Briarcliff Middle School, Briarcliff Manor NY

Original Research by School Decision on Briarcliff Middle School

Briarcliff Middle School serves grades 6 through 8 in the affluent residential village of Briarcliff Manor, a semi-rural Westchester community on the Hudson River where housing ranges from split-level homes to luxury estates, and the village deliberately maintains its open character. The school draws students from this prosperous setting, with enrollment distributed across the three grades. State assessment results in math show strong performance across all grades, with most students reaching proficiency. English language arts results are robust in grades 7 and 8, and slightly lower in grade 6, though still well above state medians. Science proficiency at grade 8 is notably strong. The school's overall proficiency index places it at the top quartile among the districts in Westchester County.

The student body reflects the village's demographics: a majority white enrollment alongside meaningful representation of Asian, multiracial, and Hispanic students. Special-population enrollment data, including counts of students receiving special education services or designated as English learners, were not available in the data provided. Free-or-reduced-price-lunch eligibility data was also missing, though the village context suggests a generally affluent student population. The school serves as a regular public middle school with no charter or magnet designation.

The Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District, which operates this middle school alongside an elementary school and high school, has embarked on significant facilities investment. In 2021, voters approved a major capital project funding new roofs, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and ADA upgrades across all three schools, financed without increasing the tax levy. In May 2025, the district placed another capital project on the ballot, representing continued multimillion-dollar investment in school buildings. The district has also joined the Tri-States Consortium, a peer-review model of school improvement in which high-performing districts conduct in-depth external evaluations on multiyear cycles, shaping instructional practice over time.

The village setting offers extensive park and recreation infrastructure, including Law Memorial Park with a community pool and tennis courts, multiple sports facilities at Chilmark Park, access to the North County Trailway, and proximity to the Metro-North Hudson Line for commuting. The downtown on Pleasantville Road is walkable, with shops, restaurants, and services within reach. Housing values in the village are substantial, and the community is tracking a significant development project on the former Pace University campus that could add luxury residential units and contribute to local school funding.

A parent considering this middle school would find strong proficiency outcomes in state-tested subjects, a school housed within a district making visible commitments to modernized facilities and instructional practice, and a student peer group from a stable, affluent residential community. The data did not provide information on graduation rates (not applicable to a middle school), chronic absenteeism, school discipline policies, course offerings, or detailed staffing patterns, so a parent may want to look into those areas further with the school and district.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

New York Regents Exams

1 course reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Math	49	100.0%

Math

Grade 693%

School 93% · District 93%

▲ 48 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

Grade 794%

School 94% · District 94%

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

Grade 896%

School 96% · District 96%

▲ 59 pts above state median · ▲ 57 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 686%

School 86% · District 86%

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

Grade 789%

School 89% · District 89%

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

Grade 892%

School 92% · District 92%

▲ 44 pts above state median · ▲ 39 pts above county median

Science

Grade 895%

School 95% · District 95%

▲ 62 pts above state median · ▲ 77 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 896%

School 96% · district not reported

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

This schoolBRIARCLIFF MANOR UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.