Enrollment
226
Middle
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009005166
ESMT-IS 190
1550 CROTONA PARK E, BRONX, NY 10460 · (718) 620-9423 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL226 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of New York public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
11.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
218 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 | 72 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 91 | 40% |
Student demographics
46%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
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
47.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 47.5% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 50.6% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 ESMT-IS 190
ESMT-IS 190's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESMT-IS 190 this school | 226 | 96.5% | 43.9% |
| MS 129 ACADEMY FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP BRONX | 230 | 93.9% | 47.1% |
| KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III BRONX | 256 | 96.9% | 45.0% |
| JHS 22 JORDAN L MOTT BRONX | 262 | 97.3% | 31.2% |
| FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 228 | 96.9% | 30.2% |
| BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 190 | 96.8% | 32.6% |
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 ESMT-IS 190 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #548 of 766 | #27 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #545 of 768 ▼ 89 | #25 of 74 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #510 of 768 ▼ 128 | #36 of 74 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 226 | #669 of 796 | #52 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #455 of 683 | #35 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #404 of 688 | #27 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.5% | #45 of 773 | #30 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #385 of 524 | #54 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
226
-47 (-17%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 250
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 226 | 20.4 | 11.1:1 | 96% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 204 | 20.4 | 10.0:1 | 97% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 225 | 20.5 | 11.0:1 | 97% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 22 | 12.4:1 | 95% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 243 | 20 | 12.2:1 | 91% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 237 | 21 | 11.3:1 | 88% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 250 | 20 | 12.5:1 | 88% (219) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ESMT-IS 190.
About ESMT-IS 190
Located in BRONX, New York, ESMT-IS 190 is a low-enrollment middle school. It reported 226 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, middle schools in New York enroll about 531 students on average.
The NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 system has 47 schools and 15,705 students.
Of every 100 students at ESMT-IS 190, about 69 are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 26% Black. Bronx County's residents are about 55% Hispanic, 14 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 46%.
ESMT-IS 190 reports a ratio of 11.1 students per teacher, from 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in New York, the average ratio is 10.3:1. Lunch program data show 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
On the allk12 Grade, ESMT-IS 190 lands at C+, ahead of 44% of New York public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, ESMT-IS 190 is 4.3 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
For Bronx County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $48,676 a year, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. Public schools in Bronx County number 472, with about 202,028 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates ESMT-IS 190 from the closest public school, PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER. The five-mile area around ESMT-IS 190 holds at least 8 other public schools. ESMT-IS 190 ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.9% against a local average of 40.5%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 47 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.4:1 in 2020-21, and 11.1:1 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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- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER0.0 mi · 185
- JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER0.1 mi · 102
- BRONX ENVISION ACADEMY0.1 mi · 266
- BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE BRONX0.1 mi · 245
- EXPLORATIONS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 240
- IS 318 MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY THROUGH ARTS0.2 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About ESMT-IS 190What is the total enrollment at ESMT-IS 190?
ESMT-IS 190 enrolls approximately 226 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does ESMT-IS 190 serve?
ESMT-IS 190 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ESMT-IS 190?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ESMT-IS 190 is approximately 11.1:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ESMT-IS 190?
At ESMT-IS 190, the student body is approximately 2% White, 69% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is ESMT-IS 190 public or private?
ESMT-IS 190 is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12.
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