'Best 100 Middle Schools in New York' List Released

Niche.com has released rankings of public middle schools across the country, with 48 Long Island schools making the list of the top 100 in New York.

Niche says it ranked 19,710 middle schools nationwide based on key student statistics and 4.6 million opinions from 280,000 students and parents. A high ranking, according to Niche, indicates that a school “is an exceptional academic institution with a diverse set of high-achieving students and faculty, and the students are very happy with their experiences.”

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The top nine ranked schools on Long Island are all in Nassau County. The top Suffolk County school on the list is Cold Spring Harbor Junior/Senior High School.

Here are the Long Island schools that made the top 100 list in New York and their respective rankings (click the links for more details on each school’s ranking):

• No. 1- Jericho Middle School, Jericho
• No. 4- Great Neck South Middle School, Great Neck
• No. 7- Great Neck North Middle School, Great Neck
• No. 9- Roslyn Middle School, Roslyn Heights
• No. 12- H.B. Thompson Middle School, Syosset
• No. 13- South Woods Middle School, Syosset
• No. 20- Carrie Palmer Weber Middle School, Port Washington
• No. 22- Manhasset Middle School, Manhasset
• No. 23- West Side School, Syosset
• No. 24- Cold Spring Harbor Junior/Senior High School, Cold Spring Harbor
• No. 25- Herricks Middle School, Albertson
• No. 27- Garden City Middle School, Garden City
• No. 28- Lloyd Harbor School, Huntington
• No. 32- Willets Road School, Roslyn Heights
• No. 34- Wheatley School, Old Westbury
• No. 38- West Hollow Middle School, Melville
• No. 39- Oldfield Middle School, Greenlawn
• No. 41- Candlewood Middle School, Dix Hills
• No. 42- Woodmere Middle School, Hewlett
• No. 44- East Hampton Middle School, East Hampton
• No. 45- North Shore Middle School, Glen Head
• No. 46- Westhampton Middle School, Westhampton Beach
• No. 47- Lynbrook South Middle School, Lynbrook
• No. 48- Carle Place Middle Senior High School, Carle Place
• No. 52- Lynbrook North Middle School, Lynbrook
• No. 58- John F. Kennedy Middle School, Bethpage
• No. 59- Berner Middle School, Massapequa
• No. 62- Oyster Bay High School, Oyster Bay
• No. 63- James Wilson Young Middle School, Bayport
• No. 64- Locust Valley Middle School, Locust Valley
• No. 70- Accompsett Middle School, Smithtown
• No. 73- Commack Middle School, Commack
• No. 74- Port Jefferson Middle School, Port Jefferson
• No. 75- Nesaquake Middle School, Saint James
• No. 79- Pierson Middle/High School, Sag Harbor
• No. 81- H.B. Mattlin Middle School, Plainview
• No. 82- Great Hollow Middle School, Nesconset
• No. 84- Mount Sinai Middle School, Mount Sinai
• No. 85- New Hyde Park Memorial High School, New Hyde Park
• No. 86- Wantagh Middle School, Wantagh
• No. 88- South Side Middle School, Rockville Centre
• No. 91- Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School, Plainview
• No. 93- Southampton Intermediate School, Southampton
• No. 94- Elwood Middle School, Elwood
• No. 95- Clarke Middle School, Westbury
• No. 97- Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School, Setauket
• No. 98- Mineola Middle School, Mineola
• No. 100- Merrick Avenue Middle School, Merrick

See the full rankings here.

Google Maps photos (clockwise from top left)- Oldfield Middle School, Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School, Merrick Avenue Middle School, Woodmere Middle School