MIDDLE SCHOOL 322

As an intimate middle school in NEW YORK, New York, MIDDLE SCHOOL 322 educates 235 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6. Enrollment runs roughly 56% below the state mean of about 531.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, which oversees 45 schools and 17,415 students, MIDDLE SCHOOL 322 is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MIDDLE SCHOOL 322 logs that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic; the rest reads as 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than New York County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, MIDDLE SCHOOL 322 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for New York County indicate median household earnings sit near $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which MIDDLE SCHOOL 322 is one.

Nearest neighbor: CITY COLLEGE ACADEMY OF THE ARTS, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MIDDLE SCHOOL 322. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MIDDLE SCHOOL 322 at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.1%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MIDDLE SCHOOL 322 has ticked down 22%, going from 302 students in 2018 to 235 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

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