Enrollment
347
Middle
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007805629
MOTT HALL II
234 W 109TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10025 · (212) 678-2960 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of New York public middle schools
- B-Test 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
269 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 102 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 109 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 135 | 39% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
44.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 44.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 II
MOTT HALL II's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOTT HALL II this school | 347 | 77.5% | 52.5% |
| THURGOOD MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 325 | 84.3% | N/A |
| RICHMOND PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL STATEN ISLAND | 365 | 69.9% | 41.0% |
| PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 284 | 82.7% | 40.5% |
| UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC BROOKLYN | 250 | 84.0% | 66.6% |
| CROSS HILL ACADEMY YONKERS | 328 | 75.3% | 35.1% |
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 II ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #380 of 766 | #18 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #577 of 768 ▼ 198 | #25 of 39 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #334 of 768 ▼ 76 | #22 of 39 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #503 of 796 | #10 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #425 of 683 | #12 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #116 of 688 | #11 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.5% | #249 of 773 | #22 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #142 of 168 | #5 of 6 |
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
347
-48 (-12%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 295
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 347 | 32.1 | 10.8:1 | 78% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 27.5 | 13.8:1 | 68% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 359 | 30.1 | 11.9:1 | 66% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 29 | 13.6:1 | 61% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 19 | 17.9:1 | 62% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 18 | 19.2:1 | 50% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 295 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 68% (200) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOTT HALL II.
About MOTT HALL II
MOTT HALL II is a low-enrollment middle school in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3. It reported 347 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, middle schools in New York enroll about 531 students on average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 has 44 schools; together they serve 19,478 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at MOTT HALL II is Hispanic, with 44% of students. Enrollment also includes 36% Black, 13% White, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 20 points above the 24% share among New York County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
MOTT HALL II reports a ratio of 10.8 students per teacher, from 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in New York is similar, at 10.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at MOTT HALL II, 78% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
MOTT HALL II earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of New York public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, MOTT HALL II lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.5%; the prediction is 46.5%.
In the surrounding county, New York County, median household income comes to about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 358, with about 152,104 students.
MOTT HALL II is less than a tenth of a mile from PS 165 ROBERT E SIMON, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, MOTT HALL II is 3rd of 8 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, MOTT HALL II is City: Large.
The school shrank from 395 students in 2020-21 to 347 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.6:1 to 10.8:1.
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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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- BEACON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,372 students
- PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMANElementary · 751 students
- WEST END SECONDARY SCHOOLHigh · 722 students
- JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTONMiddle · 720 students
- PS 84 LILLIAN WEBERElementary · 685 students
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- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- PS 165 ROBERT E SIMON0.0 mi · 448
- WEST PREP ACADEMY0.0 mi · 158
- JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTON0.2 mi · 720
- PS 145 BLOOMINGDALE SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 490
- EDWARD A REYNOLDS WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 185
- YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL0.4 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About MOTT HALL IIHow large is MOTT HALL II?
MOTT HALL II enrolls approximately 347 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MOTT HALL II serve?
MOTT HALL II serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at MOTT HALL II?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at MOTT HALL II.
How diverse is MOTT HALL II?
MOTT HALL II reports a student body of 13% White, 44% Hispanic, 36% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is MOTT HALL II public or private?
MOTT HALL II is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3.
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