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31 Long Island Middle Schools Rank Among State's Best
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A total of 31 Long Island schools made Niche.com's 2019 list of the top 100 public middle schools in New York.
Niche.com recently released national and state rankings of public middle schools across the country.
Long Island schools made up most of the top 10, with Jericho Middle School ranking as the top school in New York and No. 16 in the nation. America's top middle school was found to be BASIS Scottsdale in Arizona, according to Niche.
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This ranking assessed public middle schools in the U.S. and analyzed them based on academic and student life data from the U.S. Department of Education along with millions of reviews from students and parents on Niche.com.
Here are the Long Island schools that made the top 100 list in New York and their respective rankings:
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- No. 1— Jericho Middle School
- No. 2— Great Neck South Middle School
- No. 3— H.B. Thompson Middle School (Syosset)
- No. 4— Herricks Middle School
- No. 5— South Woods Middle School (Syosset)
- No. 7— Great Neck North Middle School
- No. 9— Roslyn Middle School
- No. 13— Willets Road School (East Williston)
- No. 15— John F. Kennedy Middle School (Bethpage)
- No. 17— Manhasset Middle School
- No. 18— Merrick Avenue Middle School
- No. 26— H.B. Mattlin Middle School (Plainview-Old Bethpage)
- No. 30— North Shore Middle School
- No. 34— Woodland Middle School (East Meadow)
- No. 35— Grand Avenue Middle School (Bellmore-Merrick)
- No. 38— Clarke Middle School (East Meadow)
- No. 39— Oldfield Middle School (Harborfields)
- No. 41— Locust Valley Middle School
- No. 42— Woodmere Middle School
- No. 43— Commack Middle School
- No. 47— Westhampton Middle School
- No. 50— Candlewood Middle School (Half Hollow Hills)
- No. 52— Port Jefferson Middle School
- No. 57— West Hollow Middle School (Half Hollow Hills)
- No. 58— Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School (Three Village)
- No. 59— Carrie Palmer Weber Middle School (Port Washington)
- No. 60— Robert Cushman Murphy Junior High School (Three Village)
- No. 65— Garden City Middle School
- No. 70— Valley Stream Memorial Junior High School
- No. 77— Wisdom Lane Middle School (Levittown)
- No. 85— Arrowhead Elementary School (Three Village)
Check out the full list here.
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