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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
634
Middle
DISTRICT 558 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RYE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362526003493
RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL
PARSONS ST, RYE, NY 10580 · (914) 967-6100 · Westchester County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL634 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% 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.
- ABeats 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
9.1:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
16 students
DISTRICT 2% · 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 6 | 184 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 222 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 224 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL→RYE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within RYE 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
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
89.9%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 89.9% |
| 2023-24 | 86.0% | 88.0% |
% 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
86.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL
RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (86.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 634 | 2.5% | 86.7% |
| CALKINS ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL PITTSFORD | 602 | 3.2% | 82.6% |
| H C CRITTENDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL ARMONK | 474 | 4.0% | 89.4% |
| JOHN JAY MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS RIVER | 630 | 8.7% | 77.6% |
| FARRAGUT MIDDLE SCHOOL HASTINGS ON HUDSON | 520 | 3.7% | 82.8% |
| PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL BETHPAGE | 661 | 12.4% | 64.2% |
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 RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.7% | #17 of 766 | #6 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.9% | #110 of 768 ▲ 12 | #14 of 40 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #25 of 768 ▼ 16 | #9 of 40 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 634 | #252 of 796 | #16 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #134 of 683 | #7 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #441 of 688 | #34 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.5% | #770 of 773 | #37 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #119 of 524 | #3 of 30 |
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
634
-112 (-15%) vs 2020
+145% since 1990-91, when it was 259
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 634 | 69.9 | 9.1:1 | 3% (16) |
| 2023-24 | 675 | 70.8 | 9.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 685 | 70.3 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 746 | 72 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 819 | 55.4 | 14.8:1 | 1% (12) |
| 2015-16 | 814 | 51 | 16.0:1 | 2% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 759 | 56 | 13.6:1 | 4% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 42 | 13.6:1 | 2% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 259 | 16 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL
RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school in RYE, New York, one of the schools in RYE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 634 students, from grades 6 through 8.
RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of a district of 5 schools: RYE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 2,792 students.
White students account for 75% of enrollment at RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other students are 9% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 52% White share among all Westchester County residents. RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 42%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 69.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.1:1. For comparison, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 3%. The rate at public schools in Westchester County averages 38%, higher than here.
RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded A by allk12, scoring above 94% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 74.1%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 86.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Westchester County, median household income is about $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The public schools of Westchester County number 255 and enroll about 140,968.
The closest public school, RYE HIGH SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile from RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 75.0%; RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 86.7%, ranking 2nd of 9.
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.
RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL saw enrollment fall 15% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 9.1 students per teacher, compared with 10.4 in 2020-21.
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Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RYE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RYE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 887 students
- MIDLAND SCHOOLElementary · 482 students
- OSBORN SCHOOLElementary · 469 students
- MILTON SCHOOLElementary · 320 students
Other schools in RYE
- RYE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 887 students
- MIDLAND SCHOOLElementary · 482 students
- OSBORN SCHOOLElementary · 469 students
- MILTON SCHOOLElementary · 320 students
Nearby schools
- RYE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 887
- MIDLAND SCHOOL0.3 mi · 482
- OSBORN SCHOOL0.8 mi · 469
- MILTON SCHOOL1.1 mi · 320
- HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 294
- HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 607
Frequently asked questions
About RYE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 634 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 9.1:1 (70 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 75% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
RYE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by RYE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.