Enrollment
246
Middle
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007803552
MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL
100 W 84TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10024 · (212) 799-1477 · New York County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL246 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of New York public middle schools
- ATest 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
12.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
53 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 5 | 64 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 24% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
86.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
90.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 90.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 90.2% |
% 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
82.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 243 CENTER SCHOOL
MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL's state test result (82.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL this school | 246 | 21.5% | 82.4% |
| TUCKAHOE MIDDLE SCHOOL EASTCHESTER | 278 | 24.1% | 70.2% |
| LYNBROOK NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL LYNBROOK | 284 | 21.1% | 63.9% |
| PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PORT JEFFERSON | 224 | 18.3% | 71.3% |
| YORKVILLE EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW YORK | 250 | 29.6% | 85.7% |
| DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL DOBBS FERRY | 345 | 17.4% | 80.5% |
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 243 CENTER SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #36 of 766 | #6 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #106 of 768 ▼ 4 | #5 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #16 of 768 ▲ 12 | #5 of 39 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 246 | #645 of 796 | #20 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #586 of 683 | #16 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #136 of 688 | #13 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.5% | #687 of 773 | #38 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #110 of 168 | #4 of 6 |
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
246
-9 (-4%) vs 2020
+15% since 2010-11, when it was 214
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 246 | 19.7 | 12.5:1 | 22% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 251 | 18 | 13.9:1 | 22% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 16.2 | 15.6:1 | 22% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 255 | 16 | 15.9:1 | 19% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 235 | 15 | 15.7:1 | 12% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 237 | 14 | 16.9:1 | 12% (28) |
| 2010-11 | 214 | 16 | 13.4:1 | 17% (37) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL.
About MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL
MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL operates as a low-enrollment middle school in NEW YORK, New York. A federal count lists 246 students at the school, in grades 5 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in New York is about 531, so this school runs 54% smaller than that.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 has 19,478 students in 44 schools, and MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL is one of those schools.
At MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL, White students make up 56% of the student body. The next largest groups are 16% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, and 8% Asian. 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.
Dividing enrollment by its 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.5:1. That is higher than the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Eligible students account for 22% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in New York County, the average is 70%.
allk12 grades MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL an A. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 67.1% for a school in New York with MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL posts 82.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for New York County show that the median household income is $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in the county.
PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON is the public school closest to MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL declined 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 255 to 246 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.9:1 to 12.5:1 over the same years.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About MS 243 CENTER SCHOOLHow large is MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL?
MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 246 students in grades 05-08.
Is MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL have?
MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL are roughly 56% White, 16% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL in?
MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3.
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