MS 297

As a low-enrollment 6-8 campus in NEW YORK, New York, MS 297 serves 297 students from grades 6 through 8, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. That puts it 44% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, which oversees 119 schools and 54,599 students, MS 297 is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MS 297 records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%; the rest breaks down as 21% White, 11% Black, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, MS 297 has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, MS 297 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.5%, the actual is 47.2%, a residual of -0.3 points.

In the broader community, New York County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which MS 297 is one.

Nearest neighbor: PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MS 297. On composite proficiency, MS 297 comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 61.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. MS 297's enrollment has increased 54% since 2018, when it stood at 193 (now 297). White enrollment moved from 60% to 21% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.