CITY KNOLL MIDDLE SCHOOL

CITY KNOLL MIDDLE SCHOOL, an one-room-style middle school in NEW YORK, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, serves 168 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 68% leaner than typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, which oversees 119 schools and 54,599 students, CITY KNOLL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, CITY KNOLL MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment; the rest consists of 18% Black, 5% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, CITY KNOLL MIDDLE SCHOOL has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above New York County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CITY KNOLL MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 40.6%; this one comes in at 20.0%, -20.6 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, New York County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which CITY KNOLL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CITY KNOLL MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 6-year window, the student count edged down 29%: 237 students in 2018 compared to 168 in 2024. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 50% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.