JOHN JAY MIDDLE SCHOOL

JOHN JAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized intermediate school in CROSS RIVER, New York, overseen by KATONAH-LEWISBORO UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 630 students in grades 6 through 8.

JOHN JAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by KATONAH-LEWISBORO UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 2,785 students overall.

On the student-mix side, JOHN JAY MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 52% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, JOHN JAY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Westchester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JOHN JAY MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.8%, the actual is 77.6%, a residual of +5.8 points.

In the broader community, census data for Westchester County shows the typical household earns roughly $118,976 per year, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), JOHN JAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JOHN JAY HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, JOHN JAY MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 74.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 749 students in 2018 compared to 630 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 74% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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