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Enrollment
878
Middle
DISTRICT 821 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362988004024
VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
6 HILLSIDE LAKE RD, WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY 12590 · (845) 227-1700 · Dutchess County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL878 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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.
- C+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
11.7:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
228 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 7 | 438 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 439 | 50% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
48%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
65.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 65.5% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 66.8% |
% 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
61.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (61.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 878 | 26.0% | 61.2% |
| MINISINK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN | 806 | 26.7% | 59.3% |
| UNION VALE MIDDLE SCHOOL LAGRANGEVILLE | 990 | 28.1% | 53.1% |
| EAST ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL ISLIP TERRACE | 758 | 28.9% | 63.7% |
| SPRY MIDDLE SCHOOL WEBSTER | 870 | 27.1% | 70.4% |
| WARWICK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL WARWICK | 1,069 | 20.9% | 63.2% |
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 VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Dutchess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #244 of 766 | #5 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #314 of 768 ▼ 17 | #6 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #243 of 768 ▼ 4 | #6 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 878 | #119 of 796 | #2 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #516 of 683 | #12 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #374 of 688 | #11 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.0% | #655 of 773 | #12 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #429 of 524 | #10 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
878
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 1,083
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 878 | 75.3 | 11.7:1 | 26% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 835 | 73.9 | 11.3:1 | 29% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 843 | 71.4 | 11.8:1 | 21% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 870 | 71 | 12.3:1 | 18% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 923 | 67.6 | 13.7:1 | 14% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 962 | 64 | 15.0:1 | 16% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 1,560 | 96 | 16.3:1 | 12% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 1,299 | 88 | 14.8:1 | 9% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 1,083 | 84 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
As a large middle school, VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students in WAPPINGERS FALLS, New York. Grades offered run from 7 through 8, with 878 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in New York average about 531 students.
Besides VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 14 other schools. The district enrolls 10,199 students.
By race and ethnicity, VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 69% White. Other reported shares: 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The White share in Dutchess County as a whole is similar, at about 69%. VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 48%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 75.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.7 students per teacher. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 26%. The 40% average for public schools in Dutchess County is 14 points higher.
Measured against New York public middle schools, VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (61.2%) and its predicted rate (65.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
In Dutchess County (population about 298,220), median household income is about $99,478, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 76 public schools in Dutchess County, which together enroll about 36,885 students.
The nearest other public school, FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. On state test proficiency, VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 870; in 2024-25, 878.
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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 WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,768 students
- ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,557 students
- MYERS CORNERS SCHOOLElementary · 836 students
- GAYHEAD SCHOOLElementary · 831 students
- WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
- SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
Other schools in WAPPINGERS FALLS
- ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,557 students
- MYERS CORNERS SCHOOLElementary · 836 students
- WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
- SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
- FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 297 students
Nearby schools
- FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 602
- NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 348
- GAYHEAD SCHOOL2.7 mi · 831
- MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL3.1 mi · 836
- ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.7 mi · 1,557
- VASSAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 878 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 11.7:1 (75 FTE teachers).
How diverse is VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 69% White, 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Dutchess County.
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