Ranking Long Island's Best Middle Schools

Forty-two Long Island middle schools made the list of 2017’s top 100 in New York by Niche.com.

Niche.com recently released national and state rankings of public middle schools across the country.

Unlike the recently released public elementary school rankings, the middle schools listed are more evenly divided up between Nassau and Suffolk counties. Overall, more elementary schools on Long Island were recognized. (see the middle school rankings below)

Jericho Middle School was ranked No. 7 in the nation and No. 1 in New York. The nation’s top middle school was found to be Terman Middle School in Palo Alto, CA.

This ranking assessed 15,412 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 (click the links for more details on each school’s ranking):

• No. 1- Jericho Middle School, Jericho
• No. 2- Great Neck South Middle School, Great Neck
• No. 3- H.B. Thompson Middle School, Syosset
• No. 4- South Woods Middle School, Syosset
• No. 6- Great Neck North Middle School, Great Neck
• No. 10- Herricks Middle School, Albertson
• No. 15- Willets Road School, Roslyn
• No. 17- Candlewood Middle School, Dix Hills
• No. 18- West Hollow Middle School, Melville
• No. 19- Manhasset Middle School, Manhasset
• No 24- Carrie Palmer Weber Middle School, Port Washington
• No. 25- Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School, Plainview
• No. 26- Woodmere Middle School, Hewlett
• No. 29- Garden City Middle School, Garden City
• No. 30- Westhampton Middle School, Westhampton
• No. 31- Locust Valley Middle School, Locust Valley
• No. 32- H.B. Mattlin Middle School, Plainview
• No. 33- Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School, Setauket
• No. 34- North Shore Middle School, Glen Head
• No. 38- Robert Cushman Murphy Junior High School, Stony Brook
• No. 43- John F. Kennedy Middle School, Bethpage
• No.45- Merrick Avenue Middle School, Merrick
• No. 46- Oldfield Middle School, Greenlawn
• No. 50- Port Jefferson Middle School, Port Jefferson
• No. 52- Commack Middle School, Commack
• No. 54- South Side Middle School, Rockville Centre
• No. 58- Grand Avenue Middle School, Bellmore
• No. 59- Clarke Middle School, Westbury
• No. 61- Woodland Middle School, East Meadow
• No. 69- Wisdom Lane Middle School, Levittown
• No. 71- Lynbrook South Middle School, Lynbrook
• No. 72- Berner Middle School, Massapequa
• No. 74- East Northport Middle School, East Northport
• No. 77- Hauppauge Middle School, Hauppauge
• No. 82- Oceanside Middle School,Oceanside
• No. 85- Northport Middle School, Northport
• No. 86- Elwood Middle School, Elwood
• No. 88- Nesaquake Middle School, Saint James
• No. 90- Accompsett Middle School, Smithtown
• No. 94- Joseph A. Edgar Intermediate School, Rocky Point
• No. 96- Lynbrook North Middle School, Lynbrook
• No. 98- Great Hollow Middle School, Nesconset

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Editor’s Note: Niche.com lists Joseph A. Edgar Intermediate School as in Levittown. Patch changed the location to be Rocky Point as there is a school with the same name in that district. Patch cannot guarantee this directly reflects Niche.com’s intention.