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Enrollment
501
Middle
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362256003177
PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
520 GILBERT AVE, PEARL RIVER, NY 10965 · (845) 620-3870 · Rockland County
GRADES 05–07MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New York public middle schools
- A-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
9.9:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
83 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 5 | 177 | 35% |
| Grade 6 | 155 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 169 | 34% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL→PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within PEARL RIVER UNION FREE 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
64.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 501 | 16.6% | 67.0% |
| OAKDALE-BOHEMIA MIDDLE SCHOOL OAKDALE | 564 | 15.8% | 64.1% |
| PLEASANTVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL PLEASANTVILLE | 495 | 14.1% | 75.2% |
| SOMERS MIDDLE SCHOOL SOMERS | 553 | 14.1% | 72.1% |
| ACCOMPSETT MIDDLE SCHOOL SMITHTOWN | 522 | 18.4% | 69.6% |
| PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT SCHOOL CROTON ON HUDSON | 463 | 12.7% | 77.0% |
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 PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rockland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #175 of 766 | #2 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #265 of 768 ▼ 54 | #3 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #159 of 768 ▼ 42 | #2 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #356 of 796 | #15 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #280 of 683 | #5 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #396 of 688 | #11 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.6% | #722 of 773 | #15 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #212 of 524 | #2 of 8 |
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
501
-52 (-9%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 501 | 50.4 | 9.9:1 | 17% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 51.5 | 9.7:1 | 17% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 49.8 | 10.5:1 | 16% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 553 | 53 | 10.4:1 | 15% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 591 | 51.1 | 11.6:1 | 14% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 50 | 12.6:1 | 12% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | 54 | 11.5:1 | 5% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 616 | 45 | 13.7:1 | 3% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 32 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in PEARL RIVER, New York, and is classified as a middle school. Enrollment totals 501 students across grades 5 through 7.
PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools with a combined 2,148 students. PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is 71% White. Other groups make up 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 2% Black. Rockland County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is 9.9:1, based on 50.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Lunch program data show 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Rockland County average 48%.
Among New York public middle schools, PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 68%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 68.9%. PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 67.0%.
In the surrounding county, Rockland County, median household income comes to about $109,959, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 66 public schools and about 41,335 students.
PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 69.9%; PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 67.0%, ranking 5th of 7.
In the federal locale system, PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools 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 decreased from 553 to 501, a 9% decline.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Rockland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
341,883
Census ACS
Median income
$109,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
41,335 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 904 students
- EVANS PARK SCHOOLElementary · 291 students
- FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 262 students
- LINCOLN AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 190 students
Other schools in PEARL RIVER
- PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 904 students
- EVANS PARK SCHOOLElementary · 291 students
- FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 262 students
- LINCOLN AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 190 students
Nearby schools
- PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 904
- FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 262
- EVANS PARK SCHOOL1.1 mi · 291
- Woodside Elementary School1.4 mi · 326
- LINCOLN AVENUE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 190
- ROCKLAND CHILDREN'S PSYCHIATRIC CENTER1.7 mi · 11
Frequently asked questions
About PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 501 students in grades 05-07.
What age range does PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 07.
How many students per teacher at PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 71% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Rockland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.