MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE)

MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) operates as a cozy junior high in NEW YORK, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3. Current enrollment sits at 371 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 30% smaller than typical.

Across the 44 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 (19,478 students total), MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) logs that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with New York County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 36% of students at MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 81.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for New York County put the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

ANDERSON SCHOOL (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE). On composite proficiency, MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 67.4%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 400 students in 2018 compared to 371 in 2025.

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