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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
C
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Scored higher than 34% of New York public high schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-Beats 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 high schools

Enrollment
315
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
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, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 98627%
Grade 108427%
Grade 117223%
Grade 127323%
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
21669%
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
9229%
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
17355%
Female
14245%

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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.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2563.0%23.0%
2023-2486.0%39.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
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 →

Schools most like MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL

MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL this school31596.5%44.2%
DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL
BRONX
29496.6%39.8%
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
BRONX
29996.3%21.2%
LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY
BRONX
35296.0%32.7%
BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL
BRONX
26696.6%28.0%
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS-INTER SUPP
BRONX
26797.8%33.5%
Matched among New York high 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 MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Bronx County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
44.2%#850 of 1,135#65 of 136
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
23.0%#975 of 1,109
▼ 215
#91 of 128
▼ 49
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
63.0%#721 of 1,135
▼ 373
#49 of 136
▼ 37
Enrollment
ranked largest first
315#901 of 1,216#102 of 145
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.3:1#581 of 1,058#73 of 122
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
44.4%#607 of 1,070#83 of 128
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
96.5%#45 of 1,167#31 of 142
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-16.7%#240 of 743#48 of 96
Ranked against other public high 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 2024-25
Enrollment
315
-36 (-10%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2531527.811.3:197% (304)
2023-2433529.111.5:194% (315)
2022-233312911.4:193% (308)
2020-213512613.5:192% (322)
2017-1837823.915.8:192% (349)
2015-164082516.3:190% (366)
2010-113582117.1:189% (318)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL.

About MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL

MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in BRONX, New York. Federal data show 315 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in New York average about 668 students, which makes this school 53% below average.

MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL reports to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, which has 70 schools and 23,786 students.

The largest group at MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 69%. Other students are 29% Black. By comparison, Bronx County residents are about 55% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 44%.

On staff are 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.3:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is similar, at 11.0:1. MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 97%.

On the allk12 Grade, MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL lands at C, ahead of 34% of New York public high schools.

After adjusting for student poverty, MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.2%; the prediction is 39.5%.

In Bronx County, median household income comes to about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bronx County counts 472 public schools with about 202,028 students.

Of the public schools around it, MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL is closest to URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR APPLIED MATH AND SCIENCE (THE), less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 315, compared with 351 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.3:1, from 13.5:1.

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Bronx County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9
Address
1595 BATHGATE AVE, BRONX, NY 10457
Phone
(718) 466-6800
County
Bronx County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
315
Teachers (FTE)
28
Student–teacher ratio
11.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
304 (97%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360008605793
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL
How 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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