J.H.S. 022 Jordan L. Mott

On the most recent state tests, 28.7% of students met ELA proficiency and 22.9% met math proficiency — both well below the district averages of about 45% in each subject. But the trend line is the more honest story: ELA has climbed from 9.3% in 2016 to 28.7% in 2025, and math has risen from 4.9% to 22.9% over the same span, even with a dip in 2024. Science proficiency at 37% is closer to typical for the borough. Overall, this is a school rebuilding its academic floor year over year rather than a finished product — gaps remain, but the direction is clear.

Day-to-day, the climate here reads warmer than the test scores might suggest. Parent satisfaction is 94% (matching the district average), and parent-teacher and parent-principal trust both sit at a striking 96%. Teacher trust in the principal, at 65%, is the one cooler spot in the survey data, and teacher survey responses are low (29), so that number should be read with caution. Discipline is notably restrained — zero suspensions in 2023-24, down from three the year before. Attendance at 88.7% runs just below the district average of 90.1%, but chronic absenteeism at 58.1% is high and runs higher for boys (62%) than girls (53%), something worth flagging.

The student body is 73% Hispanic and 24% Black, with a small number of multiracial and white students — fairly typical for this corner of the Bronx. The school's diversity index of 39% reflects a community that is heavily Dominican and Puerto Rican rather than broadly mixed. Twenty-two percent of students have IEPs and the school offers ELL support, so a meaningful share of families are navigating both language access and special education services. With 314 students, the school is mid-sized for a middle school — small enough that kids are likely to be known by name.

The school is part of the Concourse-Concourse Village neighborhood, where median household income sits around $40,000 and about a third of residents live in poverty. Only about 11% of households own their homes — this is overwhelmingly a renter community, with most buildings going back to the post-war housing developments that define the area. Roughly 14% of neighborhood households have children, and just 16% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher, so families here are working-class and largely rent-burdened. The area is anchored by the Grand Concourse, with the 167 Street strip close by.

The 167 St station on the B and D lines is about a five-minute walk, the 167 St on the 4 line is roughly nine minutes away, and 170 St on the B and D is around an eleven-minute walk.