JHS 144 MICHELANGELO

JHS 144 MICHELANGELO is an intermediate school of cozy scale in BRONX, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, serveing 388 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 27% below typical.

JHS 144 MICHELANGELO is one of 62 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, a district that teaches 30,138 students overall.

On the student-mix side, JHS 144 MICHELANGELO lists that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 43% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% White. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, JHS 144 MICHELANGELO reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JHS 144 MICHELANGELO tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bronx County) logs that median household earnings sit near $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), JHS 144 MICHELANGELO is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JHS 144 MICHELANGELO ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 62.9%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JHS 144 MICHELANGELO has decreased 21%, going from 491 students in 2018 to 388 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 60% to 44% across the same window.

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