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Enrollment
377
Middle
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008505657
SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)
1025 MORRISON AVE, BRONX, NY 10472 · (718) 860-4181 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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.
- A-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
10.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
359 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 113 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 119 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 144 | 38% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
90.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +40.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 40 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 90.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)
SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)'s state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) this school | 377 | 95.2% | 48.5% |
| THOMAS C GIORDANO MIDDLE SCHOOL 45 BRONX | 436 | 96.3% | 38.1% |
| IS 254 BRONX | 406 | 98.5% | 31.5% |
| CRESTON ACADEMY BRONX | 418 | 96.4% | 36.1% |
| JONAS BRONCK ACADEMY BRONX | 392 | 92.9% | 53.2% |
| PS 206 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA NEW YORK | 372 | 92.7% | 33.3% |
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 SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #455 of 766 | #13 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #107 of 768 ▲ 360 | #1 of 74 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #608 of 768 ▼ 202 | #48 of 74 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #468 of 796 | #19 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #285 of 683 | #22 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #527 of 688 | #46 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #63 of 773 | #39 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.9% | #86 of 524 | #34 of 59 |
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
377
-85 (-18%) vs 2020
+45% since 2010-11, when it was 260
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 377 | 37.7 | 10.0:1 | 95% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 36 | 11.4:1 | 90% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 35.5 | 11.3:1 | 86% (344) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 38 | 12.2:1 | 87% (400) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 36 | 14.5:1 | 80% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 70% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 260 | 24 | 10.8:1 | 78% (203) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE).
About SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)
SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) is a public middle school run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 in BRONX, New York. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 377 students. By comparison, middle schools in New York enroll about 531 students on average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 counts 52 schools and 21,621 students, including SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE).
By race and ethnicity, SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) is 81% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 13% Black and 4% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 26 points above the 55% share among Bronx County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.
SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) has 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.0:1. That is in line with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 95% at SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE).
SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 57% of New York public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.0% for SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE). The school posts 48.5%, 8.5 points above the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Bronx County, median household income comes to about $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. The county's public schools total 472, with about 202,028 students.
SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) is less than a tenth of a mile from JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) is ahead of the 39.7% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 18% across 4 years, from 462 in 2020-21 to 377 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 12.2:1 in 2020-21 to 10.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Bronx County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,404,779
Census ACS
Median income
$48,676
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
472
202,028 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8
- HERBERT H LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,087 students
- PS 71 ROSE E SCALAElementary · 1,079 students
- PS 14 SENATOR JOHN CALANDRAElementary · 718 students
- PS 36 UNIONPORTElementary · 660 students
- PS 152 EVERGREENElementary · 634 students
- PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEYElementary · 598 students
Other schools in BRONX
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL IIICombined · 2,390 students
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,481 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN0.0 mi · 466
- PS 93 ALBERT G OLIVER0.3 mi · 356
- ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 70.3 mi · 303
- PS 152 EVERGREEN0.3 mi · 634
- PS 1950.4 mi · 713
- PS 1960.4 mi · 662
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)How many students attend SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)?
SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) enrolls approximately 377 students in grades 06-08.
Is SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) an elementary, middle, or high school?
SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) is approximately 10.0:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)?
At SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE), the student body is approximately 81% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) public or private?
SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.