Enrollment
224
Middle
DISTRICT 208 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6·NCES 360008305645
MS 319 MARIE TERESA
21 JUMEL PL, NEW YORK, NY 10032 · (212) 923-3827 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL224 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.3:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
209 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
28.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
224
-197 (-47%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
was 14.0:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
96%
was 94%
% Black
2%
was 4%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MS 319 MARIE TERESA
Set in NEW YORK, New York, MS 319 MARIE TERESA is a close-knit junior high, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6. It educates 224 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 58% leaner than typical.
Across the 45 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 (17,415 students total), MS 319 MARIE TERESA accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, MS 319 MARIE TERESA records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%); the rest looks like 2% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.
On the resource side, On paper, MS 319 MARIE TERESA has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting MS 319 MARIE TERESA tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 93% of students at MS 319 MARIE TERESA qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of New York County's rate of about 70%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MS 319 MARIE TERESA performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.7%, the actual is 35.7%, a residual of -5.0 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for New York County indicate median household income runs about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), MS 319 MARIE TERESA is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: KIPP NYC WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MS 319 MARIE TERESA at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.1%.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MS 319 MARIE TERESA has shrank 47%, going from 421 students in 2018 to 224 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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 # 6
- A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,421 students
- WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOLCombined · 908 students
- PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFSElementary · 744 students
- GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICSHigh · 658 students
- PS 173Elementary · 597 students
- CITY COLLEGE ACADEMY OF THE ARTSHigh · 573 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
- KIPP NYC WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 790
- MS 324 PATRIA MIRABAL0.0 mi · 185
- PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD0.0 mi · 354
- GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS0.2 mi · 658
- MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 316
- COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP0.2 mi · 115
Frequently asked questions
About MS 319 MARIE TERESAHow many students attend MS 319 MARIE TERESA?
MS 319 MARIE TERESA enrolls approximately 224 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MS 319 MARIE TERESA serve?
MS 319 MARIE TERESA serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MS 319 MARIE TERESA?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MS 319 MARIE TERESA is approximately 7.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MS 319 MARIE TERESA?
MS 319 MARIE TERESA reports a student body of 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 2% Black.
Who oversees MS 319 MARIE TERESA?
MS 319 MARIE TERESA is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 in New York County.
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