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PLEASANTVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 100 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PLEASANTVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
PLEASANTVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized middle schools in PLEASANTVILLE, New York, overseen by PLEASANTVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 495 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8.
Within PLEASANTVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,603 students, PLEASANTVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, PLEASANTVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Westchester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, PLEASANTVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.2%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Westchester County) shows that median household earnings sit near $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), PLEASANTVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
PLEASANTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PLEASANTVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 85.8%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PLEASANTVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL has edged down 5%, going from 523 students in 2018 to 495 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 81% to 67% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.
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