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Enrollment
1,537
Middle
DISTRICT 969 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363126004177
WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL
128 GRANDVIEW AVE, WHITE PLAINS, NY 10605 · (914) 422-2092 · Westchester County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,537 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New York public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
10.1:1
153 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
785 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 497 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 502 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 517 | 34% |
| Ungraded | 21 | 1% |
Student demographics
58%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
WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL→WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WHITE PLAINS 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
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -44.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 44 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 99.0% |
% 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
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL
WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,537 | 51.1% | 54.4% |
| WILLIAM FLOYD MIDDLE SCHOOL MORICHES | 1,124 | 54.4% | 50.3% |
| FIELDSTONE MIDDLE SCHOOL THIELLS | 1,207 | 57.4% | 45.4% |
| MONROE-WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL CENTRAL VALLEY | 1,559 | 44.1% | 54.1% |
| BAY SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAY SHORE | 1,258 | 43.3% | 49.9% |
| ANNE M DORNER MIDDLE SCHOOL OSSINING | 1,032 | 46.6% | 46.4% |
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 WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #346 of 766 | #30 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #439 of 768 ▼ 376 | #34 of 40 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #426 of 768 ▼ 48 | #35 of 40 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,537 | #9 of 796 | #1 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #298 of 683 | #24 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #220 of 688 | #11 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.1% | #409 of 773 | #7 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #401 of 524 | #20 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
1,537
-68 (-4%) vs 2020
+115% since 1990-91, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 1,537 | 152.9 | 10.1:1 | 51% (785) |
| 2023-24 | 1,554 | 152 | 10.2:1 | 51% (793) |
| 2022-23 | 1,517 | 156.4 | 9.7:1 | 50% (757) |
| 2020-21 | 1,605 | 153 | 10.5:1 | 59% (946) |
| 2017-18 | 1,637 | 117 | 14.0:1 | 57% (934) |
| 2015-16 | 1,625 | 127 | 12.8:1 | 46% (754) |
| 2010-11 | 1,522 | 136 | 11.2:1 | 45% (681) |
| 2000-01 | 1,685 | 130 | 13.0:1 | 42% (712) |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 79 | 9.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL
WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school in WHITE PLAINS, New York, reachable at (914) 422-2092. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,537 students. It has 189% more students than the average for middle schools in New York (about 531).
Federal data list 7 schools in WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 6,782 students enrolled.
About 61% of the student body at WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is Hispanic. Other groups include 20% White, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Westchester County residents are about 27% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 10.1:1, based on 152.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 51% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Westchester County, the average is 38%.
On the allk12 Grade, WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 53% of New York public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 1.8 points below its prediction. Actual: 54.4%. Predicted: 56.2%.
In Westchester County, the median household earns about $118,976 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Westchester County has 255 public schools with about 140,968 students, including WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL's nearest public school is MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOL (about 0.6 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL. WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL places 4th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
In 2020-21, WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolled 1,605 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 1,537.
The allk12 page for WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,239 students
- MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- POST ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- CHURCH STREET SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
- RIDGEWAY SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
Other schools in WHITE PLAINS
- WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,239 students
- MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- POST ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- CHURCH STREET SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
- RIDGEWAY SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
Other White Plains Middle schools
One other US public school is named White Plains Middle. WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- White Plains Middle SchoolAnniston, AL · 387 students
Nearby schools
- MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 605
- RIDGEWAY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 597
- POST ROAD SCHOOL0.8 mi · 605
- GREENACRES SCHOOL1.1 mi · 354
- WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 2,239
- SCARSDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,083
Frequently asked questions
About WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,537 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 20% White, 61% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Westchester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.