Enrollment
224
Middle
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORT JEFFERSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362349001901
PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
350 OLD POST RD, PORT JEFFERSON, NY 11777 · (631) 791-4431 · Suffolk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL224 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% 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.
- BBeats 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
9.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
41 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 72 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 77 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 32% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL→EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PORT JEFFERSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
80.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 80.8% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 82.7% |
% 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
71.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (71.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 224 | 18.3% | 71.3% |
| BULKELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL RHINEBECK | 211 | 16.6% | 83.5% |
| TUCKAHOE MIDDLE SCHOOL EASTCHESTER | 278 | 24.1% | 70.2% |
| MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 246 | 21.5% | 82.4% |
| SHORE ROAD SCHOOL BELLMORE | 273 | 19.4% | 69.3% |
| EAST MORICHES SCHOOL EAST MORICHES | 291 | 22.0% | 63.0% |
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 PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #123 of 766 | #4 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #184 of 768 ▼ 29 | #24 of 66 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #106 of 768 ▲ 56 | #2 of 66 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 224 | #674 of 796 | #66 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #156 of 683 | #10 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #348 of 688 | #40 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.3% | #710 of 773 | #53 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #336 of 524 | #41 of 59 |
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
224
-17 (-7%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 263
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 224 | 24.2 | 9.2:1 | 18% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 206 | 24.9 | 8.3:1 | 16% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 222 | 28.2 | 7.9:1 | 12% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | 26 | 9.3:1 | 10% (23) |
| 2017-18 | 247 | 20 | 12.3:1 | 10% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 259 | 19 | 13.6:1 | 7% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 19 | 15.9:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 263 | 16 | 16.4:1 | 1% (2) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL runs as a small middle school in PORT JEFFERSON, New York. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 224 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in New York is about 531 students, so this school is 58% smaller than average.
PORT JEFFERSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3 schools; together they serve 907 students.
A majority of students at PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, 68%, are White. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, about 66% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
Dividing enrollment by its 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 9.2:1. Among middle schools in New York, the typical ratio is 10.3:1. Eligible students account for 18% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Public schools in Suffolk County average 39%.
The allk12 Grade for PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is A-. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 77% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.3%, compared with a predicted 68.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Suffolk County has these Census figures: median household income is about $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The public schools of Suffolk County number 343 and enroll about 222,439.
EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL is located less than a tenth of a mile from PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 71.3% average proficiency ranks 5th among 8 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL went from 241 students to 224.
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Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,530,146
Census ACS
Median income
$130,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
343
222,439 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PORT JEFFERSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PORT JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 370 students
- EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 313 students
Other schools in PORT JEFFERSON
- PORT JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 370 students
- EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 313 students
Nearby schools
- EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 313
- PORT JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 370
- NORWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 316
- WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,442
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 814
- SETAUKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 599
Frequently asked questions
About PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 224 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.2:1 students per teacher at PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 68% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by PORT JEFFERSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
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