Is Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The) a good school?

Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The) ranks 943 rd of 1504 New York middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)?

In the 2023-24 school year, 788 students attended Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The).

What is the racial makeup of Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)?

Students at Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The) are 46% Hispanic, 29% Asian, 20% African American, 2% White, 1% American Indian, 1% Pacific Islander.

Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)

Summary:

Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The) is a public middle school located in the Bronx, New York, serving grades 6-8 with an enrollment of 815 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #11, which is ranked 646 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New York middle schools, typically between 800-950 out of around 1,500 schools, and has maintained a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger for most years, indicating below-average performance compared to other New York middle schools. However, the school's performance across different student subgroups is generally below average, with rankings in the bottom half of New York middle schools for female, male, Asian, African American, Hispanic, and special education students. Interestingly, the school's performance for English Language Learners and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds is relatively stronger, with rankings in the top half of New York middle schools in recent years.

Academically, the school's proficiency rates on New York State Assessments are mixed compared to the district and state averages, with strengths in Regents exam performance, particularly in Living Environment and Algebra I, where its proficiency rates are significantly higher than the district and state averages. Compared to nearby schools, such as Middle School 101 Edward R Byrne, which significantly outperforms Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The) across various metrics, the school's performance is in the middle to upper range, suggesting opportunities for improvement.

Detail:

Public 6-8

1560 Purdy St
Bronx, NY 10462-4215

(718) 892-8600

District: New York City Geographic District #11

SchoolDigger Rank:
943^rd of 1,504 New York Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,900

Feeder schools for Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The):

Elementary:

Ps 106 Parkchester

Student/teacher ratio: 11.7

Number of students: 788

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

45.6%

Asian:

29.4%

African American:

19.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 82.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The) ranks worse than 62.7% of middle schools in New York. It also ranks 5^th among 14 ranked middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #11. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 38.76. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The) has the largest middle school student body size in the New York City Geographic District #11. Student population at Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The) is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (45.6%), Asian (29.4%), African American (19.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 82.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The) is 11.7. 8 middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #11 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The) employs 66.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The) is $18,900, which is the lowest among 14 middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #11!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The):

SchoolDigger ranks Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The) 943^rd of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The) in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #11:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #11 646^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)

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Rank History for all students at Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	19.56	900^th	1095	17.8%
2007	14.30	968^th	1123	13.8%
2008	18.98	981^st	1185	17.2%
2009	18.38	1039^th	1224	15.1%
2010	16.15	1043^rd	1243	16.1%
2011	20.40	1051^st	1295	18.8%
2012	32.82	970^th	1337	27.4%
2013	37.15	863^rd	1373	37.1%
2014	36.00	905^th	1401	35.4%
2015	36.81	892^nd	1407	36.6%
2016	33.28	969^th	1429	32.2%
2017	38.30	907^th	1455	37.7%
2018	37.28	911^th	1438	36.6%
2019	39.30	849^th	1439	41.0%
2021	60.33	405^th	1242	67.4%
2022	41.34	869^th	1479	41.2%
2023	42.79	876^th	1500	41.6%
2024	38.76	943^rd	1504	37.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	57.34	120^th	503	76.1%
2019	52.84	139^th	473	70.6%
2022	63.19	107^th	581	81.6%
2023	52.76	176^th	591	70.2%
2024	51.45	189^th	615	69.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	29.12	967^th	1170	17.4%
2019	30.81	857^th	1139	24.8%
2022	32.02	947^th	1283	26.2%
2023	36.93	809^th	1307	38.1%
2024	42.09	678^th	1303	48.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	46.63	589^th	1245	52.7%
2019	47.54	543^rd	1241	56.2%
2021	76.63	147^th	935	84.3%
2022	46.98	600^th	1306	54.1%
2023	50.09	579^th	1288	55.0%
2024	46.96	636^th	1296	50.9%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	50.50	188^th	457	58.9%
2019	59.83	107^th	392	72.7%
2021	65.85	12^th	49	75.5%
2022	54.61	170^th	487	65.1%
2023	59.00	165^th	543	69.6%
2024	49.42	259^th	594	56.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	43.73	787^th	1353	41.8%
2019	42.86	771^st	1370	43.7%
2021	69.02	242^nd	1066	77.3%
2022	43.26	811^th	1454	44.2%
2023	40.99	878^th	1463	40.0%
2024	40.34	899^th	1465	38.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	30.81	969^th	1352	28.3%
2019	35.89	853^rd	1366	37.6%
2021	55.76	406^th	1071	62.1%
2022	39.45	863^rd	1455	40.7%
2023	44.64	794^th	1464	45.8%
2024	38.55	918^th	1464	37.3%

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Rank History for Asian students at Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	26.91	303^rd	374	19.0%
2019	27.45	300^th	369	18.7%
2021	42.16	161^st	236	31.8%
2022	39.57	257^th	381	32.5%
2023	48.08	234^th	388	39.7%
2024	41.81	272^nd	396	31.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	42.87	354^th	663	46.6%
2019	43.21	332^nd	653	49.2%
2022	32.72	493^rd	706	30.2%
2023	36.72	445^th	696	36.1%
2024	38.07	438^th	705	37.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	29.92	616^th	810	24.0%
2019	31.43	579^th	826	29.9%
2022	31.00	670^th	914	26.7%
2023	33.47	645^th	943	31.6%
2024	33.43	657^th	953	31.1%

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Rank History for White students at Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	60.64	307^th	763	59.8%
2019	68.15	225^th	716	68.6%
2022	29.77	553^rd	748	26.1%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	225	326	89	480	2	n/a	n/a	1122
1990	209	328	109	539	1	n/a	n/a	1186
1991	197	366	106	490	11	n/a	n/a	1170
1992	201	450	123	637	0	n/a	n/a	1411
1993	125	470	174	633	0	n/a	n/a	1402
1994	98	420	151	670	1	n/a	n/a	1340
1995	60	417	137	626	10	n/a	n/a	1250
1996	60	417	137	626	10	n/a	n/a	1250
1997	34	356	127	568	6	n/a	n/a	1091
1998	39	367	132	574	8	n/a	n/a	1120
1999	37	381	136	603	1	n/a	n/a	1158
2000	34	413	142	618	2	n/a	n/a	1209
2001	31	442	148	609	2	n/a	n/a	1232
2002	25	501	195	755	6	n/a	n/a	1482
2003	25	501	195	755	6	n/a	n/a	1482
2004	16	416	136	563	7	n/a	n/a	1138
2005	18	422	124	452	3	n/a	n/a	1019
2006	16	344	112	395	2	n/a	n/a	869
2007	11	336	122	362	2	n/a	n/a	833
2008	12	258	88	284	3	n/a	n/a	645
2009	21	256	100	329	3	n/a	n/a	709
2010	19	228	133	348	6	n/a	n/a	734
2011	13	236	142	332	8	0	0	731
2012	12	221	158	327	8	1	0	727
2013	14	236	181	322	7	2	1	763
2014	15	181	204	334	6	0	0	740
2015	18	177	224	293	9	0	0	721
2016	30	171	231	301	8	0	0	741
2017	38	184	237	306	7	5	3	780
2018	22	176	245	342	11	10	3	809
2019	22	189	257	342	19	11	5	845
2020	21	167	256	343	17	3	5	812
2021	32	187	281	346	16	4	2	868
2022	31	154	267	327	12	6	4	801
2023	23	176	254	342	7	9	4	815
2024	18	157	232	359	11	9	2	788

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1122	71.5	15.6	n/a
1990	1186	68.9	17.2	n/a
1991	1170	62.9	18.6	n/a
1992	1411	74.0	19.0	n/a
1993	1402	72.4	19.4	n/a
1994	1340	78.0	17.2	n/a
1995	1250	64.9	19.3	n/a
1996	1250	64.9	19.3	n/a
1997	1091	62.8	17.4	79.1
1998	1120	65.1	17.2	82.7
1999	1158	69.0	16.8	81.2
2000	1209	61.8	19.6	92.6
2001	1232	80.1	15.4	92.7
2002	1482	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1482	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1138	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1019	73.0	14.0	0
2006	869	63.0	13.8	89.4
2007	833	59.0	14.1	95.8
2008	645	49.0	13.2	91.6
2009	709	49.0	14.5	91.8
2010	734	49.9	14.6	n/a
2011	731	45.0	16.2	91.9
2012	727	45.0	16.1	91.6
2013	763	46.9	16.2	91.1
2014	740	50.9	14.5	99.2
2015	721	48.0	15.0	64.6
2016	741	49.0	15.1	65.5
2017	780	49.3	15.8	62.7
2018	809	51.0	15.8	77.8
2019	845	59.9	14.0	73.7
2020	812	63.8	12.7	79.1
2021	868	70.6	12.2	81.1
2022	801	68.1	11.7	79.2
2023	815	67.7	12.0	80
2024	788	66.9	11.7	82.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Junior High School 127 Castle Hill (The)

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1122	71.5	15.6	n/a
1990	1186	68.9	17.2	n/a
1991	1170	62.9	18.6	n/a
1992	1411	74.0	19.0	n/a
1993	1402	72.4	19.4	n/a
1994	1340	78.0	17.2	n/a
1995	1250	64.9	19.3	n/a
1996	1250	64.9	19.3	n/a
1997	1091	62.8	17.4	79.1
1998	1120	65.1	17.2	82.7
1999	1158	69.0	16.8	81.2
2000	1209	61.8	19.6	92.6
2001	1232	80.1	15.4	92.7
2002	1482	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1482	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1138	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1019	73.0	14.0	0
2006	869	63.0	13.8	89.4
2007	833	59.0	14.1	95.8
2008	645	49.0	13.2	91.6
2009	709	49.0	14.5	91.8
2010	734	49.9	14.6	n/a
2011	731	45.0	16.2	91.9
2012	727	45.0	16.1	91.6
2013	763	46.9	16.2	91.1
2014	740	50.9	14.5	99.2
2015	721	48.0	15.0	64.6
2016	741	49.0	15.1	65.5
2017	780	49.3	15.8	62.7
2018	809	51.0	15.8	77.8
2019	845	59.9	14.0	73.7
2020	812	63.8	12.7	79.1
2021	868	70.6	12.2	81.1
2022	801	68.1	11.7	79.2
2023	815	67.7	12.0	80
2024	788	66.9	11.7	82.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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