Urban Institute of Mathematics

Math proficiency at 54% sits comfortably above the District 8 average of 48%, and the long-term trajectory is the real headline, with scores nearly doubling from 32% in 2016 to a 2024 peak of 63%; this year's dip to 54% is worth watching but still well above where the school started. ELA at 55% also outperforms the district average of 46%, and the long arc shows steady improvement from 45% in 2016. Grade-level data tells a familiar middle school story — 6th graders score strongest (62% ELA, 63% math) and proficiency drifts downward through 7th and 8th grade, with 8th graders at 51% ELA and 48% math. Science proficiency at 18% is the clear weak spot and suggests the school's STEM identity is much stronger in math than in science instruction.

The day-to-day feel here is unusually strong on the family-school relationship: 99% of parents say they're satisfied, 100% trust the principal, and 99% trust the teachers — every one of those numbers well above the district norm and backed by a 97% family survey response rate that signals real engagement. Teachers rate instructional quality at 95% and trust in the principal at 96%, pointing to a coherent adult culture rather than a divided staff. The one thing parents should know is chronic absenteeism at 68% — meaning more than two-thirds of students miss 10% or more of school days — which is a stubborn citywide middle school pattern rather than a unique failing here. Discipline is barely a factor: just 3 suspensions last year, down from 4 in each of the prior two years, and the 1% suspension rate sits only slightly above the district average.

The student body is 70% Hispanic, with the rest split among White (12%), Black (10%), and Asian (7%) students — a diversity index of 54% that reflects a clearly Hispanic-majority but genuinely mixed enrollment. About a quarter of students have IEPs and the economic need index of 64 points to a working-class-to-modest-middle-class family mix. This closely tracks the surrounding neighborhood, where median household income around $85K is solidly middle class by Bronx standards but only about a quarter of adults hold a bachelor's degree.

Throgs Neck-Schuylerville is a residential pocket of the eastern Bronx where roughly half of homes are owner-occupied and median home values sit near $580K — middle-class by city standards but shaped by its distance from the subway. About 18% of households include children, which is on the lower end for New York City and helps explain a middle school enrollment of around 360 rather than something larger. The neighborhood reads as a stable, family-rooted area where most households are getting by on dual incomes or working-class wages.

No subway stations sit within a 20-minute walk of the school, so families here rely on cars, school buses, or local buses for the daily commute.