Enrollment
282
Middle
DISTRICT 208 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6·NCES 360008306530
HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
500 W 138TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10031 · (212) 775-9600 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
9.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.3:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
243 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 71 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 100 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 111 | 39% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
36.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 34.8% |
% 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
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 282 | 86.2% | 39.2% |
| MS 582 BROOKLYN | 332 | 86.7% | 50.5% |
| LAWRENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL AT BROADWAY CAMPUS LAWRENCE | 309 | 80.9% | 38.1% |
| MS 935 BROOKLYN | 303 | 89.1% | 38.5% |
| BRONX PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 302 | 89.4% | 48.6% |
| JHS 291 ROLAND HAYES BROOKLYN | 294 | 88.4% | 23.1% |
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 HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #615 of 766 | #26 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #633 of 768 ▲ 33 | #30 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #593 of 768 ▼ 16 | #32 of 39 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #589 of 796 | #15 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #125 of 683 | #7 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.6% | #422 of 688 | #19 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.2% | #178 of 773 | #18 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #97 of 168 | #3 of 6 |
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
282
-55 (-16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 282 | 31.3 | 9.0:1 | 86% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 33.1 | 9.4:1 | 84% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 36.9 | 8.4:1 | 81% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 337 | 29 | 11.6:1 | 86% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 267 | 23 | 11.6:1 | 93% (248) |
| 2015-16 | 164 | 11 | 14.9:1 | 86% (141) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
As a small middle school, HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students in NEW YORK, New York. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 282 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 is responsible for 45 schools, HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL included, with 17,415 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 73% Hispanic. Other groups make up 14% Black, 7% White, and 4% multiracial. New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.0:1. The school's 9.0:1 compares with an average of 10.3:1 for middle schools in New York. The school has 86% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in New York County averages 70%, lower than here.
Among New York public middle schools, HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 26%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
A school with HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 43.3%. HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 39.2%, 4.1 points below that line.
The county, New York County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $103,931 a year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. New York County has 358 public schools with about 152,104 students, including HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Among nearby public schools, PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 55.4%, higher than HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's 39.2%.
HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 282, compared with 337 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 11.6:1 to 9.0:1.
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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
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- NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 92
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- A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,421
Frequently asked questions
About HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 282 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 9.0:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 7% White, 73% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 in New York County.
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