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Which teacher or staff member at MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
442
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360096006013
MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
170 BROWN PL, BRONX, NY 10454 · (718) 292-7015 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of New York public elementary schools
- C+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
32 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
413 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -15.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 48.2% |
% 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 442 | 93.4% | 44.6% |
| ACCESS BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 462 | 95.2% | 44.3% |
| PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS BRONX | 455 | 96.5% | 67.3% |
| PS 109 SEDGWICK BRONX | 430 | 95.3% | 20.1% |
| PS 257 JOHN F HYLAN BROOKLYN | 431 | 92.3% | 51.5% |
| PS 100 ISAAC CLASON BRONX | 412 | 92.2% | 30.8% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #1,406 of 2,335 | #98 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #2,033 of 2,342 ▼ 649 | #185 of 212 ▼ 94 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,179 of 2,343 ▲ 8 | #92 of 212 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #1,114 of 2,585 | #95 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,838 of 2,338 | #149 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #1,490 of 2,388 | #126 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #275 of 2,534 | #121 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.4% | #121 of 606 | #14 of 36 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
442
-26 (-6%) vs 2020
+150% since 2010-11, when it was 177
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 442 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 93% (413) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 32 | 13.7:1 | 93% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 452 | 36 | 12.6:1 | 95% (429) |
| 2020-21 | 468 | 38 | 12.3:1 | 98% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 31.5 | 11.5:1 | 98% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 301 | 33 | 9.1:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 177 | 18 | 9.8:1 | 92% (162) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
About MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL sits in BRONX, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. It covers pre-K through 8, with a total enrollment of 442 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Hispanic students are the majority at MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, with 71% of enrollment. Other groups make up 24% Black. Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 32 full-time equivalents, or about 13.8 students per teacher. This ratio sits 1.0 above the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 93%. That tracks the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, the prediction is 40.6% and the result is 44.6%.
Bronx County census figures show that the median household income is $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. There are 472 public schools in Bronx County, enrolling about 202,028 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, PS 43 JONAS BRONCK is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. Among its closest neighbors with test data, MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is 3rd of 8 on proficiency.
MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Large. As a charter school, MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
2024-25 enrollment was 442, a 6% decrease from 468 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.3:1 in 2020-21, and 13.8:1 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 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 43 JONAS BRONCK0.0 mi · 346
- CHOICE CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 182
- YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 213
- PS 1790.2 mi · 198
- PS 30 WILTON0.3 mi · 343
- SOUTH BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 442 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is approximately 13.8:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
At MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 71% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is overseen by MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL in Bronx County.
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