(DNAINFO) Amy Zimmer and Nigel Chiwaya  | November 20, 2015 — Seven middle schools landed in the top 10 for scores on both the state English and math tests for seventh graders — topping the list out of the nearly 500 other city middle schools, according to DOE data.

These top performing schools all had 90 percent or more of their seventh grade students proficient in reading and math, far above the citywide average of 28 percent for English and nearly 33 percent for math.

DNAinfo looked at performance on the exams for seventh grade since scores from that year are often considered important for high school applications.

Source: MAP: See How Your Middle School Ranks on State Tests – Upper East Side – DNAinfo.com New York