Enrollment
316
Middle
DISTRICT 208 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6·NCES 360008304517
MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE)
401 W 164TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10032 · (212) 281-5028 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.3:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
208 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
63.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
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
69.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
316
+24 (+8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 13.3:1
% White
16%
was 4%
% Hispanic
68%
was 83%
% Black
7%
was 9%
% Asian
3%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE)
Located at 401 W 164TH ST, in NEW YORK, New York, MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) is a compact junior high that teaches 316 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) sits 40% leaner than that benchmark.
Across the 45 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 (17,415 students total), MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 16% White, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Roughly 66% of students at MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.8%; this one delivers 69.1%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for New York County indicate the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).
COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.6%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 8%: 292 students in 2018 compared to 316 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 83% to 68% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 # 6
- A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,421 students
- WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOLCombined · 908 students
- PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFSElementary · 744 students
- GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICSHigh · 658 students
- PS 173Elementary · 597 students
- CITY COLLEGE ACADEMY OF THE ARTSHigh · 573 students
Other schools in NEW YORK
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- 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
- COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP0.0 mi · 115
- GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS0.1 mi · 658
- PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD0.2 mi · 354
- MS 324 PATRIA MIRABAL0.2 mi · 185
- KIPP NYC WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 790
- MS 319 MARIE TERESA0.2 mi · 224
Frequently asked questions
About MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE)What is the total enrollment at MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE)?
MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 316 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) serve?
MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) have?
MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
How diverse is MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE)?
MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) reports a student body of 16% White, 68% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE)?
MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 in New York County.
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