Middle School 322, New York NY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Middle School 322

Middle School 322 serves a small student body across three grades in New York's Washington Heights neighborhood. The school's enrollment is concentrated, with the sixth grade being notably smaller than the seventh and eighth grades. The student population is predominantly Hispanic, with Spanish-speaking students making up the vast majority. Nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic circumstances of the families the school serves.

Academically, the school's test results show proficiency rates that fall below the district median across the subjects and grades where state assessments are administered. In sixth-grade math, about one in five students scored at proficiency. Performance rises somewhat in seventh grade and more substantially in eighth grade, where proficiency in math approaches the midpoint but remains below average by county standards. English language arts proficiency runs similarly low in sixth and seventh grade, rising to about a third of students in eighth grade. In the single eighth-grade science assessment, about three in ten students attained proficiency. State test data for social studies is available only from an older year and is not current.

Compared to the other districts in New York County, Middle School 322 ranks in the bottom quartile overall for proficiency across tested subjects and grades. This positions the school among the lower-performing schools in the county, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what academic supports or interventions are in place, as well as what is driving the pattern of improvement from sixth to eighth grade.

The school sits within New York City's mixed-use residential fabric on Broadway in the northern part of Manhattan, embedded in the neighborhood rather than sited on a separated campus. The area is walkable and transit-served. The immediate housing market in the school's zip code shows home values near the state median, though rents have risen modestly year over year. The broader neighborhood context reflects New York City's sustained housing growth and continued investment in infrastructure alongside significant charter-school competition that has affected district enrollment in recent years. District 6, which includes this school, has undergone consolidations and re-sitings in response to declining elementary and middle-school enrollment.

The school is a regular public school, not a charter, and is fully part of the district's enrollment and curriculum ecosystem. No data on special-education enrollment, English learner enrollment, discipline, attendance, or staff composition was available. The specific programs, electives, or school-based supports that students can access were also not documented in the available data.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 620%

School 20% · District 40% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 734%

School 34% · District 51% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 55%

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 54 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 627%

School 27% · District 42% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 722%

School 22% · District 43% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 34 pts below county median

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 49% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Science

Grade 832%

School 32% · District 45% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 840%

School 40% · district not reported

▼ 38 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

This schoolNEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 8Lower-income31%Higher-income80%49 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 8Lower-income53%Higher-income75%22 pp gap