Enrollment
166
Middle
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007803579
MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
100 W 77TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10024 · (212) 496-1050 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL166 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of New York public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
7.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
156 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 | 50 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 69 | 42% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
8%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
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 166 | 94.0% | 47.9% |
| MS 324 PATRIA MIRABAL NEW YORK | 185 | 93.0% | 44.1% |
| JHS 143 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT NEW YORK | 158 | 96.8% | 24.5% |
| MS 319 MARIE TERESA NEW YORK | 224 | 93.3% | 35.7% |
| IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES BROOKLYN | 193 | 95.9% | 30.2% |
| IS 528 BEA FULLER RODGERS SCHOOL NEW YORK | 230 | 95.7% | 38.0% |
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 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #470 of 766 | #21 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #487 of 768 ▼ 17 | #22 of 39 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #278 of 768 ▲ 145 | #18 of 39 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 166 | #730 of 796 | #30 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #86 of 773 | #11 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
166
-64 (-28%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 199
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 166 | 23.8 | 7.0:1 | 94% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 206 | 24.2 | 8.5:1 | 95% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 199 | 22.2 | 9.0:1 | 86% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 230 | 23 | 10.0:1 | 83% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 198 | 20 | 9.9:1 | 93% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 193 | 19 | 10.2:1 | 92% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 199 | 15 | 13.3:1 | 93% (186) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public middle school run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 in NEW YORK, New York. The school counted 166 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 69% below the average for middle schools in New York.
The 44 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 enroll 19,478 students altogether, MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
Hispanic students are 96% of those enrolled at MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of New York County's population at about 24%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 8, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 7.0:1. Statewide, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 94%. It compares with 70% for public schools in New York County.
MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 54% of New York public middle schools.
The model predicts 40.4% for a school in New York with MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 47.9%.
In New York County, median household income comes to about $103,931, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. New York County counts 358 public schools with about 152,104 students.
ANDERSON SCHOOL (THE) sits less than a tenth of a mile from MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 47.9% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
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.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 166, from 230 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 7.0 students per teacher, compared with 10.0 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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- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- ANDERSON SCHOOL (THE)0.0 mi · 521
- MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE)0.0 mi · 371
- PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN0.1 mi · 751
- MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 246
- PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON0.3 mi · 529
- PS 811 MICKEY MANTLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 508
Frequently asked questions
About MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 166 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 7.0:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 2% Black.
What district is MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3.
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