Is 206 Ann Mersereau, Bronx NY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Is 206 Ann Mersereau

IS 206 Ann Mersereau is a public middle school in the Bronx serving grades six through eight. It sits on Aqueduct Avenue in a neighborhood of apartment buildings, commercial corridors, and the kind of dense urban fabric typical of much of the borough. The school is small, with about a couple of hundred students spread across three grade levels.

The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial Black minority and very small numbers of other groups. Nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which marks the school as serving a low-income community. Data on students with individualized education programs or English learners was not available, so the scope of those populations cannot be determined from the materials provided.

Academic proficiency is uneven across grade and subject. In eighth-grade math, students show notably stronger performance, with a solid majority meeting state proficiency standards. In sixth-grade math, proficiency falls to about two in five students. Seventh-grade math is weakest at around one in four. The pattern in English language arts is consistently lower: proficiency rates range from around one in five in seventh grade to about four in ten in sixth grade. Eighth-grade science proficiency sits at about one in four. Overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades places the school in the bottom quartile among districts in Bronx County. A parent evaluating this school should ask directly about what drives the sharp performance cliff between eighth-grade math and the rest of the tested curriculum, and what instructional or support strategies the school identifies as working in that grade.

The school is part of NYC Geographic District 10, which serves the central and northern Bronx. Like many urban districts, District 10 has faced enrollment decline and now carries substantial excess seat capacity, both at the elementary and middle school levels. The district was required in the 2024-25 school year to adopt one of three state-approved phonics-based reading curriculums as part of the citywide NYC Reads mandate, replacing earlier school-chosen programs. For middle school families, the district no longer enforces geographic boundaries on applications, meaning students can apply to any middle school in the city, though in-district students retain priority.

Housing in the Bronx zip code where the school sits is affordable relative to the city overall, with modest home values and rental costs well below the state benchmark. The Bronx as a whole is in a strong growth phase, with major investment in affordable housing projects and transit infrastructure, including planned new Metro-North stops. The borough is walkable and well-served by transit, with subway and bus access to employment, parks including the New York Botanical Garden and Bronx Zoo, and the Bronx Library Center.

Parents considering this school will want to understand what progress the school aims for in the grades and subjects where proficiency lags, what supports exist for students below level, and how the school's size and resources compare to options available elsewhere in the district.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 34% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 727%

School 27% · District 42% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 864%

School 64% · District 38% · ▲ 26 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 39% · ▼ 1 pts below district

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

Grade 719%

School 19% · District 43% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 45% · ▼ 21 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 33% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 558%

School 58% · district not reported

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

Grade 89%

School 9% · district not reported

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

This schoolNEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, 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.