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Enrollment
990
Middle
DISTRICT 904 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360327005597
UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL
1657 E NOXON RD, LAGRANGEVILLE, NY 12540 · (845) 223-8600 · Dutchess County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL990 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of New York public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.1:1
98 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
278 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 347 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 323 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 305 | 31% |
| Ungraded | 15 | 2% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL→ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within ARLINGTON 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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
99.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 99 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 down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 99.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 100.0% |
% 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
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL
UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 990 | 28.1% | 53.1% |
| VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAPPINGERS FALLS | 878 | 26.0% | 61.2% |
| MINISINK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN | 806 | 26.7% | 59.3% |
| EAST ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL ISLIP TERRACE | 758 | 28.9% | 63.7% |
| SENECA MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLBROOK | 928 | 32.7% | 53.9% |
| MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL MAHOPAC | 902 | 22.5% | 64.5% |
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 UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Dutchess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #365 of 766 | #8 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 99.0% | #56 of 768 ▼ 49 | #1 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #499 of 768 ▼ 112 | #12 of 14 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 990 | #77 of 796 | #1 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #307 of 683 | #9 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.0% | #308 of 688 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #628 of 773 | #10 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #430 of 524 | #11 of 13 |
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
990
+130 (+15%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 934
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
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 | 990 | 98 | 10.1:1 | 28% (278) |
| 2023-24 | 958 | 97.2 | 9.9:1 | 25% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 907 | 92.9 | 9.8:1 | 21% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 860 | 83 | 10.4:1 | 19% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 1,040 | 85.2 | 12.2:1 | 17% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 1,124 | 81 | 13.9:1 | 15% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 934 | 82 | 11.4:1 | 9% (84) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL
UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle school in New York, located in LAGRANGEVILLE. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 990 students on the rolls. Middle schools in New York average about 531 students, which makes this school 86% above average.
ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL, has 11 schools and 7,644 students.
The largest group at UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is White students, at 65%. Other students are 24% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 52%.
Classroom staffing at UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL totals 98 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.1:1. It is about the same as the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 28%. Across public schools in Dutchess County, the average is 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 35% of New York public middle schools.
UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 53.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 64.7%.
In Dutchess County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $99,478, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 76 public schools and about 36,885 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, VAIL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is the closest to UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 8th on proficiency.
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.
In 2020-21, UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolled 860 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 990.
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Dutchess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,220
Census ACS
Median income
$99,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,885 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,472 students
- LAGRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 817 students
- VAIL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 653 students
- ARTHUR S MAY SCHOOLElementary · 496 students
- TITUSVILLE INTERMEDIATEElementary · 425 students
- OVERLOOK PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 394 students
Other schools in LAGRANGEVILLE
- ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,472 students
- LAGRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 817 students
- VAIL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 653 students
Nearby schools
- VAIL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 653
- LAGRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL3.0 mi · 817
- ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL3.3 mi · 2,472
- BEEKMAN SCHOOL3.7 mi · 351
- NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 348
- VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.3 mi · 878
Frequently asked questions
About UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 990 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.1:1 (98 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 65% White, 24% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.