Enrollment
270
Middle
DISTRICT 216 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008605663
MOTT HALL III
580 CROTONA PARK S, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 842-6138 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% 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.
- A-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
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
261 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 90 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 89 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 33% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
47.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 47.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 39.6% |
% 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
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 III
MOTT HALL III's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOTT HALL III this school | 270 | 96.7% | 50.8% |
| IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL BRONX | 248 | 98.8% | 38.2% |
| EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 222 | 95.0% | 51.9% |
| KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI FAR ROCKAWAY | 281 | 90.7% | 60.6% |
| CREO COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 360 | 100.0% | 48.0% |
| ACADEMY OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND TECHNOLOGY BRONX | 268 | 95.5% | 51.3% |
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 III ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #414 of 766 | #10 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #540 of 768 ▲ 82 | #23 of 74 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #380 of 768 ▼ 73 | #20 of 74 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #613 of 796 | #39 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #419 of 683 | #29 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #312 of 688 | #13 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #43 of 773 | #28 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.8% | #91 of 524 | #35 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
270
-87 (-24%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 333
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 270 | 25.1 | 10.8:1 | 97% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 27.9 | 11.1:1 | 96% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 26.5 | 11.6:1 | 96% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 95% (338) |
| 2017-18 | 364 | 23 | 15.8:1 | 93% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 369 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 91% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 91% (303) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOTT HALL III.
About MOTT HALL III
MOTT HALL III is a small middle-grades school in New York, with an address in BRONX. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 270 students. By comparison, middle schools in New York enroll about 531 students on average.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, MOTT HALL III is one of 70 schools. The district enrolls 23,786 students.
At MOTT HALL III, 59% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 37% Black and 3% White. Census estimates put Bronx County at about 55% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 52%.
MOTT HALL III has 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.8:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New York is similar, at 10.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 97% at MOTT HALL III.
MOTT HALL III 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 63% of New York public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, MOTT HALL III falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 50.8% actual against 39.4% predicted.
The school's county is Bronx County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. MOTT HALL III shares Bronx County with 471 other public schools.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates MOTT HALL III from the closest public school, PS 110 THEODORE SCHOENFELD. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 42.7%; MOTT HALL III's is 50.8%, ranking 3rd of 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment fell 24% over 4 years, reaching 270 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.9:1 in 2020-21, and 10.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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 NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9
- PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 807 students
- PS 70 MAX SCHOENFELDElementary · 729 students
- BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICEHigh · 683 students
- COMPREHENSIVE MODEL SCHOOL PROJECT MS 327High · 670 students
- PS 53 BASHEER QUISIMElementary · 600 students
- PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTSElementary · 576 students
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 110 THEODORE SCHOENFELD0.0 mi · 274
- EXIMIUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.1 mi · 365
- BRONX CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS0.1 mi · 382
- WILDFLOWER NEW YORK CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 62
- IS 219 NEW VENTURE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 248
- KAPPA0.2 mi · 143
Frequently asked questions
About MOTT HALL IIIHow large is MOTT HALL III?
MOTT HALL III enrolls approximately 270 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MOTT HALL III serve?
MOTT HALL III serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MOTT HALL III?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MOTT HALL III is approximately 10.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MOTT HALL III?
Student demographics at MOTT HALL III are roughly 3% White, 59% Hispanic, 37% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees MOTT HALL III?
MOTT HALL III is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 in Bronx County.
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