Enrollment
290
Middle
DISTRICT 190 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1·NCES 360007605620
TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL
600 E 6TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10009 · (212) 995-1430 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of New York public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
13.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
216 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 82 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 108 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 99 | 34% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 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 are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 48.1% |
% 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
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL
TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 290 | 74.5% | 51.2% |
| MS 297 NEW YORK | 297 | 74.7% | 47.2% |
| HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY | 397 | 72.5% | 64.7% |
| CONSELYEA PREPARATORY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 366 | 77.6% | 57.4% |
| URBAN INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS BRONX | 361 | 78.7% | 58.7% |
| CROSS HILL ACADEMY YONKERS | 328 | 75.3% | 35.1% |
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 TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #410 of 766 | #20 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #505 of 768 ▼ 7 | #24 of 39 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #303 of 768 ▼ 96 | #19 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #575 of 796 | #14 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #637 of 683 | #21 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #177 of 688 | #16 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.5% | #267 of 773 | #24 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.9% | #113 of 524 | #12 of 23 |
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
290
-66 (-19%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 290 | 21 | 13.8:1 | 74% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 20.8 | 15.8:1 | 68% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 19.8 | 16.4:1 | 67% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 356 | 19 | 18.7:1 | 68% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 376 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 69% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 69% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 389 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 61% (237) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL
NEW YORK, New York, is home to TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL, a small middle-grades school. It had 290 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in New York average about 531 students, which makes this school 45% below average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1 includes 26 schools. Together they enroll 9,363 students.
Federal enrollment data show TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 58% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 16% White, 15% Black, 8% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 34 points above the 24% share among New York County residents. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are 21 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.8:1. The average for middle schools in New York, 10.3:1, is lower. Of all students at TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 74% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 55% of New York public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL would score about 47.6%. It scores 51.2%, 3.6 points above that figure.
The school is in New York County, where the median household earns about $103,931 a year, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across New York County, 358 public schools serve about 152,104 students.
The closest school to TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL is PS 64 ROBERT SIMON, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 51.2% compares with 43.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 290, compared with 356 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 18.7 in 2020-21 to 13.8 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 290 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 16% White, 58% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.