Enrollment
190
Middle
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008505986
BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE)
456 WHITE PLAINS RD, BRONX, NY 10473 · (718) 542-5063 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL190 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of New York public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
184 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 | 87 | 46% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 26% |
Student demographics
47%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
30.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -23.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 23 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
32.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE)
BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (32.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) this school | 190 | 96.8% | 32.6% |
| IS 584 BRONX | 164 | 96.3% | 34.5% |
| ESMT-IS 190 BRONX | 226 | 96.5% | 43.9% |
| BRONX WRITING ACADEMY BRONX | 184 | 95.7% | 32.1% |
| PS/IS 224 BRONX | 169 | 98.2% | 28.4% |
| FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 228 | 96.9% | 30.2% |
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 MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #695 of 766 | #56 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #751 of 768 ▼ 145 | #72 of 74 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #686 of 768 ▼ 104 | #63 of 74 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 190 | #696 of 796 | #55 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #40 of 773 | #27 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #158 of 524 | #44 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
190
+5 (+3%) vs 2020
-56% since 2010-11, when it was 428
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 190 | 17.4 | 10.9:1 | 97% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 159 | 14.6 | 10.9:1 | 94% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 169 | 18 | 9.4:1 | 95% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 185 | 18 | 10.3:1 | 98% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 233 | 22 | 10.6:1 | 99% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 251 | 21 | 11.9:1 | 96% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 95% (406) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE).
About BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE)
Among the schools in BRONX, New York, is BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE), a small middle-grades school. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 190 students. For comparison, middle schools in New York average about 531 students.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, has 21,621 students enrolled across 52 schools.
Roughly 68% of students at BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) are Hispanic. Other groups include 24% Black, 4% White, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Bronx County residents are about 55% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 17.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.9:1. That matches the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York fairly closely. Roughly 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE)'s actual average proficiency rate on state tests (32.6%) and its predicted rate (39.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
In Bronx County (population about 1,404,779), the median household income is $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. There are 472 public schools in Bronx County, enrolling about 202,028 students in all.
The closest other public school is ARCHIMEDES ACAD-MATH SCI TECH, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) is behind the 42.2% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 5 more students 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
Related schools
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
- ARCHIMEDES ACAD-MATH SCI TECH0.0 mi · 468
- WOMEN'S ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE0.0 mi · 168
- PS 1820.2 mi · 399
- PS 69 JOURNEY PREP SCHOOL0.3 mi · 459
- GRAND CONCOURSE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 698
- BRONX COMPASS HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE)How large is BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE)?
BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 190 students in grades 06-08.
Is BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) an elementary, middle, or high school?
BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE)?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE).
How diverse is BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE)?
BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) reports a student body of 4% White, 68% Hispanic, 24% Black, 3% Asian.
Is BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) public or private?
BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8.
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