Marlboro Middle School, Marlboro NY

Original Research by School Decision on Marlboro Middle School

Marlboro Middle School serves grades six through eight in a small Hudson Valley hamlet on the west bank of the Hudson River. The school has an enrollment of a few hundred students, drawn from a residential community with a notable mix of households: roughly a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is ethnically diverse, with a substantial share identifying as Hispanic or Latino, nearly a third as white, and the remainder distributed across Black, Asian, and multiracial identities. The school sits on Route 9W alongside the district's elementary and high schools, within walking or short-drive distance of the hamlet's civic core and the local library.

State test results from the most recent year show mixed performance across the middle grades. In grade six, math proficiency sits around the midpoint between passing and struggling, while English language arts performance is slightly lower. Grade seven math proficiency drops further. Grade eight presents a more uneven picture: English language arts proficiency is solid, science proficiency is notably strong, but math proficiency is substantially below where sixth-graders performed, which may reflect either a cohort difference or a tightening of standards as students reach the end of middle school. Participation rates in testing are generally reasonable in grades six and seven but noticeably lower in grade eight, particularly in math. Overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades falls below the midpoint when compared to other districts in Ulster County, a positioning that may signal an opportunity to look into what supports exist for students working toward grade-level mastery.

The school sits in a community shaped by agriculture and agritourism, where family-run orchards, wineries, and farms are significant employers. The broader area is car-dependent; Route 9W carries most traffic and commerce. Housing values in the zip code are moderate relative to statewide benchmarks, and most households are homeowners. The town's planning documents have explicitly directed growth toward the hamlets rather than sprawl, and have noted that school-district enrollment was declining over the prior decade, suggesting a stable rather than rapidly expanding student population.

Data on course offerings, staffing, school climate, and student support services were not available, so a parent may want to speak with the school directly about what academic pathways, special services, or enrichment programs it offers. Information about graduation rates and attendance is not applicable to a middle school, and the district itself provided no recent public data on strategic priorities or operational changes. The school is a regular public school without charter status or Title I designation, and serves a grade band that does not sit for state tests in social studies during the years covered here.

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Academic performance

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

New York Regents Exams

2 courses 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
Science	49	100.0%
Math	46	100.0%

Math

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 74% · ▼ 74 pts below district

▼ 51 pts below state median · ▼ 42 pts below county median

Grade 665%

School 65% · District 65% · ▲ 1 pts above district

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

Grade 755%

School 55% · District 55% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 37% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 65% · ▼ 65 pts below district

▼ 54 pts below state median · ▼ 44 pts below county median

Grade 657%

School 57% · District 57% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 756%

School 56% · District 56% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 866%

School 66% · District 66% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 54% · ▼ 54 pts below district

▼ 42 pts below state median · ▼ 43 pts below county median

Grade 870%

School 70% · District 70% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 888%

School 88% · district not reported

▲ 9 pts above state median

This schoolMARLBORO CENTRAL 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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income45%Higher-income62%17 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income47%Higher-income65%18 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income44%Higher-income78%34 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income47%Higher-income73%26 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income48%Higher-income61%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income36%Higher-income40%4 pp gap