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MIDDLETOWN TWIN TOWERS MIDDLE SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MIDDLETOWN TWIN TOWERS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Set in MIDDLETOWN, New York, MIDDLETOWN TWIN TOWERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is an expansive middle school, part of MIDDLETOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 820 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 54% larger than typical.
MIDDLETOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 7,176 students; MIDDLETOWN TWIN TOWERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.
Demographically, MIDDLETOWN TWIN TOWERS MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 20% Black, 6% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, MIDDLETOWN TWIN TOWERS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.8%; this one delivers 39.2%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $97,178, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students), MIDDLETOWN TWIN TOWERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: MIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MIDDLETOWN TWIN TOWERS MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 949 students in 2018 compared to 820 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 66% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.
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