Enrollment
92
Middle
DISTRICT 81 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5·NCES 360008106257
NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL
625 W 133RD ST, NEW YORK, NY 10031 · (212) 281-6339 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL92 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of New York public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
5.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 5.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
91 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 20 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 40% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
30.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
0.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -11.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 0 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 0.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 11.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL
NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (15.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 92 | 98.9% | 15.9% |
| IS 313 SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT BRONX | 99 | 100.0% | 18.0% |
| NEW MILLENNIUM BRONX ACADEMY OF THE ARTS BRONX | 126 | 95.2% | 32.5% |
| RENAISSANCE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS NEW YORK | 132 | 97.7% | 36.8% |
| SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS BRONX | 137 | 97.1% | 35.7% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS NEW YORK | 84 | 96.4% | 35.4% |
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 NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 92 | #785 of 796 | #40 of 42 |
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
92
-42 (-31%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
5.0:1
was 7.0:1
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 | 92 | 18.4 | 5.0:1 | 99% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 81 | 15.3 | 5.3:1 | 96% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 73 | 15.3 | 4.8:1 | 97% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 134 | 19 | 7.0:1 | 97% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 128 | 15 | 8.5:1 | 91% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 210 | 20 | 10.5:1 | 91% (191) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL
NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school in NEW YORK, New York, and it is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5. It enrolled 92 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in New York average about 531 students each.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5 has 7,761 students in 28 schools, and NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL is 61% Hispanic. The school is also 35% Black, 2% White, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 24% Hispanic share among all New York County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
With 18.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL was 5.0:1. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 99%. Public schools in New York County average 70%.
Measured against New York public middle schools, NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 15.9%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New York are predicted to post 38.6%, so the school is 22.7 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
New York County has these Census figures: median household income is about $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. The public schools of New York County number 358 and enroll about 152,104.
The school nearest to NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL is KIPP INFINITY CHARTER SCHOOL, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 9th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL went from 134 students to 92. The ratio of students to teachers went from 7.0:1 to 5.0:1 over the same years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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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Nearby schools
- KIPP INFINITY CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 862
- PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF0.2 mi · 224
- HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 282
- PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS0.3 mi · 527
- URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS0.3 mi · 84
- URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS0.3 mi · 178
Frequently asked questions
About NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 92 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 5.0:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 61% Hispanic, 35% Black, 2% Asian.
Who oversees NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5 in New York County.
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