MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL

Set in BRONX, New York, MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL is an intimate high school, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9. It serves 315 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL sits 53% below that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 comprises 70 schools with combined enrollment of 23,786 students; MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school reports 29% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.5%; this one delivers 44.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Bronx County shows median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR APPLIED MATH AND SCIENCE (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL has edged down 17%, going from 378 students in 2018 to 315 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 24% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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