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Middle School 297

Public Grades 6-8

1153^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,500 New York Middle Schools

Better than 23% of New York middle schools

Summary

Middle School 297 is a public middle school located in New York City's Geographic District #2, serving grades 6-8 with an enrollment of 322 students. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated over the past few years, ranging from 149th out of 1,242 New York middle schools in 2020-2021 to 1,153rd out of 1,500 in 2024-2025, with its current rating at 3 out of 5 stars from SchoolDigger.

Middle School 297's test scores in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math are generally lower than the New York City District #2 and statewide averages. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates were 39.39% in 6th grade ELA, 47.62% in 7th grade ELA, and 45.35% in 8th grade ELA, as well as 35.53% in 6th grade Math, 47.95% in 7th grade Math, and 9.33% in 8th grade Math. The school's performance also varies greatly across different student subgroups, with White and Asian students tending to perform better than African American and Hispanic students.

Compared to nearby schools in the same district, such as Lower Manhattan Community Middle School, Nyc Lab Middle School For Collaborative Studies, and Junior High School 104 Simon Baruch, Middle School 297 performs significantly worse, with higher test scores, better student group performance, and higher statewide rankings. Additionally, the school's statewide ranking has steadily declined over the past few years, suggesting challenges in maintaining or improving academic performance despite increased spending per student.

297

Students ?

8.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$34,610

Per pupil spending ?

74.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

75 Morton St
New York, NY 10014

(212) 295-7555

District: New York City Geographic District # 2

Feeder schools for Middle School 297:

Elementary:	Battery Park City School
	Ps 11 Sarah J Garnett Elementary School (The)
	Ps 111 Adolph S Ochs
	Ps 234 Independence School
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	Ps 3 Charrette School
	Ps 33 Chelsea Prep
	Ps 41 Greenwich Village
	Ps 51 Elias Howe
	Ps 89

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

57.2%

White:

21.2%

African American:

10.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 85th percentile in 2019 → 23rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (40% vs 53% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 62 percentile points since 2019

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school40%

District avg64%

New York avg53%

1,153^rd of 1,500

New York public middle schools ?

Bottom 23%▼ down 62 pts since 2019

From top 15% (2019) to bottom 23% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 11Middle Schools in the New York City Geographic District # 2

352^nd of 874New York City Geographic District # 2 among New York districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	28.7	1153 of 1500	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	41.5	885 of 1504	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	62.2	506 of 1500	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	82.1	204 of 1479	86.2%	★★★★☆
2021	83.4	149 of 1242	88.0%	★★★★☆
2019	82.1	216 of 1439	85.0%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	28.8	508 of 676	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.9	453 of 705	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	53.1	298 of 696	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.7	288 of 706	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	41.7	349 of 653	46.6%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	60.7	179 of 406	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	29.5	316 of 396	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	55.6	194 of 388	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	69.4	111 of 381	70.9%	★★★★☆
2021	65.5	84 of 236	64.4%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	33.8	460 of 646	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.8	446 of 615	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	86.0	14 of 581	97.6%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	30.8	1100 of 1457	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	45.4	798 of 1465	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	61.3	511 of 1463	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	80.4	208 of 1454	85.7%	★★★★☆
2021	78.8	160 of 1066	85.0%	★★★★☆
2019	77.9	258 of 1370	81.2%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	19.2	866 of 965	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.2	842 of 953	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.7	640 of 943	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	66.8	219 of 914	76.0%	★★★★☆
2021	77.9	67 of 449	85.1%	★★★★☆
2019	53.5	325 of 826	60.7%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	19.4	547 of 603	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.6	569 of 594	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	29.6	424 of 543	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	49.4	208 of 487	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	33.0	286 of 392	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	20.0	1147 of 1283	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.1	1052 of 1296	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.1	851 of 1288	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	63.4	337 of 1306	74.2%	★★★★☆
2021	77.7	141 of 935	84.9%	★★★★☆
2019	65.6	322 of 1241	74.1%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	27.1	1158 of 1455	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.3	1025 of 1464	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	55.9	583 of 1464	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	81.0	213 of 1455	85.4%	★★★★☆
2021	84.4	122 of 1071	88.6%	★★★★☆
2019	85.1	167 of 1366	87.8%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2022	85.6	27 of 190	85.8%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	63.8	290 of 1298	77.7%	★★★★☆
2024	61.6	318 of 1303	75.6%	★★★★☆
2023	53.1	461 of 1307	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	74.9	154 of 1283	88.0%	★★★★☆
2021	69.7	86 of 522	83.5%	★★★★☆
2019	91.6	42 of 1139	96.3%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	53.6	374 of 775	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	67.7	219 of 778	71.9%	★★★★☆
2023	76.0	174 of 772	77.5%	★★★★☆
2022	84.3	91 of 748	87.8%	★★★★☆
2021	79.0	100 of 614	83.7%	★★★★☆
2019	87.8	62 of 716	91.3%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Multi-racial (2022)86th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)78th percentile+55 vs school

Asian (2025)56th percentile+33 vs school

White (2025)52nd percentile+29 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)29th percentile+6 vs school

African American (2025)25th percentile~ school

Female (2025)25th percentile~ school

Male (2025)20th percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)11th percentile-13 vs school

Hispanic (2025)10th percentile-13 vs school

Homeless (2025)9th percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Life Science Biology91%+33 vs state

Algebra I87%+31 vs state

English Language Arts44%-7 vs state

Math31%-21 vs state

Science24%-19 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, November 1, 2019

School teaches nothing to advanced students, who sit in classrooms bored and learning nothing. Also, there are a lot of disruptions in the classes. The school administration for the most part ignores bad behavior. Close Quote

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Middle School 297	Public	6-8	75 Morton St	New York	10014	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 295-7555	297	34	8.8	74.7%	63 (21.2%)	32 (10.8%)	170 (57.2%)	20 (6.7%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (3.0%)	28.7	1153^rd of 1500 public middle schools	23.1%		41.5	885^th of 1504 public middle schools	41.2%	268			87.0	91.3			39.4	47.6	45.4			35.5	48.0	9.3		24.3	$34,610	$1,553	$33,057
Nyc Lab Middle School For Collaborative Studies	Public	6-8	333 W 17th St	New York	10011	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 691-6119	538	48	11.1	40.9%	149 (27.7%)	22 (4.1%)	71 (13.2%)	247 (45.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	47 (8.7%)	96.3	54^th of 1500 public middle schools	96.4%		96.3	54^th of 1504 public middle schools	96.4%				96.3	88.8			88.4	87.1	84.4			87.6	91.9				$30,133	$1,342	$28,791
Is 289	Public	6-8	201 Warren St	New York	10282	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 571-9268	253	20	12.5	51.0%	66 (26.1%)	22 (8.7%)	44 (17.4%)	107 (42.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.1%)	87.1	161^st of 1500 public middle schools	89.3%		92.6	106^th of 1504 public middle schools	93.0%	55			89.8	88.9			61.4	67.5	89.8			80.0	87.1	75.0			$29,417	$1,419	$27,997
Ballet Technical/Nyc Public School For Dance	Public, Magnet	4-8	890 Broadway	New York	10003	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	Yes	No	No	(212) 254-1803	112	10	11.2	45.5%	40 (35.7%)	22 (19.6%)	17 (15.2%)	21 (18.8%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	10 (8.9%)	89.3	143^rd of 1500 public middle schools	90.5%		98.3	21^st of 1504 public middle schools	98.6%	122			90.9	81.8	88.9	88.0	88.9	88.9	95.0	100.0	92.0	55.6	82.4		88.0		$35,134	$1,296	$33,837
Middle School 131	Public	6-8	100 Hester St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 219-1204	257	34	7.6	91.1%	9 (3.5%)	31 (12.1%)	90 (35.0%)	122 (47.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	56.3	623^rd of 1500 public middle schools	58.5%		56.1	605^th of 1504 public middle schools	59.8%	18		93.1	68.7				33.3	45.5	50.7			60.7	59.2			69.2	$49,349	$3,001	$46,347
School For Global Leaders	Public	6-8	145 Stanton St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 260-5375	150	18	8.4	89.3%	13 (8.7%)	20 (13.3%)	96 (64.0%)	12 (8.0%)	4 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.3%)	63.3	498^th of 1500 public middle schools	66.8%		44.3	823^rd of 1504 public middle schools	45.3%	325			81.8				52.4	51.1	45.7			56.8	66.0	72.2		58.3	$43,392	$3,329	$40,063
Middle School 255 Salk School Of Science	Public	6-8	320 E 20th St	New York	10003	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 614-8785	378	22	17.4	19.6%	177 (46.8%)	8 (2.1%)	45 (11.9%)	104 (27.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (11.4%)	96.5	52^nd of 1500 public middle schools	96.5%		97.7	32^nd of 1504 public middle schools	97.9%	20			98.9	97.9			89.5	93.0	82.8			85.5	94.0				$26,900	$1,400	$25,500
Junior High School 104 Simon Baruch	Public	6-8	330 E 21st St	New York	10010	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 674-4545	1,023	64	15.9	37.2%	372 (36.4%)	69 (6.7%)	227 (22.2%)	257 (25.1%)	7 (0.7%)	3 (0.3%)	88 (8.6%)	90	132^nd of 1500 public middle schools	91.2%		91.2	120^th of 1504 public middle schools	92.0%	12			100.0	86.3			80.4	85.1	84.6			66.6	83.6	66.7			$24,660	$1,415	$23,246
Tompkins Square Middle School	Public	6-8	600 E 6th St	New York	10009	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 995-1430	290	21	13.8	74.5%	47 (16.2%)	44 (15.2%)	168 (57.9%)	22 (7.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.4%)	46.3	792^nd of 1500 public middle schools	47.2%		52.3	675^th of 1504 public middle schools	55.1%	117			100.0				39.4	50.6	65.2			32.1	45.7	50.9		43.1	$36,218	$2,493	$33,724
University Neighborhood Middle School	Public	6-8	220 Henry St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 267-5701	131	17	7.7	94.7%	7 (5.3%)	26 (19.8%)	93 (71.0%)	2 (1.5%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	26	1209^th of 1500 public middle schools	19.4%		41.8	880^th of 1504 public middle schools	41.5%	329	5.3		36.4				25.9	51.4	45.2			12.5	36.1				$60,896	$4,824	$56,071

Frequently Asked Questions about Middle School 297

How many students attend Middle School 297?

In the 2024-25 school year, 297 students attended Middle School 297.

What district is Middle School 297 in?

New York City Geographic District # 2

What is the racial makeup of Middle School 297?

Students at Middle School 297 are 57% Hispanic, 21% White, 11% African American, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

Is Middle School 297 a good school?

Middle School 297 ranks in the bottom 23.1% of New York middle schools.

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