PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a tight-knit intermediate school in PUTNAM VALLEY, New York, PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL caters to 446 students from grades 5 through 8, run under PUTNAM VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

PUTNAM VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,498 students. PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.3%, the actual is 71.8%, a residual of +4.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Putnam County put median household income runs about $126,257, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Putnam County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,955 students), PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PUTNAM VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.8%.

PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 536 students in 2018 compared to 446 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 57% across the same window.

On the community side, members of the PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.