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What's one thing MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
826
Middle
DISTRICT 823 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLETOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361932003198
MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
555 COUNTY RT 78, MIDDLETOWN, NY 10940 · (845) 326-1700 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL826 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
10.5:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
617 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 265 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 266 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 283 | 34% |
| Ungraded | 12 | 1% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL→MIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within MIDDLETOWN CITY 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
31.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
39.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 39.7% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 34.1% |
% 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 826 | 74.7% | 37.5% |
| MIDDLETOWN TWIN TOWERS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN | 820 | 76.7% | 39.2% |
| JOHN W DODD MIDDLE SCHOOL FREEPORT | 924 | 70.8% | 46.5% |
| ALVERTA B GRAY SCHULTZ MIDDLE SCHOOL HEMPSTEAD | 748 | 76.6% | 26.1% |
| ISAAC E YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW ROCHELLE | 1,122 | 76.3% | 49.1% |
| YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL YONKERS | 540 | 76.5% | 51.3% |
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 MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #641 of 766 | #15 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #636 of 768 ▲ 34 | #15 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #682 of 768 ▼ 31 | #15 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 826 | #144 of 796 | #6 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #362 of 683 | #8 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #276 of 688 | #11 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.7% | #266 of 773 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #144 of 168 | N/A |
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
826
-26 (-3%) vs 2020
+18% since 2000-01, when it was 701
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 826 | 78.9 | 10.5:1 | 75% (617) |
| 2023-24 | 803 | 77.9 | 10.3:1 | 71% (571) |
| 2022-23 | 817 | 73.9 | 11.1:1 | 75% (613) |
| 2020-21 | 852 | 71 | 12.0:1 | 76% (648) |
| 2017-18 | 811 | 63 | 12.9:1 | 81% (659) |
| 2015-16 | 806 | 56 | 14.4:1 | 76% (614) |
| 2010-11 | 786 | 62 | 12.7:1 | 73% (573) |
| 2000-01 | 701 | 52 | 13.5:1 | 57% (400) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
In MIDDLETOWN, New York, MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle school. Enrolled students number 826 students, in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in New York average about 531 students each.
MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL falls under MIDDLETOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 6 schools enrolling 7,176 students.
Hispanic students account for 63% of enrollment at MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL. Enrollment also includes 21% Black, 10% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 39 points above the 24% share among Orange County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 78.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.5 students for each one. Middle schools in New York average about 10.3:1, a similar figure. About 75% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The 44% average for public schools in Orange County is 31 points lower.
MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 47.5% for a school in New York with MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 37.5%.
Census estimates describe Orange County this way: median household income is about $97,178, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Orange County number 82 and enroll about 57,122.
The closest public school, MAPLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.3 miles from MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL. Within five miles are 6 other public schools. On average proficiency, MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 852 in 2020-21 and 826 in 2024-25, a decrease of 26 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.5:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
406,616
Census ACS
Median income
$97,178
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
82
57,122 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIDDLETOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,495 students
- PRESIDENTIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,225 students
- MAPLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,064 students
- MIDDLETOWN TWIN TOWERS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 820 students
- WILLIAM A CARTER SCHOOLElementary · 746 students
Other schools in MIDDLETOWN
- MIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,495 students
- PRESIDENTIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,225 students
- MINISINK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,116 students
- MAPLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,064 students
- MIDDLETOWN TWIN TOWERS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 820 students
- MINISINK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 806 students
Nearby schools
- MAPLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,064
- PRESIDENTIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,225
- MIDDLETOWN TWIN TOWERS MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 820
- MIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 2,495
- WILLIAM A CARTER SCHOOL3.0 mi · 746
- OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 826 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.5:1 (79 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 10% White, 63% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by MIDDLETOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.