Enrollment
108
Middle
DISTRICT 172 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23·NCES 360012105724
MOTT HALL IV
411 THATFORD AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11212 · (929) 305-4400 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL108 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of New York public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
105 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 29 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 32% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 2% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
43.2%
NY avg 57.4% . +26.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 26 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 43.2% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 16.8% |
% 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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 IV
MOTT HALL IV's state test result (29.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOTT HALL IV this school | 108 | 97.2% | 29.4% |
| ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 119 | 98.3% | 38.9% |
| RIVERDALE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 98 | 96.9% | 24.4% |
| SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN BROOKLYN | 119 | 94.1% | 29.8% |
| BROOKLYN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION SCHOOL (BEES) BROOKLYN | 147 | 98.0% | 32.6% |
| COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-MATH-PERSONAL AWA BROOKLYN | 85 | 91.8% | 68.5% |
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 IV ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #728 of 766 | #85 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #592 of 768 ▲ 154 | #61 of 91 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #496 of 768 ▲ 142 | #69 of 91 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 108 | #776 of 796 | #92 of 102 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.2% | #29 of 773 | #7 of 92 |
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
108
-25 (-19%) vs 2020
-58% since 2010-11, when it was 258
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 108 | 15.5 | 7.0:1 | 97% (105) |
| 2023-24 | 110 | 14.4 | 7.6:1 | 97% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 128 | 14.1 | 9.1:1 | 98% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 133 | 15 | 8.9:1 | 87% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 161 | 11 | 14.6:1 | 89% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 183 | 13 | 14.1:1 | 89% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 258 | 13 | 19.9:1 | 82% (211) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOTT HALL IV.
About MOTT HALL IV
MOTT HALL IV is a small middle school in BROOKLYN, New York. The student body numbers 108 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in New York) has about 531 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23 enrolls 7,257 students, and its 28 schools include MOTT HALL IV.
MOTT HALL IV's enrollment is 61% Black. The remaining shares are 31% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Kings County's population at about 28%. MOTT HALL IV has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 7.0:1. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 97% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The average for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
allk12 grades MOTT HALL IV a D. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with MOTT HALL IV's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 39.2%. MOTT HALL IV scores 29.4%, 9.9 points below that line.
According to the American Community Survey, in Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 583 public schools operate in Kings County, serving about 291,697 students.
PS 41 FRANCIS WHITE is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, MOTT HALL IV ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes MOTT HALL IV as City: Large.
Enrollment was 133 in 2020-21 and 108 in 2024-25, a decrease of 25 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 8.9:1 to 7.0:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Kings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,631,580
Census ACS
Median income
$80,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
291,697 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23
- EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN IIHigh · 662 students
- BROOKLYN COLLEGIATE: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 512 students
- PS 156 WAVERLYElementary · 421 students
- PS 184 NEWPORTElementary · 395 students
- BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 378 students
- PS 298 DR BETTY SHABAZZElementary · 339 students
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- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- PS 41 FRANCIS WHITE0.0 mi · 158
- PS 184 NEWPORT0.1 mi · 395
- PS 165 IDA POSNER0.3 mi · 213
- METROPOLITAN DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 153
- KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY)0.3 mi · 97
- UNCOMMON BROWNSVILLE SOUTH CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.3 mi · 748
Frequently asked questions
About MOTT HALL IVHow many students attend MOTT HALL IV?
MOTT HALL IV enrolls approximately 108 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MOTT HALL IV serve?
MOTT HALL IV serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at MOTT HALL IV?
Approximately 7.0:1 students per teacher at MOTT HALL IV.
How diverse is MOTT HALL IV?
MOTT HALL IV reports a student body of 2% White, 31% Hispanic, 61% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is MOTT HALL IV public or private?
MOTT HALL IV is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23.
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