Enrollment
322
Middle
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008501979
JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN
885 BOLTON AVE, BRONX, NY 10473 · (718) 991-7490 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% 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
11.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
301 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 104 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 105 | 33% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
48%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
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
40.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN
JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN this school | 322 | 93.5% | 38.2% |
| SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY: A MOTT HALL SCHOOL BRONX | 336 | 94.9% | 63.6% |
| BRONX GREEN MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 356 | 93.0% | 39.5% |
| EMOLIOR ACADEMY BRONX | 388 | 93.8% | 46.4% |
| SOUNDVIEW ACADEMY FOR CULTURE AND SCHOLARSHIP BRONX | 240 | 92.5% | 32.4% |
| MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ BRONX | 319 | 97.2% | 40.9% |
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 JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #630 of 766 | #42 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #640 of 768 ▼ 13 | #42 of 74 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #526 of 768 ▼ 5 | #38 of 74 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #529 of 796 | #27 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #508 of 683 | #40 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #370 of 688 | #21 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #93 of 773 | #50 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.1% | #79 of 524 | #32 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
322
-91 (-22%) vs 2020
-62% since 2010-11, when it was 857
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 322 | 28 | 11.5:1 | 93% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 26.7 | 12.6:1 | 91% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 33.4 | 10.5:1 | 90% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 38 | 10.9:1 | 92% (381) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 37 | 12.3:1 | 85% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 43 | 12.6:1 | 76% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 857 | 55 | 15.6:1 | 97% (835) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN.
About JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN
As a small middle-grades school, JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN serves students in BRONX, New York. The school counted 322 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. It has 39% fewer students than the average for middle schools in New York (about 531).
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 serves 21,621 students across 52 schools.
More than half of enrollment at JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN is Hispanic: 68%. Other groups include 23% Black and 5% Asian. The county population is about 55% Hispanic. The diversity index for JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN, there are about 11.5 students; the school has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 93%. The figure for public schools in Bronx County is close, at 90%.
JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of New York public middle schools.
JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN is 2.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (38.2% versus 40.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Bronx County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. There are 472 public schools in the county, enrolling about 202,028, JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN among them.
The closest school to JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN is SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BRONX 4, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN at 7th of 9.
Locale data from NCES put JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 413 (2020-21) to 322 (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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- 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
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BRONX 40.0 mi · 590
- SOUNDVIEW ACADEMY FOR CULTURE AND SCHOLARSHIP0.0 mi · 240
- PS 100 ISAAC CLASON0.2 mi · 412
- MILLENIUM ART ACADEMY0.2 mi · 348
- ANTONIA PANTOJA PREPARATORY ACADEMY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.2 mi · 394
- BRONX COMPASS HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEINHow many students attend JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN?
JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN enrolls approximately 322 students in grades 06-08.
Is JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN an elementary, middle, or high school?
JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN have?
JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
How diverse is JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN?
JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN reports a student body of 2% White, 68% Hispanic, 23% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN?
JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 in Bronx County.
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