Enrollment
256
Middle
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009005691
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III
2055 MAPES AVE, BRONX, NY 10460 · (718) 561-3580 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL256 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of New York public middle schools
- CTest 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
11.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
248 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 96 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 29% |
Student demographics
44%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.
Gender split
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 50.1% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 →
Schools most like KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III this school | 256 | 96.9% | 45.0% |
| JHS 22 JORDAN L MOTT BRONX | 262 | 97.3% | 31.2% |
| IS 318 MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY THROUGH ARTS BRONX | 278 | 97.8% | 26.3% |
| ESMT-IS 190 BRONX | 226 | 96.5% | 43.9% |
| FANNIE LOU HAMER MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 228 | 96.9% | 30.2% |
| IS 232 BRONX | 248 | 99.2% | 40.5% |
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 KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #525 of 766 | #26 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #657 of 768 ▼ 187 | #46 of 74 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #492 of 768 ▼ 143 | #34 of 74 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 256 | #632 of 796 | #44 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #490 of 683 | #39 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #424 of 688 | #30 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.9% | #38 of 773 | #26 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.0% | #63 of 524 | #27 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
256
-102 (-28%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 274
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 256 | 22.5 | 11.4:1 | 97% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 251 | 25.6 | 9.8:1 | 94% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 284 | 25.8 | 11.0:1 | 95% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 92% (329) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 24 | 16.2:1 | 91% (354) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 88% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 274 | 18 | 15.2:1 | 87% (239) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III.
About KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III is a small middle-grades school for students in BRONX, New York. It enrolled 256 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 52% lower than the average for middle schools in New York, which is about 531.
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, where 47 schools serve 15,705 students.
Roughly 71% of students at KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III are Hispanic. Other groups make up 24% Black and 2% Native American. County-wide, 55% of Bronx County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III was 11.4:1. On average, middle schools in New York have 10.3:1, compared with 11.4:1 here. KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 97%.
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 39.4% for KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III. The school posts 45.0%, 5.7 points above the prediction.
Across Bronx County, the median household income is $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 23% of people live in poverty. In all, Bronx County has 472 public schools and roughly 202,028 students.
MS 129 ACADEMY FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP is the public school closest to KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III at 4th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III's enrollment dropped from 358 in 2020-21 to 256 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.8:1 to 11.4:1.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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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- MS 129 ACADEMY FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP0.0 mi · 230
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Frequently asked questions
About KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY IIIHow large is KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III?
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III enrolls approximately 256 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III serve?
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III.
How diverse is KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III?
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III reports a student body of 1% White, 71% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III public or private?
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.