Van Wyck Junior High School
Wappingers Falls, NY · Middle School · Grades 7-8
Van Wyck Junior High School is a middle school in Wappingers Falls, NY with 843 students enrolled and a 69% proficiency rate. Part of Wappingers Central School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Van Wyck Junior High School is a middle school located in Wappingers Falls, New York. The school serves 843 students in grades 7-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 69% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
21% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Van Wyck Junior High School is part of the Wappingers Central School District in New York.
How This School Compares
Van Wyck Junior High School has 843 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Wappingers Central School District (686 students). Its 69% proficiency rate is 9 percentage points above the district average of 60%. Compared to the New York state average of 47%, the school performs 22 points higher. With a 11.9:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Van Wyck Junior High School has 843 students enrolled in grades 7-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1.
According to EDFacts data, 69% of students at Van Wyck Junior High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Van Wyck Junior High School is part of the Wappingers Central School District in Wappingers Falls, New York. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.