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What advice would you give to incoming students at PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
446
Middle
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUTNAM VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362400003315
PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
142 PEEKSKILL HOLLOW RD, PUTNAM VALLEY, NY 10579 · (845) 528-8101 · Putnam County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of New York public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
93 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 5 | 138 | 31% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 104 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 107 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 2% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL→PUTNAM VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PUTNAM VALLEY CENTRAL 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
71.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
79.7%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 79.7% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 81.4% |
% 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
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 446 | 20.9% | 71.8% |
| WESTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL WESTHAMPTON BEACH | 357 | 18.5% | 65.5% |
| VALHALLA MIDDLE SCHOOL VALHALLA | 322 | 23.9% | 72.4% |
| LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL LOCUST VALLEY | 427 | 20.8% | 81.6% |
| UDALL ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST ISLIP | 438 | 22.4% | 56.9% |
| DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL DOBBS FERRY | 345 | 17.4% | 80.5% |
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 PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #113 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #196 of 768 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #99 of 768 ▼ 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #396 of 796 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #577 of 683 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #234 of 688 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.9% | #695 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #186 of 524 |
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
446
-67 (-13%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 392
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 446 | 36 | 12.4:1 | 21% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 34.1 | 12.8:1 | 22% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 37.4 | 12.7:1 | 17% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 40 | 12.8:1 | 21% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 42.4 | 12.6:1 | 21% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 35 | 15.2:1 | 17% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 35 | 16.6:1 | 12% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 38 | 11.4:1 | 14% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 392 | 31 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle school in PUTNAM VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in PUTNAM VALLEY, New York. The latest federal count shows 446 students in grades 5 through 8.
The district, PUTNAM VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 3 schools serving 1,498 students.
PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment is 57% White. Enrollment also includes 32% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. Putnam County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school's share is lower. PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.4:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New York is 10.3:1, lower than at this school. PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 21%.
The allk12 Grade for PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is A-. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 80% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.8% and a predicted 67.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Putnam County, median household income is about $126,257, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 23 public schools in Putnam County, which together enroll about 12,955 students.
Of nearby public schools, PUTNAM VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 71.8% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
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.
The student count in 2024-25 was 446, 13% below the 513 of 2020-21.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Putnam County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,107
Census ACS
Median income
$126,257
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
12,955 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PUTNAM VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 526 students
- PUTNAM VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 526 students
Other schools in PUTNAM VALLEY
- PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 526 students
- PUTNAM VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 526 students
Nearby schools
- PUTNAM VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 526
- GEORGE WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 411
- LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 966
- PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 526
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 466
- VAN CORTLANDTVILLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 446 students in grades 05-08.
Is PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 57% White, 32% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PUTNAM VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.