One World Middle School at Edenwald, Bronx NY

Original Research by School Decision on One World Middle School at Edenwald

One World Middle School at Edenwald serves grades six through eight in the Bronx neighborhood of Edenwald, just off Baychester Avenue in a residential corner of the borough. The school enrolls a small to mid-sized student body drawn almost entirely from the local community. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the enrollment is predominantly Black and Hispanic, with much smaller numbers of students from other racial backgrounds.

The academic picture is mixed and warrants direct conversation with the school. In English language arts, the school shows strength in seventh grade, where about three out of five students met proficiency, and eighth-grade results are also solid at roughly one out of every two students proficient. Sixth-grade English performance is lower, around four out of ten. Math presents a steeper challenge. Sixth-grade math proficiency sits at roughly one out of four students, and while seventh grade improves substantially to about one out of two proficient, eighth-grade math testing data was not available to the state. Science testing was also not reported for eighth grade. The school's overall proficiency picture places it in the bottom quartile compared to other districts in Bronx County, meaning performance lags substantially behind peers. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, asking specifically about the math curriculum, the eighth-grade pathway, and what supports are in place for students below grade level, especially given the city's recent mandates around standardized math instruction and reading intervention programs.

Sixth and seventh graders participate in state testing at high participation rates, suggesting the school is engaging students in the assessment process. The instruction itself has shifted because of district-level mandates. All middle schools in New York City will be required to adopt city-approved math curriculums by fall 2027, and this school will also need to use standardized reading and math intervention programs by fall 2026 to support students below grade level.

The Bronx itself is in a phase of substantial growth and investment. New affordable housing projects are breaking ground across neighborhoods, and transit infrastructure is expanding, with new Metro-North stations planned for areas nearby. The borough's built environment ranges from dense commercial corridors to quieter residential blocks, and the area around Edenwald is characterized by walkable streets with local shops and services. Housing values have risen, though they remain below state and national benchmarks. The neighborhood anchors itself around transit, parks like Bronx Park and Van Cortlandt, and the dense network of schools and civic institutions distributed across the borough rather than concentrated in a single downtown.

The school's size and community-rooted placement mean it operates as a local anchor rather than a destination school drawing from across the city. Its enrollment reflects the demographics of the immediate area. For a family considering this school, the central questions turn on the trajectory in math, the specific instructional methods in place across subjects, and whether the school's support systems address the learning needs of students entering below grade level. State assessment results and district-wide curriculum changes provide the framework, but the school itself is the best source for understanding how those reforms are being implemented and what the experience feels like for students and families.

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Academic performance

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

New York Regents Exams

4 courses 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	99	24.0%
Ela	98	35.0%
Science	94	34.0%
Social Studies	93	41.0%

Math

Grade 624%

School 24% · District 40% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 753%

School 53% · District 51% · ▲ 1 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 45% · ▼ 45 pts below district

▼ 37 pts below state median · ▼ 37 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 641%

School 41% · District 44% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 761%

School 61% · District 47% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 52% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Science

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 36% · ▼ 36 pts below district

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

This schoolNEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, 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 6Lower-income35%Higher-income63%28 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income63%Higher-income52%10 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income49%Higher-income73%24 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income19%Higher-income45%26 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income54%Higher-income48%6 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income26%Higher-income33%8 pp gap