Enrollment
131
Middle
DISTRICT 190 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1·NCES 360007605616
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL
220 HENRY ST, NEW YORK, NY 10002 · (212) 267-5701 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL131 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% 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.
- 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
7.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
124 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 | 38 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 45 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 37% |
Student demographics
45%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
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -9.0pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 131 | 94.7% | 36.8% |
| ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS BRONX | 132 | 92.4% | 17.7% |
| COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 NEW YORK | 139 | 95.0% | 38.2% |
| BRONX DEBATE ACADEMY BRONX | 130 | 99.2% | N/A |
| IS 339 BRONX | 169 | 94.7% | 40.6% |
| BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA BRONX | 144 | 100.0% | 47.8% |
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 UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #646 of 766 | #30 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #662 of 768 ▲ 73 | #33 of 39 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #466 of 768 ▼ 196 | #26 of 39 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 131 | #765 of 796 | #36 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.7% | #76 of 773 | #10 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.8% | #62 of 524 | #10 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
131
-78 (-37%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 116
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
was 8.4:1
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 | 131 | 16.8 | 7.8:1 | 95% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 164 | 20 | 8.2:1 | 92% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 160 | 27.7 | 5.8:1 | 87% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 209 | 25 | 8.4:1 | 80% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 201 | 22 | 9.1:1 | 88% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 109 | 11 | 9.9:1 | 86% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 116 | 13 | 8.9:1 | 93% (108) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a very small middle-grades school in NEW YORK, New York. The school enrolls 131 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in New York average about 531 students, which makes this school 75% below average.
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1, where 26 schools serve 9,363 students.
More than half of the students at UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL are Hispanic (71%). Next come 20% Black and 5% White. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all New York County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 45%.
Its staff includes 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 7.8 students per teacher. The gap from the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is 2.5 students per teacher. Roughly 95% of students at UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in New York County is 25 points.
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of New York public middle schools.
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (36.8% versus 40.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
The county, New York County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 358, with about 152,104 students.
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 209 (2020-21) to 131 (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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- MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II0.0 mi · 73
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Frequently asked questions
About UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 131 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 7.8:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 5% White, 71% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1.
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