Enrollment
313
Middle
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007705768
LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
26 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 · (646) 826-8100 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% 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.
- ABeats 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
9.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
163 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 97 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 106 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 110 | 35% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
82.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
69.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 68.7% |
% 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
75.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (75.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 313 | 52.1% | 75.3% |
| MS 839 BROOKLYN | 310 | 45.5% | 65.2% |
| MARSH AVENUE SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING STATEN ISLAND | 406 | 65.3% | 65.5% |
| MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION BROOKLYN | 338 | 42.9% | 80.4% |
| EXPLORATORY SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 518 | 44.0% | 76.0% |
| EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HENRIETTA | 578 | 51.2% | 60.5% |
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 LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #78 of 766 | #12 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #278 of 768 no change | #15 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #32 of 768 ▲ 7 | #10 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #542 of 796 | #12 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #272 of 683 | #10 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #15 of 688 | #1 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.1% | #401 of 773 | #28 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #161 of 524 | #16 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
313
-64 (-17%) vs 2020
+29% since 2010-11, when it was 243
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 313 | 31.7 | 9.9:1 | 52% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 33.1 | 9.9:1 | 52% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 328 | 35.4 | 9.3:1 | 47% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 54% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 31 | 12.3:1 | 58% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 29 | 13.3:1 | 55% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 243 | 23 | 10.6:1 | 63% (153) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the name of a low-enrollment middle-grades school in NEW YORK, New York. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 313 students. Statewide, middle schools in New York average about 531 students each.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 runs 119 schools with a combined 54,599 students. LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
White students form the largest group at LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, 31% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 30% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 9% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in New York County, the White share is about 48%. The chance that two students picked at random at LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 74%.
Teachers at LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL total 31.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.9:1. Across middle schools in New York, the average ratio is about 10.3:1. The school counts 163 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 52%. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in New York County is 18 points.
Measured against New York public middle schools, LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL 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.
On BeatsExpectations, LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 19.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Federal survey data for New York County show that median household income is about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is among the 358 public schools in New York County.
The closest other public school is NEW YORK CITY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, 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 LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 7.
LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 377 in 2020-21 and 313 in 2024-25, a decrease of 64 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.0:1 to 9.9:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 313 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 9.9:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 31% White, 30% Hispanic, 9% Black, 23% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
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