MOTT HALL COMMUNITY SCHOOL

As a modestly sized 6-8 campus in BRONX, New York, MOTT HALL COMMUNITY SCHOOL caters to 245 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 54% leaner than typical.

MOTT HALL COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one of 52 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, a district that works with 21,621 students overall.

Looking at the student body, MOTT HALL COMMUNITY SCHOOL reports that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Black, 6% Asian, 5% White. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 82% 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, Bronx County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, MOTT HALL COMMUNITY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.7%; this one delivers 42.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Bronx County shows the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), MOTT HALL COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is URBAN INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MOTT HALL COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 52.5%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MOTT HALL COMMUNITY SCHOOL has ticked down 25%, going from 328 students in 2018 to 245 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 11% to 5% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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