Enrollment
144
Middle
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008506081
BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA
730 BRYANT AVE, BRONX, NY 10474 · (718) 328-1972 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL144 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of New York public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
5.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
144 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 29 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 44% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
71.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +14.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 71.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 57.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA
BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA this school | 144 | 100.0% | 47.8% |
| PS/IS 224 BRONX | 169 | 98.2% | 28.4% |
| IS 584 BRONX | 164 | 96.3% | 34.5% |
| COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 NEW YORK | 139 | 95.0% | 38.2% |
| BRONX DEBATE ACADEMY BRONX | 130 | 99.2% | N/A |
| BRONX WRITING ACADEMY BRONX | 184 | 95.7% | 32.1% |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #471 of 766 | #16 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #262 of 768 ▲ 124 | #5 of 74 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #467 of 768 ▲ 131 | #29 of 74 ▲ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 144 | #753 of 796 | #67 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #2 of 773 | #1 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -52.3% | #17 of 524 | #9 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
144
-128 (-47%) vs 2020
-65% since 2010-11, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
5.4:1
was 9.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 144 | 26.5 | 5.4:1 | 100% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 228 | 25.7 | 8.9:1 | 99% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 254 | 30.5 | 8.3:1 | 100% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 29 | 9.4:1 | 100% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 302 | 26 | 11.6:1 | 96% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 313 | 28 | 11.2:1 | 93% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 406 | 39 | 10.4:1 | 94% (380) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA.
About BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA
BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA is a public middle school in BRONX, New York. It reports enrollment of 144 students in grades 6 through 8. The school is 73% below the average for middle schools in New York.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, operates 52 schools serving 21,621 students.
At BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA, 73% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 26% Black. That is higher than the 55% Hispanic share among all Bronx County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 40%.
There are about 5.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA, which has 26.5. Middle schools in New York average 10.3:1, 4.9 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA is about 100%. Public schools in Bronx County average 90%.
BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of New York public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 38.2% at BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.8%.
In the wider Bronx County area, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Across Bronx County, 472 public schools serve about 202,028 students.
Measured in a straight line, LEADERS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA is 6th of 9 on proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA had 272 students in 2020-21 and 144 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. Its ratio of students to teachers was 9.4:1 in 2020-21, and 5.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Bronx County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,404,779
Census ACS
Median income
$48,676
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
472
202,028 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8
- HERBERT H LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,087 students
- PS 71 ROSE E SCALAElementary · 1,079 students
- PS 14 SENATOR JOHN CALANDRAElementary · 718 students
- PS 36 UNIONPORTElementary · 660 students
- PS 152 EVERGREENElementary · 634 students
- PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEYElementary · 598 students
Other schools in BRONX
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL IIICombined · 2,390 students
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,481 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- LEADERS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 943
- PS 48 JOSEPH R DRAKE0.1 mi · 441
- EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 222
- BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS0.4 mi · 588
- BRONX ARENA HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 158
- PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY0.5 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIAHow large is BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA?
BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA enrolls approximately 144 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA serve?
BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA have?
BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 5.4:1.
How diverse is BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA?
BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA reports a student body of 73% Hispanic, 26% Black.
Who oversees BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA?
BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.