Public schools in Middletown, NY

Middletown has 10 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 3 middle, 5 elementary, enrolling 10,061 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Middletown City School District runs 6 of them.

The 2 districts and agencies that run Middletown's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in MiddletownDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Middletown City School District67,529$28,930
Minisink Valley Central School District43,603$26,272

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in Middletown, 3,611 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Middletown High School2,49512.868.1%Middletown City
Minisink Valley High School1,11612.226.8%Minisink Valley Central

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Middletown, 2,452 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

5 elementary schools in Middletown, 3,998 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Middletown's public schools compare with New York's

The median Middletown school has 11.1 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the New York median of 11.1. 60% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 53% across the state. Its median school enrolls 823 students (state 428).

Middletown against New York, schools open in 2024-25 with students
MiddletownNew York
Median students per teacher11.111.1
Median school size (students)823428
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)60%53%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)100%85%
Charter schools0%7.1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 10 Middletown schools and the 4,767 New York schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Middletown

  1. Middletown City School DistrictRuns 6 of Middletown's 10 public schools and spent $28,930 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$28,930
  2. Middletown High School, the largest high school in Middletown2,495 students in 2024-25, 12.8 per teacher.2,495
  3. Compare Middletown City School District with Minisink Valley Central School DistrictMiddletown's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in New YorkNew York's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Middletown addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in New York

  1. Brooklyn567 schools
  2. Bronx455 schools
  3. New York348 schools
  4. Rochester99 schools
  5. Staten Island87 schools
  6. Buffalo86 schools
  7. Jamaica49 schools
  8. Syracuse46 schools

Questions about schools in Middletown

  1. How many public schools are in Middletown, NY?
    10 public schools with an address in Middletown were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 3 middle, 5 elementary, enrolling 10,061 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Middletown?
    Middletown High School, with 2,495 students in 2024-25 (Middletown City School District).
  3. Which districts run Middletown's schools?
    Middletown City School District (6 schools), Minisink Valley Central School District (4 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25