MOTT HAVEN VILLAGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL

MOTT HAVEN VILLAGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is one of the minimally staffed four-year high schools in BRONX, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, with 197 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so MOTT HAVEN VILLAGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL sits 71% leaner than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 runs 41 schools in total, collectively educating 13,625 students. MOTT HAVEN VILLAGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MOTT HAVEN VILLAGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL logs that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 20% Black. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MOTT HAVEN VILLAGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting MOTT HAVEN VILLAGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Bronx County's rate of about 90%.

After controlling for student poverty, MOTT HAVEN VILLAGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.6%; this one delivers 24.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Bronx County shows median household earnings sit near $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which MOTT HAVEN VILLAGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MOTT HAVEN VILLAGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 60.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MOTT HAVEN VILLAGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL has declined 44%, going from 354 students in 2018 to 197 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 72% to 79%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

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