Enrollment
257
Middle
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007704402
MS 131
100 HESTER ST, NEW YORK, NY 10002 · (212) 219-1204 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of New York public middle schools
- BTest 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
7.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
234 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 67 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 99 | 39% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
65.4%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 65.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 64.8% |
% 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
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 MS 131
MS 131's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS 131 this school | 257 | 91.1% | 57.0% |
| JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD FLUSHING | 603 | 84.6% | 57.1% |
| MS 358 JAMAICA | 345 | 92.5% | 57.8% |
| JHS 223 MONTAUK (THE) BROOKLYN | 625 | 94.9% | 62.7% |
| JHS 62 DITMAS BROOKLYN | 857 | 91.8% | 57.3% |
| JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS BROOKLYN | 267 | 92.1% | 41.6% |
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 131 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #305 of 766 | #17 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #316 of 768 ▼ 5 | #17 of 39 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #427 of 768 ▼ 81 | #23 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #631 of 796 | #16 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.6:1 | #18 of 683 | #3 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #140 of 688 | #14 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #131 of 773 | #16 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.4% | #43 of 524 | #6 of 23 |
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
257
+4 (+2%) vs 2020
-63% since 2010-11, when it was 704
Student : Teacher
7.6:1
was 8.7:1
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 | 257 | 33.7 | 7.6:1 | 91% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 291 | 40.2 | 7.2:1 | 92% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 45.5 | 5.2:1 | 93% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | 29 | 8.7:1 | 88% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 36 | 12.0:1 | 93% (402) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 95% (398) |
| 2010-11 | 704 | 59 | 11.9:1 | 92% (650) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MS 131.
About MS 131
MS 131 is a low-enrollment middle school. Its address is in NEW YORK, New York. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 257 students. For comparison, middle schools in New York average about 531 students.
MS 131 is a school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. The district has 119 schools and 54,599 students.
MS 131 has no majority group; Asian students are the largest, at 47%. The rest of enrollment is 35% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 4% White. Census estimates put the Asian share of New York County's population at about 12%. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At MS 131, 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 7.6:1. That is lower than the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Roughly 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 21 points above the 70% average for public schools in New York County.
Measured against New York public middle schools, MS 131 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.
MS 131 scores 57.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for New York County show that the median household income is $103,931, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. There are 358 public schools in New York County, enrolling about 152,104 students in all.
PACE HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 66.0% proficiency; MS 131 posts 57.0%.
NCES assigns MS 131 the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 253 students in 2020-21 and 257 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. By 2024-25, the school had 7.6 students per teacher, compared with 8.7 in 2020-21.
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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
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- PACE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 499
- EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 279
- PS 42 BENJAMIN ALTMAN0.1 mi · 476
- PS 124 YUNG WING0.2 mi · 453
- URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW0.2 mi · 256
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND ASIAN STUDIES0.2 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About MS 131What is the total enrollment at MS 131?
MS 131 enrolls approximately 257 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MS 131 serve?
MS 131 serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MS 131?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MS 131 is approximately 7.6:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MS 131?
MS 131 reports a student body of 4% White, 35% Hispanic, 12% Black, 47% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees MS 131?
MS 131 is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 in New York County.
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