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What's the biggest difference between PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
705
Middle
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362268003187
PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL
28 FRANKLIN PL, PELHAM, NY 10803 · (914) 738-8190 · Westchester County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% 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.
- ABeats 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
11.8:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
85 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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 | 229 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 219 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 252 | 36% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL→PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within PELHAM 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
81.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
89.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 89.7% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 87.8% |
% 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
82.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL
PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (82.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 705 | 12.1% | 82.4% |
| MILDRED E STRANG MIDDLE SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 793 | 15.0% | 77.6% |
| EAST NORTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST NORTHPORT | 633 | 15.2% | 69.0% |
| JOHN JAY MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS RIVER | 630 | 8.7% | 77.6% |
| SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCKVILLE CENTRE | 806 | 16.6% | 68.0% |
| MOUNT SINAI MIDDLE SCHOOL MOUNT SINAI | 617 | 12.3% | 59.2% |
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 PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #38 of 766 | #9 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.7% | #112 of 768 ▲ 12 | #16 of 40 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #37 of 768 ▲ 5 | #11 of 40 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #204 of 796 | #14 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #536 of 683 | #35 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #267 of 688 | #16 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.1% | #749 of 773 | #27 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #489 of 524 | #30 of 30 |
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
705
+53 (+8%) vs 2020
+103% since 1990-91, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 705 | 59.7 | 11.8:1 | 12% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 692 | 60.1 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 649 | 59.9 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 652 | 58 | 11.2:1 | 10% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 44.2 | 16.3:1 | 10% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 713 | 44 | 16.2:1 | 9% (61) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 6% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 565 | 32 | 17.7:1 | 3% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 22 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL
PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL is classified as a middle school. It is located in PELHAM, New York. The school has 705 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in New York enroll about 531 students on average.
PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the 6 schools that make up PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,828 students in total).
White students are 65% of those enrolled at PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL. Beyond that, enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 6% Black. In Westchester County overall, about 52% of residents are White. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
Teacher count: 59.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.8:1. The average for middle schools in New York, 10.3:1, is lower. Roughly 12% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 38% for public schools in Westchester County.
PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 92% of New York public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 70.6% for PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL. The school posts 82.4%, 11.8 points above the prediction.
American Community Survey estimates for Westchester County show that median household income comes to about $118,976, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Westchester County counts 255 public schools with about 140,968 students.
PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 82.4% compares with 64.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
The school grew from 652 students in 2020-21 to 705 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HUTCHINSON SCHOOLElementary · 366 students
- PROSPECT HILL SCHOOLElementary · 334 students
- COLONIAL SCHOOLElementary · 296 students
- SIWANOY SCHOOLElementary · 275 students
Other schools in PELHAM
- PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HUTCHINSON SCHOOLElementary · 366 students
- PROSPECT HILL SCHOOLElementary · 334 students
- COLONIAL SCHOOLElementary · 296 students
- SIWANOY SCHOOLElementary · 275 students
Nearby schools
- PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 852
- COLONIAL SCHOOL0.2 mi · 296
- SIWANOY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 275
- GRAHAM SCHOOL0.4 mi · 406
- COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 728
- EDWARD WILLIAMS SCHOOL0.9 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 705 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 11.8:1 (60 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 65% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.