Enrollment
315
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008605793
MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL
1595 BATHGATE AVE, BRONX, NY 10457 · (718) 466-6800 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
304 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -23.0pp since 2023
Math
23.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
315
-63 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 15.8:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
69%
was 73%
% Black
29%
was 24%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9
- PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 807 students
- PS 70 MAX SCHOENFELDElementary · 729 students
- BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICEHigh · 683 students
- COMPREHENSIVE MODEL SCHOOL PROJECT MS 327High · 670 students
- PS 53 BASHEER QUISIMElementary · 600 students
- PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTSElementary · 576 students
Other schools in BRONX
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL IIICombined · 2,390 students
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,481 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR APPLIED MATH AND SCIENCE (THE)0.0 mi · 530
- VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.0 mi · 282
- PS 42 CLAREMONT0.1 mi · 311
- BRONX PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 860
- IS 3390.1 mi · 169
- IS 313 SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT0.1 mi · 99
Frequently asked questions
About MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL?
MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 315 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 11.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL?
MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 69% Hispanic, 29% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
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