Enrollment
115
Middle
DISTRICT 208 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6·NCES 360008305649
COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP
401 W 164TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10032 · (917) 521-2508 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL115 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% 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.
- C+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
6.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.3:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
115 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 33 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 46% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
26.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP
COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP this school | 115 | 100.0% | 34.0% |
| HAROLD O LEVY SCHOOL NEW YORK | 127 | 96.9% | 23.3% |
| SOUTH BRONX INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 142 | 97.9% | 32.4% |
| BRONX DEBATE ACADEMY BRONX | 130 | 99.2% | N/A |
| JHS 143 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT NEW YORK | 158 | 96.8% | 24.5% |
| ACCION ACADEMY BRONX | 185 | 97.3% | 29.1% |
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 COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #678 of 766 | #34 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #597 of 768 ▼ 47 | #26 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #721 of 768 ▼ 14 | #38 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 115 | #773 of 796 | #38 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #1 of 773 | #1 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.4% | #22 of 524 | #3 of 23 |
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
115
-18 (-14%) vs 2020
-74% since 2010-11, when it was 443
Student : Teacher
6.9:1
was 8.3:1
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 | 115 | 16.7 | 6.9:1 | 100% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 131 | 16 | 8.2:1 | 98% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 133 | 18.4 | 7.2:1 | 95% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 133 | 16 | 8.3:1 | 95% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 223 | 22 | 10.1:1 | 99% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 151 | 16 | 9.4:1 | 97% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | 33 | 13.4:1 | 97% (430) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP.
About COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP
COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP is a small middle-grades school in New York, with an address in NEW YORK. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 115 students. Enrollment is 78% lower than the average for middle schools in New York, which is about 531.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 has 17,415 students spread across 45 schools.
About 86% of the student body at COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP is Hispanic. The remaining students are 10% Black and 3% White. Among people living in New York County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. Pick two students at random and there is a 25% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP is 16.7 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 6.9:1. That is lower than the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. The school counts 115 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 100%. For comparison, public schools in New York County average 70%.
COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 22% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 38.2% at COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.0%.
New York County has these Census figures: the median household income is $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New York County is home to 358 public schools and about 152,104 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 47.0%, higher than COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP's 34.0%.
For locale, NCES codes COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP as City: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 115, a 14% decrease from 133 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 8.3:1 to 6.9:1 over the same years.
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New York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,629,477
Census ACS
Median income
$103,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
358
152,104 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE)0.0 mi · 316
- GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS0.1 mi · 658
- PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD0.2 mi · 354
- MS 319 MARIE TERESA0.2 mi · 224
- MS 324 PATRIA MIRABAL0.2 mi · 185
- KIPP NYC WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 790
Frequently asked questions
About COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREPHow large is COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP?
COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP enrolls approximately 115 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP serve?
COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP have?
COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.9:1.
What is the student diversity at COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP?
Student demographics at COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP are roughly 3% White, 86% Hispanic, 10% Black.
Is COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP public or private?
COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.