Enrollment
277
High
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5·NCES 360008105639
MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL
6 EDGECOMBE AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10030 · (212) 694-6020 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL277 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
263 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 95 | 34% |
| Grade 10 | 98 | 35% |
| Grade 11 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 37 | 13% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
58.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -23.0pp since 2023
Math
20.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 13.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 HIGH SCHOOL
MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 277 | 94.9% | 37.7% |
| BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS BRONX | 299 | 96.3% | 21.2% |
| BRONX ENVISION ACADEMY BRONX | 266 | 97.4% | 39.3% |
| VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY BRONX | 282 | 97.5% | 37.5% |
| EDWARD A REYNOLDS WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 348 | 94.5% | 43.5% |
| BRONX DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY BRONX | 223 | 94.6% | 33.3% |
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 HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #983 of 1,135 | #109 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #1,006 of 1,109 ▲ 57 | #97 of 112 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #815 of 1,135 ▼ 367 | #88 of 125 ▼ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 277 | #966 of 1,216 | #97 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #182 of 1,058 | #22 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #434 of 1,070 | #77 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.9% | #82 of 1,167 | #11 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #522 of 743 | #56 of 79 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
277
+73 (+36%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 277 | 29.9 | 9.3:1 | 95% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 240 | 26.6 | 9.0:1 | 95% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 192 | 20 | 9.6:1 | 90% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 204 | 20 | 10.2:1 | 94% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 299 | 18 | 16.6:1 | 93% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 19 | 21.8:1 | 91% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 20 | 20.0:1 | 85% (339) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL.
About MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL
The public high school MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL is located in NEW YORK, New York. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 277 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 668-student average for high schools in New York, enrollment here is 59% lower.
MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, a district with 7,761 students across 28 schools.
Roughly 60% of students at MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL are Hispanic. Other groups include 33% Black and 3% White. By comparison, New York County residents are about 24% Hispanic. MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 53%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.3:1. On average, high schools in New York have 11.0:1, compared with 9.3:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL is 95%. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in New York County is 25 points.
Measured against New York public high schools, MOTT HALL HIGH 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.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL is 2.4 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 37.7% actual, 40.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
County data help place the school in context: in New York County, the median household income is $103,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. In all, New York County has 358 public schools and roughly 152,104 students.
The school nearest to MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL is EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN OF HARLEM, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL is 7th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL as City: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 73 students since 2020-21, to 277.
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New York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,629,477
Census ACS
Median income
$103,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
358
152,104 students
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Frequently asked questions
About MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL?
MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 277 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL?
MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 3% White, 60% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL?
MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.