Enrollment
66
Middle
DISTRICT 81 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5·NCES 360008106713
SEED HARLEM
425 W 130TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10027 · (332) 456-1415 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL66 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
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
4.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 5.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
59 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 | 14 | 21% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 48% |
Student demographics
57%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
26.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
5.7%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 5.7% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% 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 SEED HARLEM
SEED HARLEM's state test result (16.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEED HARLEM this school | 66 | 89.4% | 16.9% |
| MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 75 | 88.0% | 45.9% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS NEW YORK | 84 | 96.4% | 35.4% |
| WHITELAW REID ACADEMY OF ARTS AND BUSINESS BROOKLYN | 77 | 93.5% | 29.3% |
| NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW YORK | 92 | 98.9% | 15.9% |
| SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN BROOKLYN | 119 | 94.1% | 29.8% |
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 SEED HARLEM ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 66 | #791 of 796 | #42 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
66
-12 (-15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
4.4:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 66 | 15 | 4.4:1 | 89% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 93 | 15 | 6.2:1 | 94% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 127 | 16.8 | 7.6:1 | 92% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 78 | 8 | 9.8:1 | 94% (73) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SEED HARLEM.
About SEED HARLEM
This page covers SEED HARLEM, a small middle school in NEW YORK, New York. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 66 students. Enrollment is 88% lower than the average for middle schools in New York, which is about 531.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5 operates 28 schools. Combined enrollment is 7,761 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at SEED HARLEM is Hispanic (48%). Other groups include 44% Black and 5% Native American. The county population is about 24% Hispanic. By the diversity index, SEED HARLEM comes in at 57%.
Federal staffing data show 15 full-time-equivalent teachers at SEED HARLEM and a ratio of 4.4:1. That ratio is under the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 89% of students. On average, public schools in New York County report 70%.
SEED HARLEM is graded F by allk12, scoring above 2% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
SEED HARLEM falls short of its prediction by 25.3 points. The model expects 42.1% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New York; the school's rate is 16.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in New York County, median household income is about $103,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. SEED HARLEM is among the 358 public schools in New York County.
Nearby, PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY is less than a tenth of a mile away. SEED HARLEM is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 46.2% on proficiency, and SEED HARLEM is below that at 16.9%.
NCES describes the area around SEED HARLEM as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 78 in 2020-21 and 66 in 2024-25, a decrease of 12 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (4.4:1) than in 2020-21 (9.8:1).
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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
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Nearby schools
- PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY0.0 mi · 229
- SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM0.1 mi · 152
- URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS0.2 mi · 178
- TEACHERS COLLEGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 295
- PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS0.2 mi · 527
- URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS0.2 mi · 84
Frequently asked questions
About SEED HARLEMWhat is the total enrollment at SEED HARLEM?
SEED HARLEM enrolls approximately 66 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does SEED HARLEM serve?
SEED HARLEM serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SEED HARLEM?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SEED HARLEM is approximately 4.4:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SEED HARLEM?
At SEED HARLEM, the student body is approximately 2% White, 48% Hispanic, 44% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is SEED HARLEM public or private?
SEED HARLEM is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5.
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