FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL

FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a tight-knit middle school in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12. The school hosts 228 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 57% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, which oversees 47 schools and 15,705 students, FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%; the rest comes out to 21% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bronx County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 51.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL has shrank 18%, going from 278 students in 2018 to 228 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

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