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Alumni: what's one memory from MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
576
Middle
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008503740
MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE
2750 LAFAYETTE AVE, BRONX, NY 10465 · (718) 829-6372 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of New York public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
411 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 201 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 204 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 171 | 30% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
65.8%
NY avg 58.3% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
72.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.8% | 72.5% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 69.2% |
% 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
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE
MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE this school | 576 | 71.4% | 67.8% |
| MS 936 ARTS OFF 3RD BROOKLYN | 441 | 77.3% | 62.2% |
| HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY | 397 | 72.5% | 64.7% |
| YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL YONKERS | 540 | 76.5% | 51.3% |
| URBAN INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS BRONX | 361 | 78.7% | 58.7% |
| LAWRENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT BROADWAY CAMPUS LAWRENCE | 475 | 77.3% | 33.6% |
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 MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #168 of 766 | #1 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #247 of 768 ▲ 24 | #4 of 74 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #147 of 768 ▼ 36 | #3 of 74 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #301 of 796 | #4 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #570 of 683 | #45 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.3% | #358 of 688 | #20 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.4% | #284 of 773 | #75 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #69 of 168 | #7 of 9 |
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
576
+26 (+5%) vs 2020
+26% since 2010-11, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 576 | 47 | 12.3:1 | 71% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 42.1 | 13.5:1 | 69% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 535 | 42 | 12.7:1 | 72% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 550 | 45 | 12.2:1 | 74% (408) |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 39 | 13.6:1 | 74% (394) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 65% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 76% (349) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE.
About MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE
MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE, located in BRONX, New York, is a medium-sized middle-grades school. School enrollment was 576 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 runs MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE along with 51 other schools, enrolling 21,621 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE is 69% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 11% Asian, 9% Black, and 9% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Bronx County's population at about 55%. The chance that two students picked at random at MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1 at MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE, with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in New York, the typical ratio is 10.3:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 71% of enrollment. Compared with the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County, the school's rate is lower.
MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE is 19.0 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 67.8% actual, 48.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Federal survey data for Bronx County show that median household income is about $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. A total of 472 public schools operate in Bronx County, serving about 202,028 students.
Of nearby public schools, PS 304 EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 48.9% proficiency; MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE posts 67.8%.
MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 550 to 576.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 # 8
- HERBERT H LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,087 students
- PS 71 ROSE E SCALAElementary · 1,079 students
- PS 14 SENATOR JOHN CALANDRAElementary · 718 students
- PS 36 UNIONPORTElementary · 660 students
- PS 152 EVERGREENElementary · 634 students
- PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEYElementary · 598 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
- PS 304 EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL0.0 mi · 551
- PS 100.0 mi · 569
- BRONX ARTS AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 428
- BRONX DELTA SCHOOL0.6 mi · 399
- URBAN INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS0.6 mi · 361
- MOTT HALL COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNEHow many students attend MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE?
MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE enrolls approximately 576 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE serve?
MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE.
How diverse is MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE?
MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE reports a student body of 9% White, 69% Hispanic, 9% Black, 11% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE in?
MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.