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Enrollment
297
Middle
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007706602
MS 297
75 MORTON ST, NEW YORK, NY 10014 · (212) 295-7555 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% 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.
- 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
8.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
222 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 90 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 133 | 45% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
40.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 48.3% |
% 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
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 297
MS 297's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS 297 this school | 297 | 74.7% | 47.2% |
| TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW YORK | 290 | 74.5% | 51.2% |
| CONSELYEA PREPARATORY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 366 | 77.6% | 57.4% |
| HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY | 397 | 72.5% | 64.7% |
| URBAN INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS BRONX | 361 | 78.7% | 58.7% |
| MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 316 | 65.8% | 69.1% |
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 297 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #484 of 766 | #22 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #629 of 768 ▼ 130 | #28 of 39 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #428 of 768 ▼ 134 | #24 of 39 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #566 of 796 | #13 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #109 of 683 | #5 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #175 of 688 | #15 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.7% | #265 of 773 | #23 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
297
-519 (-64%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 297 | 33.5 | 8.9:1 | 75% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 32.6 | 9.9:1 | 64% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 422 | 44 | 9.6:1 | 54% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 816 | 57 | 14.3:1 | 44% (355) |
| 2017-18 | 193 | 13 | 14.8:1 | 30% (58) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MS 297.
About MS 297
Among the schools in NEW YORK, New York, is MS 297, a small middle school. It enrolled 297 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in New York average about 531 students each.
The NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 system has 119 schools and 54,599 students.
At 57%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at MS 297 combined. Smaller groups are 21% White, 11% Black, 7% Asian, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 24% of New York County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, MS 297 comes in at 61%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 8.9:1, with 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in New York is 10.3:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 75% of enrollment.
allk12 grades MS 297 a C+. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 47.5%. MS 297 scores 47.2%.
New York County has about 1,629,477 residents, and median household income is about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 358 public schools in New York County, with a combined enrollment of about 152,104.
Nearest public school: PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around MS 297 holds at least 8 other public schools. MS 297 ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 47.2% against a local average of 61.9%.
MS 297 has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Federal data put enrollment at 816 in 2020-21 and 297 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. Students per teacher fell from 14.3 in 2020-21 to 8.9 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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
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- JHS 104 SIMON BARUCHMiddle · 1,023 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESHigh · 1,007 students
Other schools in NEW YORK
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 563
- HIGH SCHOOL 560 CITY-AS-SCHOOL0.2 mi · 478
- PS 721 MANHATTAN OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER0.2 mi · 195
- GREAT OAKS KATHLEEN SHERRY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 324
- CHELSEA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 389
- NYC ISCHOOL0.5 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About MS 297How many students attend MS 297?
MS 297 enrolls approximately 297 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MS 297 serve?
MS 297 serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at MS 297?
Approximately 8.9:1 students per teacher at MS 297.
How diverse is MS 297?
MS 297 reports a student body of 21% White, 57% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees MS 297?
MS 297 is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.