Enrollment
253
Middle
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4·NCES 360007905634
ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE
260 PLEASANT AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10029 · (212) 860-6006 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL253 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% 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.
- BBeats 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
9.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
241 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 | 73 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 111 | 44% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
37.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 42.7% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE
ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE this school | 253 | 95.3% | 40.9% |
| FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 228 | 96.9% | 30.2% |
| JHS 22 JORDAN L MOTT BRONX | 262 | 97.3% | 31.2% |
| SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 266 | 97.0% | 35.8% |
| KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III BRONX | 256 | 96.9% | 45.0% |
| SOUNDVIEW ACADEMY FOR CULTURE AND SCHOLARSHIP BRONX | 240 | 92.5% | 32.4% |
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 ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #595 of 766 | #25 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #653 of 768 ▼ 71 | #31 of 39 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #304 of 768 ▲ 140 | #20 of 39 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 253 | #636 of 796 | #18 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #175 of 683 | #9 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #430 of 688 | #20 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.3% | #61 of 773 | #7 of 39 |
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
253
-69 (-21%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 361
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 253 | 27 | 9.4:1 | 95% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 292 | 27 | 10.8:1 | 96% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 28.1 | 11.1:1 | 97% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 322 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 93% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 192 | 16 | 12.0:1 | 91% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 236 | 18 | 13.1:1 | 91% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 98% (354) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE.
About ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE
ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE is a small middle school in New York, located in NEW YORK. Enrollment totals 253 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 52% below the 531-student average for middle schools in New York.
ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, whose 30 schools enroll 11,316 students.
Of every 100 students at ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE, about 73 are Hispanic. The school is also 18% Black, 4% White, and 3% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 24%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE scores 43%.
ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE reported 27 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.4:1. Middle schools in New York have an average ratio of 10.3:1. Roughly 95% of students at ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in New York County average 70%.
ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 36% of New York public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE is +1.0 points: 40.9% actual, 40.0% predicted.
For New York County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 358 public schools in the county, enrolling about 152,104, ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE among them.
MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS sits less than a tenth of a mile from ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 21% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 14.0:1 to 9.4:1.
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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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Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
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- ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMYHigh · 528 students
- JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOLElementary · 516 students
- CENTRAL PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 481 students
Other schools in NEW YORK
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS0.0 mi · 1,657
- STOREFRONT ACADEMY HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 96
- PS 112 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA0.2 mi · 221
- PS 206 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA0.2 mi · 372
- PS 155 WILLIAM PACA0.3 mi · 192
- RENAISSANCE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS0.3 mi · 132
Frequently asked questions
About ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCEWhat is the total enrollment at ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE?
ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE enrolls approximately 253 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE serve?
ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE is approximately 9.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE?
At ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE, the student body is approximately 4% White, 73% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE public or private?
ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4.
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