JHS 143 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

JHS 143 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT is one of the micro-enrollment intermediate schools in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, with 158 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 70% leaner than the state mean of about 531.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 runs 45 schools in total, collectively educating 17,415 students. JHS 143 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT is one of those campuses.

Demographically, JHS 143 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT shows that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 5% White, 3% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.0:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at JHS 143 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JHS 143 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.5%.

In the broader community, New York County reports that median household income runs about $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which JHS 143 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT is one.

Nearest neighbor: WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JHS 143 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.3%.

JHS 143 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 40%: 263 students in 2018 compared to 158 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 in 2025.

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