Midland School, Rye NY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Midland School

Midland School serves children from kindergarten through fifth grade in Rye, a small, affluent waterfront community in southern Westchester County. The school enrolls a student body approaching a typical elementary size for its grade band, drawn from a neighborhood that is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Asian and Hispanic students and very few Black students. No data on free- or reduced-price lunch eligibility or special-education enrollment was available.

The school's state testing results in math and English language arts show strong performance. In the most recent testing, students in grades three, four, and five scored at or above proficiency across both subjects, with English particularly strong (over nine in ten third graders meeting proficiency). Math proficiency runs between roughly four in five and three in four students across the grade band. Science proficiency in grade five sits lower at about two in three students. Participation rates in state assessments are high, well above nine in ten students. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among Westchester County's districts, a notable standing that reflects consistent strength in tested academics.

Rye itself is a compact coastal city that has grown only slightly in recent decades. It reads as a car-dependent suburban bedroom community despite a walkable downtown corridor around Purchase Street with shops, restaurants, a library, and Metro-North commuter rail service to Manhattan. Housing in the zip code commanding Midland's attendance area is expensive, with values and rental costs well above the state and national benchmarks; homes are appreciating modestly. The school sits on Midland Avenue, near the city's recreation park and its facilities. Midland is one of three elementary schools in the district; secondary students move to Rye Middle and High School at a shared Gothic building on Parsons Street. The city also contains parts of the separate Rye Neck school district.

As an elementary school, Midland has no high school graduation data and serves grades where science and social studies are tested at only one or two points. Detailed enrollment breakdowns by special populations, the scale of students with individual education plans or English learners, and information on school staffing, student attendance, or programs beyond the core curriculum were not available in the data received. A parent evaluating the school may want to contact Rye City School District directly to learn more about class size, special services, enrichment offerings, and the transition process to middle school.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 381%

School 81% · District 84% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 482%

School 82% · District 85% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 585%

School 85% · District 89% · ▼ 4 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 394%

School 94% · District 90% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 482%

School 82% · District 89% · ▼ 7 pts below district

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

Grade 584%

School 84% · District 86% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Science

Grade 566%

School 66% · District 74% · ▼ 8 pts below district

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

Social studies

Grade 599%

School 99% · district not reported

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

This schoolRYE CITY 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.