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Enrollment
782
Middle
DISTRICT 792 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362070002912
SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL
33-63 MONUMENT ST, NEWBURGH, NY 12550 · (845) 563-7000 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL782 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of New York public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
10.0:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
413 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 236 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 274 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 267 | 34% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 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
SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL→NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY
Based on grade levels within NEWBURGH 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
23.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 782 | 52.8% | 29.1% |
| RIVERHEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL RIVERHEAD | 793 | 52.2% | 51.5% |
| PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVERHEAD | 797 | 50.3% | 25.9% |
| HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW WINDSOR | 802 | 44.0% | 48.3% |
| COPIAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL COPIAGUE | 1,081 | 58.1% | 41.5% |
| WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THIELLS | 567 | 58.2% | 39.0% |
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 SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #731 of 766 | #16 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #222 of 768 ▲ 72 | #3 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #739 of 768 ▲ 12 | #16 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 782 | #169 of 796 | #10 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #294 of 683 | #4 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #246 of 688 | #9 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.8% | #390 of 773 | #4 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #145 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
782
-120 (-13%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 1,107
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 782 | 77.9 | 10.0:1 | 53% (413) |
| 2023-24 | 845 | 86.1 | 9.8:1 | 59% (496) |
| 2022-23 | 878 | 91.7 | 9.6:1 | 58% (512) |
| 2020-21 | 902 | 85 | 10.6:1 | 64% (576) |
| 2017-18 | 769 | 78 | 9.9:1 | 60% (459) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 56 | 11.0:1 | 70% (431) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 55 | 10.7:1 | 70% (409) |
| 2000-01 | 963 | 76 | 12.7:1 | 60% (580) |
| 1990-91 | 1,107 | 96 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school in NEWBURGH, New York, reachable at (845) 563-7000. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 782 students. Statewide, middle schools in New York average about 531 students each.
SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one school in NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a system of 12 schools with 10,762 students.
Roughly 62% of students at SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 17% Black, 13% White, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL's 77.9 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 10.0:1. For comparison, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 53%. That rate is above the 44% average among public schools in Orange County.
allk12 grades SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL an F. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 29.1% against a 55.6% prediction, a bottom-10% result in New York.
Across Orange County, the median household income is $97,178, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. In all, Orange County has 82 public schools and roughly 57,122 students.
The nearest other public school, NEW WINDSOR SCHOOL, is about 1.0 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment declined 13%, to 782.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMYHigh · 3,550 students
- MEADOW HILL SCHOOLElementary · 982 students
- TEMPLE HILL SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 802 students
- GIDNEY AVENUE MEMORIAL SCHOOLElementary · 788 students
- GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
Other schools in NEWBURGH
- NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMYHigh · 3,550 students
- MEADOW HILL SCHOOLElementary · 982 students
- GIDNEY AVENUE MEMORIAL SCHOOLElementary · 788 students
- GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
- FOSTERTOWN SCHOOLElementary · 594 students
- HORIZON-ON-THE-HUDSON SCHOOLElementary · 447 students
Other South Middle schools
17 other US public schools in 14 states are named South Middle. SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 8th largest of the 18.
- SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLBRENTWOOD, NY · 975 students
- South Middle SchoolEDINBURG, TX · 1,246 students
- South Middle SchoolWaukee, IA · 1,092 students
- SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLNAMPA, ID · 836 students
- South Middle SchoolArlington Heights, IL · 812 students
Nearby schools
- NEW WINDSOR SCHOOL1.0 mi · 439
- HORIZON-ON-THE-HUDSON SCHOOL1.1 mi · 447
- NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY1.3 mi · 3,550
- GIDNEY AVENUE MEMORIAL SCHOOL1.4 mi · 788
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 802
- SOUTH AVENUE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 244
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 782 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 78 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the student diversity at SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 13% White, 62% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.