NYACK MIDDLE SCHOOL

NYACK MIDDLE SCHOOL, a mid-sized intermediate school in NYACK, New York, run under NYACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 644 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 21% bigger than the state mean of about 531.

NYACK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by NYACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 2,820 students overall.

On the student-mix side, NYACK MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 33% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Rockland County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NYACK MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.2%; this one delivers 58.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Rockland County put median household income runs about $109,959, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Rockland County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,335 students), NYACK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

UPPER NYACK SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NYACK MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NYACK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 66.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. NYACK MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 624 (now 644). Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 33% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.