Enrollment
102
Middle
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009002373
JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER
1619 BOSTON RD, BRONX, NY 10460 · (718)589-8200 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL102 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
99 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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, 2023-24
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 18 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 39 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 43% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
30.0%
NY avg 53.2%
Math
33.0%
NY avg 56.5%
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 53 and 56.
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
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 →
Where JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #719 of 766 | #67 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #683 of 768 | #51 of 74 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #688 of 768 | #65 of 74 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 102 | #777 of 796 | #75 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.1% | #33 of 773 | #22 of 75 |
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.
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment
102
-135 (-57%) vs 2017
-78% since 2010-11, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
was 13.9:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
73%
was 68%
% Black
23%
was 27%
% Asian
2%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 102 | 13 | 7.8:1 | 97% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 109 | 14 | 7.8:1 | 96% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 185 | 23 | 8.0:1 | 97% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 237 | 17 | 13.9:1 | 95% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 195 | 20 | 9.8:1 | 93% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 35 | 13.4:1 | 88% (411) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER.
About JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER
JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in BRONX, New York. Federal data show 102 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2023-24. That compares with an average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER is one school in a 47-school district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, which enrolls 15,705 students.
The share of Hispanic students at JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER is 73%, a majority. The school is also 23% Black. That is higher than the 55% Hispanic share among all Bronx County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.
With 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 7.8:1. The average for middle schools in New York is 10.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER, 97% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.3%, compared with a predicted 39.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Bronx County, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER shares Bronx County with 471 other public schools.
EXPLORATIONS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER at 7th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school counted 237 students in 2017-18 and 102 in 2023-24. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. Over that span, the Hispanic share moved 5 points, to 73%. By 2023-24, the school had 7.8 students per teacher, compared with 13.9 in 2017-18.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDERHow many students attend JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER?
JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER enrolls approximately 102 students in grades 06-08.
Is JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER an elementary, middle, or high school?
JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER have?
JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.8:1.
What is the student diversity at JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER?
Student demographics at JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER are roughly 1% White, 73% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER public or private?
JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12.
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