PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL

PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized junior highs in PORT JERVIS, New York, overseen by PORT JERVIS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 549 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

PORT JERVIS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,302 students; PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 26% Hispanic, 13% Black. Compared to Orange County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Orange County's rate of about 44%.

After controlling for student poverty, PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.1%; this one delivers 54.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Orange County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,178 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orange County runs 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students), of which PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PORT JERVIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 36%: 403 students in 2018 compared to 549 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 11% to 26%.

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