1
Enrollment
466
Middle
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008502456
JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN
1025 MORRISON AVE, BRONX, NY 10472 · (718) 328-2105 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% 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
10.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
444 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 140 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 144 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 180 | 39% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
36.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp 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 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN
JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN this school | 466 | 95.3% | 31.9% |
| THOMAS C GIORDANO MIDDLE SCHOOL 45 BRONX | 436 | 96.3% | 38.1% |
| EMOLIOR ACADEMY BRONX | 388 | 93.8% | 46.4% |
| IS 254 BRONX | 406 | 98.5% | 31.5% |
| PS 206 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA NEW YORK | 372 | 92.7% | 33.3% |
| SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) BRONX | 377 | 95.2% | 48.5% |
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 JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #706 of 766 | #61 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #702 of 768 ▼ 20 | #57 of 74 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #594 of 768 ▼ 70 | #46 of 74 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #380 of 796 | #10 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #310 of 683 | #23 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.2% | #486 of 688 | #37 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.3% | #60 of 773 | #37 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.4% | #16 of 168 | #5 of 9 |
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
466
-33 (-7%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 466 | 46 | 10.1:1 | 95% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 52.2 | 10.3:1 | 94% (505) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 56.3 | 9.4:1 | 92% (486) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 47 | 10.6:1 | 94% (470) |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 33 | 10.7:1 | 88% (309) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 28 | 12.2:1 | 80% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 39 | 13.6:1 | 75% (400) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN.
About JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN
JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN is a middle school with a street address in BRONX, New York. It reported 466 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Besides JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 runs 51 other schools. The district enrolls 21,621 students.
More than half of the students at JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN are Hispanic (77%). Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Black and 2% Asian. In Bronx County overall, about 55% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN scores 37%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN is 10.1:1, based on 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in New York is similar, at 10.3:1. Lunch program data show 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of New York public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN is 8.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
In the wider Bronx County area, median household income comes to about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. Bronx County counts 472 public schools with about 202,028 students.
JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN's nearest public school is SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) (less than a tenth of a mile). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN is 7th among 9 schools close by.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The school's student count decreased 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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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- 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
- SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)0.0 mi · 377
- PS 93 ALBERT G OLIVER0.3 mi · 356
- ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 70.3 mi · 303
- PS 152 EVERGREEN0.3 mi · 634
- PS 1960.4 mi · 662
- PS 1950.4 mi · 713
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNANHow large is JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN?
JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN enrolls approximately 466 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN serve?
JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN have?
JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the student diversity at JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN?
Student demographics at JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN are roughly 1% White, 77% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN?
JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 in Bronx County.
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