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What's one thing IS 254 gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
406
Middle
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008703794
IS 254
2452 WASHINGTON AVE, BRONX, NY 10458 · (718) 220-8700 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% 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
9.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
400 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 106 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 153 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 147 | 36% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
37.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -17.5pp 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 38 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 17 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 254
IS 254's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 254 this school | 406 | 98.5% | 31.5% |
| THOMAS C GIORDANO MIDDLE SCHOOL 45 BRONX | 436 | 96.3% | 38.1% |
| CRESTON ACADEMY BRONX | 418 | 96.4% | 36.1% |
| SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) BRONX | 377 | 95.2% | 48.5% |
| JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN BRONX | 466 | 95.3% | 31.9% |
| HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 383 | 99.7% | 38.7% |
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 254 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #707 of 766 | #62 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #650 of 768 ▼ 237 | #45 of 74 ▼ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #657 of 768 ▲ 16 | #57 of 74 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #428 of 796 | #14 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #276 of 683 | #20 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.1% | #519 of 688 | #43 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #11 of 773 | #9 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #236 of 524 | #47 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
406
-66 (-14%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 453
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 406 | 41 | 9.9:1 | 99% (400) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 42.6 | 11.1:1 | 97% (459) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 39.9 | 11.8:1 | 99% (466) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 41 | 11.5:1 | 92% (435) |
| 2017-18 | 472 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 89% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 36 | 13.0:1 | 78% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 453 | 28 | 16.2:1 | 75% (340) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 254.
About IS 254
IS 254 runs as a small middle school in BRONX, New York. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 406 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in New York is about 531, so this school runs 24% smaller than that.
IS 254 is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, whose 83 schools enroll 40,459 students.
A majority of students at IS 254, 80%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 15% Black and 3% White. Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at IS 254 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
Dividing enrollment by its 41 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 9.9:1. Middle schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 10.3:1. Eligible students account for 99% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Public schools in Bronx County average 90%.
The allk12 Grade for IS 254 is D. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 13% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
IS 254 posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.5%, compared with a predicted 38.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Bronx County this way: median household income is about $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 472 public schools in Bronx County, with a combined enrollment of about 202,028.
The closest other public school is WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 42.1% on proficiency, and IS 254 is below that at 31.5%.
The federal government classifies IS 254's location as City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, IS 254 went from 472 students to 406. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.5:1 to 9.9:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at IS 254. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
- DEWITT CLINTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,212 students
- PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTSElementary · 1,091 students
- IN-TECH ACADEMY (MS/HS 368)High · 953 students
- PS 95 SHEILA MENCHERElementary · 851 students
Other schools in BRONX
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL IIICombined · 2,390 students
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,481 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE0.1 mi · 575
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE0.1 mi · 367
- FORDHAM HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS0.1 mi · 351
- FORDHAM LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.1 mi · 369
- KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 461
- BELMONT PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About IS 254How large is IS 254?
IS 254 enrolls approximately 406 students in grades 06-08.
Is IS 254 an elementary, middle, or high school?
IS 254 is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does IS 254 have?
IS 254 employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
What is the student diversity at IS 254?
Student demographics at IS 254 are roughly 3% White, 80% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is IS 254 in?
IS 254 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.