MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL

MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL, a close-knit secondary school in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, educates 277 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL sits 59% below that benchmark.

Across the 28 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5 (7,761 students total), MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL lists that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 33% Black, 3% White. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.1%; this one delivers 37.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (New York County) logs that median household earnings sit near $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN OF HARLEM is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 47.5%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 299 students in 2018 compared to 277 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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