Best Middle Schools in Bronx, NY (2025-26)

Ranked middle schools

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Every ranked middle school in Bronx, NY, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.

Bronx, NY rankings: High Schools · Middle Schools · Elementary Schools

Bronx, NY middle schools ranked

Rank	Grade	School	City	District	Actual	Projected	Impact	Students
#1	B+	Ms 101 Edward R Byrne	Bronx		70%	39%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	535
#2	B-	Science And Technology Academy: A Mott Hall School	Bronx		58%	21%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	372
#3	C+	Emblaze Academy Charter School (Charter)	Bronx	Emblaze Academy Charter School	58%	14%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	184
#4	C+	School For Inquiry And Social Justice (the)	Bronx		56%	20%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	401
#5	C+	Is 181 Pablo Casals	Bronx		55%	27%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	628
#6	C	Is 339	Bronx		54%	15%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	165
#7	C	Urban Institute Of Mathematics	Bronx		54%	33%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	372
#8	C	Bronx Dance Academy School (Magnet)	Bronx		53%	17%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	257
#9	C	Bronx Park Middle School	Bronx		51%	25%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	358
#10	C	Jhs 127 Castle Hill (the)	Bronx		51%	29%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	815
#11	C	Bronx Academy For Multi-media	Bronx		50%	17%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	254
#12	C	Creo College Preparatory Charter School (Charter)	Bronx	Creo College Preparatory Charter School	50%	13%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	346
#13	C-	Jhs 118 William W Niles (Magnet)	Bronx		50%	26%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	619
#14	C-	Mott Hall Charter School (Charter)	Bronx	Mott Hall Charter School	50%	12%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	228
#15	C-	Mott Hall Iii	Bronx		49%	19%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	306
#16	C-	Is 219 New Venture School	Bronx		48%	15%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	247
#17	C-	Pugsley Preparatory Academy	Bronx		47%	27%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	562
#18	D+	Is 232	Bronx		45%	16%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	297
#19	D+	Ms 129 Academy For Independent Learning And Leadership	Bronx		45%	17%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	298
#20	D+	New School For Leadership And Journalism (the)	Bronx		45%	31%	Exceeds Expectations	623
#21	D+	Ms 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz (Magnet)	Bronx		44%	19%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	360
#22	D+	New Pathways Academy	Bronx		43%	16%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	181
#23	D+	Is 303 Leadership & Community Service	Bronx		42%	27%	Exceeds Expectations	332
#24	D+	Jhs 144 Michelangelo	Bronx		42%	27%	Exceeds Expectations	421
#25	D+	University Prep Charter Middle School (Charter)	Bronx	University Prep Charter Middle School	42%	14%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	398
#26	D+	Bronx School Of Young Leaders (the)	Bronx		41%	18%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	359
#27	D	Esmt-is 190	Bronx		41%	18%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	225
#28	D	Knowledge And Power Preparatory Academy Iii	Bronx		41%	19%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	284
#29	D	Academy Of Applied Mathematics And Technology	Bronx		40%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	303
#30	D	Bronx Writing Academy	Bronx		40%	17%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	237
#31	D	Emolior Academy	Bronx		40%	28%	Exceeds Expectations	373
#32	D	Jhs 131 Albert Einstein	Bronx		40%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	351
#33	D	Kappa	Bronx		40%	25%	Exceeds Expectations	241
#34	D	Mott Hall Community School	Bronx		40%	25%	Exceeds Expectations	301
#35	D	Baychester Middle School	Bronx		39%	21%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	267
#36	D	Pelham Academy Of Academics And Community Engagement	Bronx		39%	25%	Exceeds Expectations	283
#37	D	Creston Academy (Magnet)	Bronx		38%	19%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	432
#38	D	Highbridge Green School (the)	Bronx		38%	15%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	377
#39	D	One World Middle School At Edenwald	Bronx		38%	25%	Exceeds Expectations	322
#40	D	Soundview Academy For Culture And Scholarship	Bronx		38%	22%	Exceeds Expectations	298
#41	D	Bronx Green Middle School	Bronx		37%	25%	Exceeds Expectations	341
#42	D	Ms 390	Bronx		37%	16%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	394
#43	D-	Jhs 80 Mosholu Parkway (the)	Bronx		36%	22%	Exceeds Expectations	588
#44	D-	North Bronx School Of Empowerment	Bronx		36%	21%	Exceeds Expectations	370
#45	D-	Pelham Gardens Middle School	Bronx		36%	38%	Underperforms Expectations	291
#46	D-	Ms 180 Dr Daniel Hale Williams	Bronx		35%	26%	Meets Expectations	774
#47	D-	New Millennium Bronx Academy Of The Arts	Bronx		34%	16%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	163
#48	D-	South Bronx International Middle School	Bronx		34%	16%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	156
#49	D-	Academy For Personal Leadership And Excellence	Bronx		33%	18%	Exceeds Expectations	706
#50	D-	Angelo Patri Middle School (the)	Bronx		33%	17%	Exceeds Expectations	338
#51	D-	School Of Performing Arts	Bronx		33%	20%	Exceeds Expectations	196
#52	D-	South Bronx Academy For Applied Media	Bronx		33%	20%	Exceeds Expectations	225
#53	D-	Thomas C Giordano Middle School 45	Bronx		33%	19%	Exceeds Expectations	472
#54	D-	Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School	Bronx		32%	19%	Exceeds Expectations	227
#55	D-	Jhs 123 James M Kiernan (Magnet)	Bronx		32%	21%	Meets Expectations	530
#56	D-	South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School (Charter)	Bronx	South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School	32%	25%	Meets Expectations	304
#57	D-	Leaders Of Tomorrow	Bronx		31%	32%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	387
#58	F	Is 206 Ann Mersereau	Bronx		31%	15%	Exceeds Expectations	177
#59	F	Jhs 22 Jordan L Mott	Bronx		31%	18%	Exceeds Expectations	264
#60	F	Accion Academy	Bronx		30%	21%	Meets Expectations	230
#61	F	Is 584	Bronx		30%	16%	Exceeds Expectations	172
#62	F	Cornerstone Academy For Social Action Middle School (casa)	Bronx		29%	25%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	167
#63	F	Frederick Douglass Academy V Middle School	Bronx		29%	13%	Exceeds Expectations	239
#64	F	Bronx Mathematics Preparatory School (the)	Bronx		28%	24%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	169
#65	F	Is 254	Bronx		28%	21%	Meets Expectations	469
#66	F	Is 117 Joseph H Wade	Bronx		27%	16%	Meets Expectations	358
#67	F	Is 318 Math Science & Technology Through Arts	Bronx		26%	18%	Meets Expectations	303
#68	F	Ps/is 224	Bronx		26%	19%	Meets Expectations	198
#69	F	Bronx Alliance Middle School	Bronx		25%	31%	Underperforms Expectations	214
#70	F	Is 229 Roland Patterson	Bronx		25%	19%	Meets Expectations	166
#71	F	Ms 301 Paul L Dunbar	Bronx		17%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	182
#72	F	Is 313 School Of Leadership Development	Bronx		16%	16%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	172
#73	F	Academy Of Public Relations	Bronx		11%	21%	Underperforms Expectations	125

How Bronx, NY's middle schools compare

B: 2C: 15D: 40F: 16

3% of the 73 ranked middle schools in Bronx, NY earn an A or B (0 A grades, 2 B, 15 C, 40 D, 16 F), against 46% of middle schools nationwide. 65 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (89% here, 70% nationally), and 56 exceed it. On average 39% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 21% (national averages: 45% actual, 38% projected).

The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Emblaze Academy Charter School (58% against 14%, C+), Is 339 (54% against 15%, C), Mott Hall Charter School (50% against 12%, C-), Science And Technology Academy: A Mott Hall School (58% against 21%, B-), Creo College Preparatory Charter School (50% against 13%, C).

The largest ranked middle schools: Jhs 127 Castle Hill (the) (815 students, C, #10), Ms 180 Dr Daniel Hale Williams (774 students, D-, #46), Academy For Personal Leadership And Excellence (706 students, D-, #49).

Of the top 25, 3 are magnet schools and 4 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.

Middle schools in Bronx, NY that are not ranked

1 graded middle schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.

Not yet graded (1)

Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.

Jhs 98 Herman Ridder, Bronx

About this ranking

Scope: public middle schools in Bronx, NY, as grouped on its schools page; the New York ranking covers the whole state.
Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the middle schools.
Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works

Questions about middle schools in Bronx, NY

What is the best middle school in Bronx, NY?

Ms 101 Edward R Byrne in Bronx ranks first among the 73 ranked middle schools in Bronx, NY with a SchoolGrade of B+, 70% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 39%.

How are middle schools in Bronx, NY ranked?

By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.

How many middle schools does Bronx, NY have?

SchoolGrade grades 74 public middle schools in Bronx, NY; 73 are ranked here and 1 are listed as not ranked.