Enrollment
171
Middle
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4·NCES 360007904412
MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS
410 E 100TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10029 · (212) 860-6047 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL171 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of New York public middle schools
- CTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
141 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 52 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 40% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 are down about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 42.9% |
% 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS
MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS this school | 171 | 82.5% | 44.5% |
| WEST PREP ACADEMY NEW YORK | 158 | 85.4% | 35.4% |
| JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126 BROOKLYN | 157 | 87.3% | 45.5% |
| MOTT HALL COMMUNITY SCHOOL BRONX | 245 | 82.4% | 42.3% |
| MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 170 | 91.8% | 41.8% |
| UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC BROOKLYN | 250 | 84.0% | 66.6% |
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 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #531 of 766 | #23 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #707 of 768 ▼ 126 | #36 of 39 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #246 of 768 ▼ 54 | #17 of 39 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 171 | #719 of 796 | #28 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.5% | #212 of 773 | #20 of 39 |
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
171
-33 (-16%) vs 2020
-32% since 2010-11, when it was 250
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 171 | 16.3 | 10.5:1 | 82% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 181 | 15 | 12.1:1 | 83% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 185 | 13.8 | 13.4:1 | 77% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 204 | 16 | 12.8:1 | 62% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 174 | 13 | 13.4:1 | 74% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 166 | 12 | 13.8:1 | 70% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 250 | 16 | 15.6:1 | 52% (130) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS.
About MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS
Located in NEW YORK, New York, MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS is a very small middle school. There are 171 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in New York enroll around 531, and this school is 68% below that mark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 is the district for MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS. It has 30 schools and 11,316 students.
Hispanic students are 57% of those enrolled at MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS. Beyond that, enrollment is 26% Black, 8% White, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. In New York County overall, about 24% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS, there are about 10.5 students; the school has 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is close to this figure. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 82%. Across public schools in New York County, the average is 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS lands at C+, ahead of 39% of New York public middle schools.
MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (44.5%) and its predicted rate (44.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
The school is in New York County, where the median household earns about $103,931 a year, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across New York County, 358 public schools serve about 152,104 students.
INNOVATION CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL sits less than a tenth of a mile from MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS. MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS ranks 3rd on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 171 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 204. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.8:1 to 10.5:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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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Frequently asked questions
About MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICSWhat is the total enrollment at MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS?
MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS enrolls approximately 171 students in grades 06-08.
Is MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS an elementary, middle, or high school?
MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS have?
MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the student diversity at MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS?
Student demographics at MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS are roughly 8% White, 57% Hispanic, 26% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS?
MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 in New York County.
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