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MIDDLETOWN TWIN TOWERS MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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%.
7-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.
On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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