups make up 29% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. Ulster County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
The school has 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 9.1 students per teacher. Statewide, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. Of all students at JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, 34% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 65% of New York public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 62.3%; the prediction is 62.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Ulster County show that median household income comes to about $86,271, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ulster County counts 45 public schools with about 20,189 students.
About 0.2 miles separate JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, OSTRANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: 4. Ranked by average proficiency, JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 409 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 453.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
Ulster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
182,601
Census ACS
Median income
$86,271
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
20,189 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WALLKILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WALLKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 930 students
- OSTRANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 481 students
- LEPTONDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 460 students
- PLATTEKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 426 students
Other schools in WALLKILL
- WALLKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 930 students
- OSTRANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 481 students
- LEPTONDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 460 students
Nearby schools
- OSTRANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 481
- WALLKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 930
- WALDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 447
- LEPTONDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.9 mi · 460
- PLATTEKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.3 mi · 426
- BEREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.4 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 409 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 9.1:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 61% White, 29% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WALLKILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.