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Enrollment
636
High
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009005805
MOTT HALL V
1551 E 172ND ST, BRONX, NY 10472 · (718) 620-8160 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL636 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
10.5:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
567 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 6 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 90 | 14% |
Student demographics
31%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
47.2%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
44.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.2pp 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 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 up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.2% | 44.6% |
| 2023-24 | 45.1% | 44.5% |
% 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 V
MOTT HALL V's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOTT HALL V this school | 636 | 89.2% | 38.7% |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH ACADEMY OF THE HEIGHTS NEW YORK | 552 | 92.0% | 38.8% |
| WORLD VIEW HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 635 | 87.7% | 44.8% |
| EAST WILLIAMSBURG SCHOLARS ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 482 | 87.8% | 41.3% |
| COMPREHENSIVE MODEL SCHOOL PROJECT MS 327 BRONX | 670 | 93.4% | 47.4% |
| BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS BRONX | 589 | 93.5% | 33.4% |
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 V ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #971 of 1,135 | #92 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #676 of 1,109 ▲ 29 | #42 of 128 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #987 of 1,135 ▲ 54 | #100 of 136 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 636 | #403 of 1,216 | #15 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #408 of 1,058 | #53 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.9% | #784 of 1,070 | #118 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #244 of 1,167 | #110 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #540 of 743 | #83 of 96 |
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
636
-36 (-5%) vs 2020
+66% since 2010-11, when it was 384
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 636 | 60.7 | 10.5:1 | 89% (567) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 62.4 | 10.5:1 | 93% (610) |
| 2022-23 | 667 | 57.4 | 11.6:1 | 96% (639) |
| 2020-21 | 672 | 57 | 11.8:1 | 91% (609) |
| 2017-18 | 684 | 51.1 | 13.4:1 | 86% (590) |
| 2015-16 | 696 | 49 | 14.2:1 | 88% (609) |
| 2010-11 | 384 | 32 | 12.0:1 | 89% (341) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOTT HALL V.
About MOTT HALL V
MOTT HALL V is a mid-sized high school in BRONX, New York. It has an enrollment of 636 students in grades 6 through 12.
In NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, 47 schools enroll a combined 15,705 students.
Roughly 82% of students at MOTT HALL V are Hispanic. Other groups include 11% Black, 3% Native American, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Bronx County residents are about 55% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 31%.
There are 60.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.5:1. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is close to this figure. On the income side, 89% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Bronx County is similar, at 90%.
Among New York public high schools, MOTT HALL V outscored 15%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, MOTT HALL V is 3.5 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
In the wider Bronx County area, median household income comes to about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bronx County counts 472 public schools with about 202,028 students.
CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) sits less than a tenth of a mile from MOTT HALL V. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 38.7% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% decline, from 672 to 636. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.8:1 to 10.5:1 over the same years.
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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 #12
- PS 214Elementary · 814 students
- PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPHElementary · 789 students
- PS 195Elementary · 713 students
- PS 196Elementary · 662 students
- EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTUREHigh · 654 students
- PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOXElementary · 471 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
- CINEMA SCHOOL (THE)0.0 mi · 309
- HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES0.1 mi · 381
- METROPOLITAN SOUNDVIEW HIGH SCHOOL (THE)0.1 mi · 356
- PAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT MONROE0.1 mi · 339
- PS 1960.1 mi · 662
- PS 1950.1 mi · 713
Frequently asked questions
About MOTT HALL VHow large is MOTT HALL V?
MOTT HALL V enrolls approximately 636 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does MOTT HALL V serve?
MOTT HALL V serves grades 06-12.
How many teachers does MOTT HALL V have?
MOTT HALL V employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MOTT HALL V?
At MOTT HALL V, the student body is approximately 1% White, 82% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is MOTT HALL V public or private?
MOTT HALL V is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.