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Which teacher or staff member at JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
720
Middle
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007802235
JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON
103 W 107TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10025 · (212) 678-2861 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL720 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of New York public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.7:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
171 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 268 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 232 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 220 | 31% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
90.2%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 90.2% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 89.6% |
% 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
75.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON
JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON's state test result (75.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON this school | 720 | 23.8% | 75.0% |
| WOODMERE MIDDLE SCHOOL HEWLETT | 644 | 25.5% | 64.4% |
| FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST NYACK | 679 | 22.7% | 71.7% |
| FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST NYACK | 609 | 22.7% | 56.0% |
| FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST NYACK | 612 | 25.2% | 56.1% |
| RONKONKOMA MIDDLE SCHOOL RONKONKOMA | 641 | 27.1% | 56.7% |
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 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #81 of 766 | #13 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.2% | #105 of 768 ▲ 4 | #4 of 39 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #21 of 768 ▼ 8 | #7 of 39 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 720 | #201 of 796 | #3 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #635 of 683 | #20 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #50 of 688 | #4 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.8% | #674 of 773 | #37 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #210 of 524 | #17 of 23 |
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
720
-108 (-13%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 841
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 720 | 52.5 | 13.7:1 | 24% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 710 | 51.7 | 13.7:1 | 27% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 724 | 52.6 | 13.8:1 | 27% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 828 | 51 | 16.2:1 | 29% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 851 | 49 | 17.4:1 | 24% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 850 | 47 | 18.1:1 | 18% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 841 | 50 | 16.8:1 | 33% (279) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON.
About JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON
JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON is a middle school in NEW YORK, New York, and it is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3. The school reports 720 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 36% above the 531 average for middle schools in New York.
JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, a district with 19,478 students across 44 schools.
White students form the largest group at JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON, 46% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 12% multiracial, and 8% Black. The county population is about 48% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON comes in at 70%.
Federal data list 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.7:1. Among middle schools in New York, the typical ratio is 10.3:1. The lunch program counts 24% of students at JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 70% average among public schools in New York County.
Measured against New York public middle schools, JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In New York, JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 75.0% actual against a predicted 66.3%.
New York County has about 1,629,477 residents, and median household income is about $103,931, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Federal data list 358 public schools in New York County, with a combined enrollment of about 152,104.
Nearest public school: PS 145 BLOOMINGDALE SCHOOL (THE), about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 828 in 2020-21 and 720 in 2024-25, a decrease of 108 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.7:1) than in 2020-21 (16.2:1).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- BEACON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,372 students
- PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMANElementary · 751 students
- WEST END SECONDARY SCHOOLHigh · 722 students
- PS 84 LILLIAN WEBERElementary · 685 students
- PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE)Elementary · 607 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
- PS 145 BLOOMINGDALE SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 490
- WEST PREP ACADEMY0.2 mi · 158
- PS 165 ROBERT E SIMON0.2 mi · 448
- MOTT HALL II0.2 mi · 347
- EDWARD A REYNOLDS WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 185
- YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL0.3 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTONHow large is JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON?
JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON enrolls approximately 720 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON serve?
JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON is approximately 13.7:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON?
At JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON, the student body is approximately 46% White, 20% Hispanic, 8% Black, 13% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON?
JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.