Enrollment
549
Middle
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORT JERVIS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362352003284
PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL
10 RTE 209, PORT JERVIS, NY 12771 · (845) 858-3100 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of New York public middle schools
- BTest 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
10.3:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
326 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 162 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 183 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 196 | 36% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 1% |
Student demographics
56%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
PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL→PORT JERVIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within PORT JERVIS CITY 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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
100.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +62.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 63 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 100.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 37.4% |
% 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
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL
PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 549 | 59.4% | 54.9% |
| BATAVIA MIDDLE SCHOOL BATAVIA | 605 | 61.5% | 51.9% |
| AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 587 | 64.6% | 49.9% |
| SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 414 | 61.4% | 41.0% |
| NEWARK MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWARK | 395 | 53.7% | 37.6% |
| GENEVA MIDDLE SCHOOL GENEVA | 442 | 64.3% | 44.6% |
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 JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #341 of 766 | #8 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #34 of 768 ▲ 604 | #1 of 16 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #461 of 768 ▼ 36 | #11 of 16 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #323 of 796 | #13 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #334 of 683 | #5 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #241 of 688 | #7 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.4% | #347 of 773 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +36.2% | #14 of 168 | N/A |
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
549
+183 (+50%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 549 | 53.5 | 10.3:1 | 59% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 38.3 | 10.3:1 | 57% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 40.4 | 9.4:1 | 59% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 40 | 9.2:1 | 59% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 39 | 10.3:1 | 60% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 38 | 11.0:1 | 64% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 41 | 11.3:1 | 56% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 42 | 14.6:1 | 36% (223) |
| 1990-91 | 504 | 40 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL
PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public middle school in PORT JERVIS, New York. A federal count lists 549 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8.
PORT JERVIS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 4 schools. Combined enrollment is 2,302 students.
White students account for 59% of enrollment at PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL. The remaining students are 26% Hispanic and 13% Black. For comparison, Orange County is about 62% White. By the diversity index, PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 56%.
A ratio of 10.3:1 comes from the school's 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 10.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 59% in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Orange County is 44%.
Measured against New York public middle schools, PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 54.9%; the prediction is 53.1%.
Orange County has these Census figures: median household income is about $97,178, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The public schools of Orange County number 82 and enroll about 57,122.
The closest public school to PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is PORT JERVIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are 5 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
The school counted 366 students in 2020-21 and 549 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 9.2:1 to 10.3:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
406,616
Census ACS
Median income
$97,178
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
82
57,122 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PORT JERVIS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PORT JERVIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 743 students
- EAST MAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 702 students
- N A HAMILTON BICENTENNIAL SCHOOLElementary · 308 students
Other schools in PORT JERVIS
- PORT JERVIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 743 students
- EAST MAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 702 students
Nearby schools
- PORT JERVIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 743
- EAST MAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 702
- Delaware Valley Elementary School1.6 mi · 486
- Delaware Valley Middle School4.1 mi · 466
- Delaware Valley High School4.1 mi · 1,380
- N A HAMILTON BICENTENNIAL SCHOOL6.6 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 549 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.3:1 (53 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 59% White, 26% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PORT JERVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by PORT JERVIS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Orange County.
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