Enrollment
248
Middle
DISTRICT 216 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008603747
IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL
3630 3RD AVE, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 681-7093 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL248 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% 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.
- 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
7.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
245 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 70 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
48%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
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 90.0% |
% 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
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL
IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL this school | 248 | 98.8% | 38.2% |
| EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 222 | 95.0% | 51.9% |
| ACADEMY OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND TECHNOLOGY BRONX | 268 | 95.5% | 51.3% |
| MOTT HALL III BRONX | 270 | 96.7% | 50.8% |
| IS 318 MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY THROUGH ARTS BRONX | 278 | 97.8% | 26.3% |
| ESMT-IS 190 BRONX | 226 | 96.5% | 43.9% |
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 IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #629 of 766 | #41 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #194 of 768 ▼ 89 | #2 of 74 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #609 of 768 ▲ 114 | #49 of 74 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 248 | #641 of 796 | #45 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.0:1 | #10 of 683 | #1 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #379 of 688 | #22 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #10 of 773 | #8 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.7% | #76 of 524 | #31 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
248
-33 (-12%) vs 2020
-44% since 2010-11, when it was 443
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 7.6:1
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 | 248 | 35.6 | 7.0:1 | 99% (245) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 26.4 | 10.1:1 | 99% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 25.8 | 9.6:1 | 98% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | 37 | 7.6:1 | 98% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 36 | 9.8:1 | 95% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 328 | 25 | 13.1:1 | 89% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | 33 | 13.4:1 | 96% (426) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL.
About IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL
Students in BRONX, New York, attend IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL, a low-enrollment middle school. It serves 248 students in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in New York average about 531 students.
District-wide, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 has 70 schools and 23,786 students.
At IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 64% of the student body. The remaining shares are 33% Black and 2% Native American. Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 35.6 full-time equivalents, or about 7.0 students per teacher. This ratio sits 3.3 below the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 99%. The average for public schools in Bronx County is 90%.
allk12 grades IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (38.2% versus 38.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
According to the American Community Survey, in Bronx County, the median household income is $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL is one of 472 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is KAPPA, less than a tenth of a mile away. IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 38.2% against a local average of 54.4%.
Locale data from NCES put IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Federal data show a 12% enrollment decrease, from 281 in 2020-21 to 248 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
- KAPPA0.0 mi · 143
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- BRONX CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS0.1 mi · 382
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Frequently asked questions
About IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOLHow large is IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL?
IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 248 students in grades 06-08.
Is IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL have?
IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.0:1.
What is the student diversity at IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL are roughly 64% Hispanic, 33% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL public or private?
IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.