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.