Enrollment
371
Middle
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007803572
MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE)
100 W 77TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10024 · (917) 441-0873 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% 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
13.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
133 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 6 | 126 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 121 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 124 | 33% |
Student demographics
69%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
83.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
86.8%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 86.8% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 86.5% |
% 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
81.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE)
MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (81.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) this school | 371 | 35.8% | 81.4% |
| MARLBORO MIDDLE SCHOOL MARLBORO | 440 | 38.0% | 63.7% |
| BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 309 | 32.0% | 79.1% |
| JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL WALLKILL | 409 | 34.0% | 62.3% |
| PAWLING MIDDLE SCHOOL PAWLING | 319 | 34.2% | 52.1% |
| ISLAND PARK LINCOLN ORENS MIDDLE SCHOOL ISLAND PARK | 264 | 36.0% | 52.0% |
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 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #46 of 766 | #9 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.8% | #135 of 768 ▼ 3 | #9 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #27 of 768 ▲ 30 | #9 of 39 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #475 of 796 | #9 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #642 of 683 | #22 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #74 of 688 | #6 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.8% | #566 of 773 | #33 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #376 of 524 | #20 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
371
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 403
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 371 | 26.8 | 13.9:1 | 36% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 28 | 13.0:1 | 32% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 352 | 26.2 | 13.4:1 | 33% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 32% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 28% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 24% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | 23 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE).
About MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE)
Students in NEW YORK, New York, attend MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE), a small middle school. Enrollment totals 371 students across grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 531.
MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) falls under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, which has 44 schools enrolling 19,478 students.
About 45% of students at MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) are White, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 29% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Among New York County residents, the White share is about 48%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 13.9:1 is based on 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in New York is 10.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 36% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 70% for public schools in New York County.
MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of New York public middle schools.
Test results at MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) are 19.6 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (81.4% actual, 61.8% predicted).
In the wider New York County area, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) shares New York County with 357 other public schools.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) from the closest public school, ANDERSON SCHOOL (THE). A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 81.4% versus a 67.4% average.
Federal data place MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) had a net loss of 17 students, or 4%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.5:1 in 2020-21, and 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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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Nearby schools
- ANDERSON SCHOOL (THE)0.0 mi · 521
- MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 166
- PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN0.1 mi · 751
- MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 246
- PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON0.4 mi · 529
- PS 811 MICKEY MANTLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 508
Frequently asked questions
About MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE)What is the total enrollment at MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE)?
MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 371 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) serve?
MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) is approximately 13.9:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE)?
At MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE), the student body is approximately 45% White, 29% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) public or private?
MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.