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Enrollment
902
Middle
DISTRICT 767 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAHOPAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361812001625
MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL
425 BALDWIN PL RD, MAHOPAC, NY 10541 · (845) 621-1330 · Putnam County
GRADES 06–10MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL902 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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
9.4:1
96 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
203 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 294 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 281 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 318 | 35% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 1 | 0% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 1% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MAHOPAC 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
51.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
69.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 69.8% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 70.6% |
% 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
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL
MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (64.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 902 | 22.5% | 64.5% |
| SCHOOL 9M-OCEANSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL OCEANSIDE | 801 | 21.0% | 69.6% |
| MINISINK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN | 806 | 26.7% | 59.3% |
| UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL LAGRANGEVILLE | 990 | 28.1% | 53.1% |
| CORNWALL MIDDLE SCHOOL CORNWALL | 905 | 22.8% | 71.3% |
| VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAPPINGERS FALLS | 878 | 26.0% | 61.2% |
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 MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #202 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #274 of 768 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #327 of 768 ▼ 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 902 | #111 of 796 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #188 of 683 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #309 of 688 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.5% | #682 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #426 of 524 |
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
902
+14 (+2%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 883
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 902 | 95.6 | 9.4:1 | 23% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 924 | 94 | 9.8:1 | 19% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 926 | 92.4 | 10.0:1 | 24% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 888 | 96 | 9.3:1 | 20% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 949 | 94.2 | 10.1:1 | 14% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 1,050 | 96 | 10.9:1 | 13% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 1,211 | 89 | 13.6:1 | 6% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 1,052 | 77 | 13.7:1 | 4% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 883 | 72 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL
This page covers MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL, a large middle school in MAHOPAC, New York. Enrolled students number 902 students, in grades 6 through 10. Statewide, middle schools in New York average about 531 students each.
MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL is one school in a 5-school district, MAHOPAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 3,836 students.
By race and ethnicity, MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL is 62% White. The school is also 31% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. That is lower than the 75% White share among all Putnam County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
Teachers at MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL total 95.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.4:1. For comparison, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 23%.
Measured against New York public middle schools, MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 66.7% at MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.5%.
Putnam County census figures show that median household income is about $126,257, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL is among the 23 public schools in Putnam County.
The closest other public school is MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 61.6% on proficiency, and MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL is above that at 64.5%.
NCES assigns MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 902, starting from 888.
The MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL 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.
Putnam County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,107
Census ACS
Median income
$126,257
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
12,955 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MAHOPAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,255 students
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 598 students
- AUSTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 596 students
- FULMAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 485 students
- MAHOPAC FALLS SCHOOLCombined
Other schools in MAHOPAC
- MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,255 students
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 598 students
- AUSTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 596 students
- FULMAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 485 students
- MAHOPAC FALLS SCHOOLCombined
Nearby schools
- MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,255
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 598
- AUSTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 596
- FULMAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 485
- THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 383
- SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL4.3 mi · 560
Frequently asked questions
About MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 902 students in grades 06-10.
What age range does MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 10.
How many students per teacher at MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 62% White, 31% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of MAHOPAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.