Enrollment
184
Middle
DISTRICT 216 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008605664
BRONX WRITING ACADEMY
270 E 167TH ST, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 293-9048 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL184 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% 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
6.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
176 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 53 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 41% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 18.8% |
% 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 WRITING ACADEMY
BRONX WRITING ACADEMY's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX WRITING ACADEMY this school | 184 | 95.7% | 32.1% |
| IS 339 BRONX | 169 | 94.7% | 40.6% |
| BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 190 | 96.8% | 32.6% |
| FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 228 | 96.9% | 30.2% |
| IS 584 BRONX | 164 | 96.3% | 34.5% |
| ESMT-IS 190 BRONX | 226 | 96.5% | 43.9% |
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 WRITING ACADEMY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #704 of 766 | #60 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #708 of 768 ▲ 36 | #59 of 74 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #365 of 768 ▲ 120 | #17 of 74 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 184 | #702 of 796 | #57 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #55 of 773 | #35 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -58.0% | #8 of 524 | #4 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
184
-146 (-44%) vs 2020
-64% since 2010-11, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
6.7:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 184 | 27.7 | 6.7:1 | 96% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 230 | 31.8 | 7.2:1 | 98% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 237 | 31.8 | 7.5:1 | 98% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 330 | 36 | 9.2:1 | 96% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 39 | 11.2:1 | 95% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 92% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 86% (440) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONX WRITING ACADEMY.
About BRONX WRITING ACADEMY
Families in BRONX, New York, are served by BRONX WRITING ACADEMY, a small middle school. The school serves 184 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in New York average about 531 students.
BRONX WRITING ACADEMY is one of the 70 schools that make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 (23,786 students in total).
Hispanic students are the majority at BRONX WRITING ACADEMY, with 73% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 23% Black and 3% White. Among all residents of Bronx County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. Pick two students at random and there is a 41% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 6.7 students per teacher and 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.6 below the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 96%.
BRONX WRITING ACADEMY is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, BRONX WRITING ACADEMY would be expected to post about 39.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.1%.
Federal survey data for Bronx County show that the median household income is $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. There are 472 public schools in Bronx County, enrolling about 202,028 students in all.
Nearby, JHS 22 JORDAN L MOTT is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. BRONX WRITING ACADEMY's average proficiency of 32.1% compares with 43.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts for BRONX WRITING ACADEMY: 330 students in 2020-21, 184 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. The ratio was 9.2:1 in 2020-21 and 6.7:1 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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Frequently asked questions
About BRONX WRITING ACADEMYHow large is BRONX WRITING ACADEMY?
BRONX WRITING ACADEMY enrolls approximately 184 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does BRONX WRITING ACADEMY serve?
BRONX WRITING ACADEMY serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does BRONX WRITING ACADEMY have?
BRONX WRITING ACADEMY employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BRONX WRITING ACADEMY?
At BRONX WRITING ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 3% White, 73% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is BRONX WRITING ACADEMY in?
BRONX WRITING ACADEMY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
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