Enrollment
170
Middle
STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360107106328
MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL
1260 FRANKLIN AVE, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 991-9139 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL170 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
11 FTE teachers
STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
156 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 42 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 42% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +33.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 33 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 25.9% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 CHARTER SCHOOL
MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (41.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 170 | 91.8% | 41.8% |
| IS 229 ROLAND PATTERSON BRONX | 177 | 92.7% | 34.9% |
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 146 | 94.5% | 43.8% |
| SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA BRONX | 169 | 97.0% | 33.3% |
| MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR BRONX | 148 | 95.9% | 18.5% |
| EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 222 | 95.0% | 51.9% |
Matched among New York middle 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 CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #581 of 766 | #31 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #387 of 768 ▲ 324 | #7 of 74 ▲ 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #368 of 768 ▲ 248 | #18 of 74 ▲ 43 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 170 | #720 of 796 | #59 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #124 of 773 | #61 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.1% | #67 of 524 | #29 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle 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 2024-25Enrollment
170
-102 (-37%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 10.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 170 | 10.7 | 16.0:1 | 92% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 183 | N/A | N/A | 96% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 228 | 19 | 12.0:1 | 93% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 25 | 10.9:1 | 84% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 254 | 24.5 | 10.4:1 | 96% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 247 | 23 | 10.7:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL.
About MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL
Among the schools in BRONX, New York, is MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL, a small middle-grades school. The school had 170 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in New York) has about 531 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment is 62% Hispanic. Next come 36% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL employs 10.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.0:1. That ratio is over the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 92% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Bronx County, the average is about the same, 90%.
Measured against New York public middle schools, MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 41.8%. Predicted: 41.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Bronx County, median household income is about $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL is among the 472 public schools in Bronx County.
The school nearest to MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL is PS 63 AUTHOR'S ACADEMY, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL is a public charter school.
The student count in 2024-25 was 170, 37% below the 272 of 2020-21. Students per teacher rose from 10.9 in 2020-21 to 16.0 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 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
- PS 63 AUTHOR'S ACADEMY0.0 mi · 381
- WILDFLOWER NEW YORK CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 62
- URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 294
- NYC AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX0.2 mi · 33
- HARRIET TUBMAN CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 494
- BRONX CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS0.2 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL?
MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 170 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL?
At MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 62% Hispanic, 36% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL in?
MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL is part of MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL.
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