Enrollment
228
Middle
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009005806
FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL
1001 JENNINGS ST, BRONX, NY 10460 · (718) 319-7270 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL228 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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.
- CBeats 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
8.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
221 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 | 64 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 82 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 82 | 36% |
Student demographics
41%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
28.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 | 32.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 29.5% |
% 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
30.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL
FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (30.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 228 | 96.9% | 30.2% |
| KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III BRONX | 256 | 96.9% | 45.0% |
| JHS 22 JORDAN L MOTT BRONX | 262 | 97.3% | 31.2% |
| IS 232 BRONX | 248 | 99.2% | 40.5% |
| ESMT-IS 190 BRONX | 226 | 96.5% | 43.9% |
| ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE NEW YORK | 253 | 95.3% | 40.9% |
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 FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #721 of 766 | #68 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #715 of 768 ▼ 13 | #61 of 74 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #658 of 768 ▼ 36 | #58 of 74 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 228 | #667 of 796 | #51 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.8:1 | #95 of 683 | #9 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #444 of 688 | #33 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.9% | #36 of 773 | #25 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #166 of 524 | #45 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
228
-43 (-16%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 241
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 228 | 26 | 8.8:1 | 97% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 232 | 25.5 | 9.1:1 | 96% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 227 | 28.6 | 8.0:1 | 90% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 27 | 10.0:1 | 92% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 278 | 22 | 12.6:1 | 87% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 266 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 78% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 241 | 19 | 12.7:1 | 95% (228) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL
FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL runs as a small middle-grades school in BRONX, New York. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 228 students. Enrollment is 57% lower than the average for middle schools in New York, which is about 531.
FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, a district with 15,705 students across 47 schools.
Hispanic students make up a majority at FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL, at 74%. Other students are 21% Black and 2% White. That is higher than the 55% Hispanic share among all Bronx County residents. The school's diversity index is 41%, meaning two students picked at random have a 41% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 8.8 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 97%.
The allk12 Grade for FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL is D. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 39.4% for FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL. The school posts 30.2%, 9.2 points below the prediction.
Federal survey data for Bronx County show that the median household income is $48,676, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Bronx County is home to 472 public schools and about 202,028 public school students.
The shortest distance from FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Federal data show a 16% enrollment decrease, from 271 in 2020-21 to 228 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 10.0 in 2020-21 to 8.8 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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Nearby schools
- FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 414
- PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS0.1 mi · 455
- PS 8110.1 mi · 636
- SAMARA COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 327
- FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL0.2 mi · 266
- METROPOLITAN SOUNDVIEW HIGH SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 228 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.8:1.
How diverse is FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 74% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.