Enrollment
146
Middle
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009005690
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL
2111 CROTONA AVE, BRONX, NY 10457 · (718) 561-1617 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL146 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% 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
7.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
138 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 | 37 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 39% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 3% |
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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
30.2%
NY avg 57.4% . -17.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 17 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 30.2% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 47.2% |
% 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
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 FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 146 | 94.5% | 43.8% |
| MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR BRONX | 148 | 95.9% | 18.5% |
| SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS BRONX | 137 | 97.1% | 35.7% |
| COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 NEW YORK | 139 | 95.0% | 38.2% |
| IS 584 BRONX | 164 | 96.3% | 34.5% |
| NEW MILLENNIUM BRONX ACADEMY OF THE ARTS BRONX | 126 | 95.2% | 32.5% |
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 FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #555 of 766 | #28 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #701 of 768 ▼ 185 | #56 of 74 ▼ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #430 of 768 ▼ 134 | #26 of 74 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 146 | #752 of 796 | #66 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #77 of 773 | #44 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.1% | #60 of 524 | #26 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
146
-60 (-29%) vs 2020
-44% since 2010-11, when it was 261
Student : Teacher
7.1:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 146 | 20.5 | 7.1:1 | 95% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 182 | 25.9 | 7.0:1 | 97% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 239 | 27 | 8.8:1 | 97% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 206 | 24 | 8.6:1 | 97% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 225 | 13 | 17.3:1 | 89% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 19 | 14.4:1 | 84% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 261 | 20 | 13.1:1 | 94% (245) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL is a very small middle-grades school found in BRONX, New York. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 146 students. Middle schools in New York have about 531 students on average; enrollment here is 73% lower.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 counts 15,705 students in its 47 schools, and FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
Hispanic students are 66% of those enrolled at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 32% Black. In Bronx County overall, about 55% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 46% means there is a 46% chance two randomly chosen students at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a ratio of 7.1 students per teacher, from 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 7.1:1 compares with an average of 10.3:1 for middle schools in New York. Lunch program data show 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 43% of New York public middle schools.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (43.8% versus 40.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Bronx County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Bronx County number 472, with about 202,028 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, PS 57 CRESCENT. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 37.5%; FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 43.8%, ranking 4th of 9.
Locale data from NCES put FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment decreased 29% over 4 years, reaching 146 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 8.6:1 in 2020-21 to 7.1:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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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- PS 57 CRESCENT0.0 mi · 331
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- BRONX STEM AND ARTS ACADEMY (THE)0.2 mi · 147
- PS 3 RAUL JULIA MICRO SOCIETY0.2 mi · 308
- JHS 118 WILLIAM W NILES0.2 mi · 468
- SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND APPLIED LEARNING (THE)0.2 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 146 students in grades 06-08.
Is FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 7.1:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 66% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian.
Is FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12.
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