Jhs 22 Jordan L Mott, Bronx NY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Jhs 22 Jordan L Mott

JHS 22 Jordan L Mott is a middle school serving grades six through eight in the South Bronx, located in a neighborhood of dense residential blocks and commercial corridors near the transit hub at East 167th Street. The school serves a student population that is overwhelmingly Latino, with a substantial majority of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Enrollment is small for this grade band, sitting below the mid-range for middle schools in its urban district context.

The school's state assessment results, from the most recent testing cycle, show proficiency rates in the low range across subjects. In math, fewer than one in ten sixth graders met state proficiency standards, while seventh and eighth grade math proficiency sat around one-third, each. English language arts results were similar: sixth grade was below third of students proficient, with seventh and eighth grades also near that mark. Eighth grade science showed the highest performance across the school, with about one-third of students meeting standards. These results place the school in the bottom quartile among middle schools in Bronx County when measured by overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. Test participation rates were generally strong, with most grade-level cohorts seeing at least four-fifths of enrolled students tested, though eighth grade ELA participation dipped to about three-fourths.

The academic picture here reflects the economic and social conditions of the surrounding neighborhood. East 167th Street and its immediate surroundings are part of the South Bronx's most economically stressed districts, where the overwhelming majority of families live below poverty thresholds. The borough itself has seen significant recent investment and housing growth, but those gains have concentrated in waterfront and transit-rich corridors rather than in the inner neighborhoods where this school sits. Housing costs in the area remain low relative to citywide medians, though even modest costs stretch thin family budgets in a community where full-time employment often does not lift families above subsistence income levels.

District 9, which oversees this school, has implemented two major curriculum mandates in recent years: NYC Reads, a phonics-based literacy approach that standardized how reading is taught across the district's elementary schools, and NYC Solves, which requires middle schools including this one to use a single standardized math curriculum from EL Education. These changes represent a sharp departure from the district's earlier practice of allowing schools to select their own reading and math materials. The intent is to align instruction with research-based practices, though the on-the-ground effects depend on implementation and teacher support. District 9 has also experienced significant enrollment decline over the past several years, with the steepest losses at the elementary and middle school levels, though enrollment stabilized in the most recent reporting period. This matters because enrollment trends affect whether schools add or cut programs and how resources spread across classrooms.

What to know if you are considering this school: proficiency levels are low across the board, and a family would want to understand specifically what academic supports the school offers and how it helps students who enter below grade level. The school's catchment area serves one of New York's lowest-income neighborhoods, so peer composition is economically homogeneous. The school has no selective admissions; it is a regular middle school serving its zone. Program details, staffing information, and information about after-school or summer supports were not available in the data provided, so a parent may want to look into those directly with the school. No graduation rate applies because this is a middle school; high school outcomes are a separate question.

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Academic performance

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

New York Regents Exams

1 course reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Math	10	70.0%

Math

Grade 610%

School 10% · District 28% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 35 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 732%

School 32% · District 42% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 831%

School 31% · District 45% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 629%

School 29% · District 32% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 730%

School 30% · District 39% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 831%

School 31% · District 41% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Science

Grade 837%

School 37% · District 38% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 541%

School 41% · district not reported

▼ 51 pts below state median · ▼ 35 pts below county median

Grade 826%

School 26% · district not reported

▼ 52 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

This schoolNEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, 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

Mathematics

Grade 8Lower-income30%Higher-income40%10 pp gap