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Alumni: what's one memory from POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
689
Middle
DISTRICT 716 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY)·NCES 362781003778
POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL
101 POMONA RD, SUFFERN, NY 10901 · (845) 577-6200 · Rockland County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL689 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of New York public middle schools
- DTest 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
14.1:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
590 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 7 | 325 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 360 | 52% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
16.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -28.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 28 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL
POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 689 | 85.6% | 33.2% |
| CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHESTNUT RIDGE | 637 | 87.0% | 31.1% |
| WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL BAY SHORE | 906 | 82.2% | 36.9% |
| FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ELMHURST | 561 | 89.8% | 65.8% |
| KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRING VALLEY | 822 | 92.6% | 37.4% |
| ACADEMY FOR PERSONAL LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE BRONX | 788 | 94.4% | 35.0% |
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 POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rockland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #688 of 766 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #486 of 768 ▼ 298 | #9 of 14 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #758 of 768 ▼ 4 | #15 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 689 | #214 of 796 | #4 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #648 of 683 | #15 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #550 of 688 | #15 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.6% | #184 of 773 | #3 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +77.1% | #3 of 168 | #2 of 7 |
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
689
+148 (+27%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 1,052
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 689 | 48.8 | 14.1:1 | 86% (590) |
| 2023-24 | 618 | 47.7 | 13.0:1 | 82% (508) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 47.5 | 12.1:1 | 81% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | 53 | 10.2:1 | 87% (469) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 35 | 11.1:1 | 91% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 50 | 11.9:1 | 74% (441) |
| 2010-11 | 699 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 65% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 891 | 65 | 13.7:1 | 49% (437) |
| 1990-91 | 1,052 | 80 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL
POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school in SUFFERN, New York, and it is part of EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY). The school serves 689 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in New York average about 531 students.
POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL is run by EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY), whose 14 schools enroll 10,424 students.
The student body at POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL is 83% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 15% Black. Rockland County's residents are about 21% Hispanic, 62 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 29% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.1:1, with 48.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.8 students per teacher above the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 86% of enrollment. That is higher than the 48% average for public schools in Rockland County.
The allk12 Grade for POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL is D. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 9% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL, the prediction is 43.5% and the result is 33.2%.
Across Rockland County, the median household income is $109,959, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Rockland County is home to 66 public schools and about 41,335 public school students.
SUMMIT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. The five-mile area around POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 33.2% compares with 28.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 27% from 2020-21, when POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL had 541 students, to 2024-25, when it had 689. Its ratio of students to teachers was 10.2:1 in 2020-21, and 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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 EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY)
- RAMAPO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,694 students
- SPRING VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,501 students
- KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 822 students
- SUMMIT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 659 students
- CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 637 students
- FLEETWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 609 students
Other schools in SUFFERN
- SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,450 students
- SUFFERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 880 students
- LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 584 students
- RICHARD P CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 437 students
- CHERRY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 413 students
- MONTEBELLO ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 343 students
Nearby schools
- SUMMIT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 659
- LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 584
- HEMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 459
- GRANDVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 609
- RAMAPO HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,694
- KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 822
Frequently asked questions
About POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 689 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 83% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.