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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
424
Middle
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007704405
EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
331 E 91ST ST, NEW YORK, NY 10128 · (212) 360-0114 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
108 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
89.2%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
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
85.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
424
-25 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 15.0:1
% White
49%
was 67%
% Hispanic
17%
was 9%
% Black
3%
was 4%
% Asian
23%
was 12%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small intermediate school in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. The school works with 424 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 20% smaller than that benchmark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 runs 119 schools in total, collectively educating 54,599 students. EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
Demographically, EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 23% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.6%; this one delivers 85.5%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for New York County indicate median household earnings sit near $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).
Nearest neighbor: PS 527 EAST SIDE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ACTION, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 70.5%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 449 (now 424). White enrollment moved from 67% to 49% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,485 students
- HIGH SCHOOL OF FASHION INDUSTRIES (THE)High · 1,455 students
- JHS 104 SIMON BARUCHMiddle · 1,023 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESHigh · 1,007 students
Other schools in NEW YORK
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- PS 527 EAST SIDE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ACTION0.0 mi · 378
- YORKVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 320
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE (THE)0.2 mi · 370
- JUDITH S KAYE SCHOOL (THE)0.3 mi · 205
- PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS0.3 mi · 516
- PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL0.3 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 424 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 12.9:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 49% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, 23% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.