MOTT HALL BRIDGES ACADEMY

MOTT HALL BRIDGES ACADEMY is a tiny junior high in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23. The school serves 200 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 62% smaller than the state mean of about 531.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23 comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 7,257 students; MOTT HALL BRIDGES ACADEMY is among them.

Looking at the student body, MOTT HALL BRIDGES ACADEMY reports that Black students make up the majority at 63%; the rest reads as 34% Hispanic, 2% Native American. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MOTT HALL BRIDGES ACADEMY has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, MOTT HALL BRIDGES ACADEMY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 38.8%; actual is 19.6%, a gap of -19.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Kings County shows median household income runs about $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), MOTT HALL BRIDGES ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS/IS 323, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MOTT HALL BRIDGES ACADEMY comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. MOTT HALL BRIDGES ACADEMY's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 199 (now 200). Black enrollment moved from 83% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.