M.S. 297

75 MORTON STREET, MANHATTAN, NY 10014 · Manhattan · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 02M297

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 1153 (of 1500)

Niche: 209 (of 1516)

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S. 89 East Side Elementary School, PS 267 P.S. 041 Greenwich Village Spruce Street School P.S. 234 Independence School P.S. 011: The Sarah J. Garnet Elementary School Battery Park City School Sixth Avenue Elementary School P.S. 130 Hernando De Soto P.S. 003 Charrette School The Peck Slip School P.S. 033 Chelsea Prep P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray P.S. 051 Elias Howe

Academic quality

ELA = English Language Arts (reading and writing). Math and Science are self-explanatory.
NY State tests ELA and Math every year in grades 3-8, and Science once, in grade 8 -- a school's numbers below only reflect whichever of those grades it actually serves (no social studies/history state test exists at this level).
"Avg. rating" is DOE's average student score on a 1.0-4.5 scale (higher is better) -- shown here as "value / 4.5" alongside the citywide average for the same metric as a benchmark for what's typical.

Attendance: 84.3%

45.1% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

43.8%(citywide avg: 51.7%)

ELA avg. rating

2.81 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.95 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

37.3%(citywide avg: 51%)

Math avg. rating

2.62 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.95 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

23.7%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.57 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

40.6%

Grade 6 Math

37.9%

Grade 7 ELA

45%

Grade 7 Math

49.2%

Grade 8 ELA

45.2%

Grade 8 Math

28.4%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

8.8%(citywide avg: 14%)

English Language Learners -- Math

14.3%(citywide avg: 31.8%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

28.6%

Students with disabilities -- Math

20%

Asian students -- ELA

75%(citywide avg: 78.5%)

Small sample (16 students) -- treat as directional.

Asian students -- Math

84.2%(citywide avg: 91.6%)

Small sample (19 students) -- treat as directional.

Black students -- ELA

50%(citywide avg: 57.9%)

Black students -- Math

26.9%(citywide avg: 40.4%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

27%(citywide avg: 38.4%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

20.9%(citywide avg: 33.7%)

White students -- ELA

66%(citywide avg: 69.7%)

White students -- Math

63.8%(citywide avg: 73.9%)

"% proficient" is the share of students scoring Level 3 or 4 on the state test. Citywide comparisons are the average across schools of the same type. Grades and groups with very few tested students are flagged since a handful of kids can swing the percentage a lot; groups too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy -- that's also why Science, tested only once, shows up far less often than ELA/Math.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2023-24 school year)

See full grade-by-grade test results (ELA, Math, Science) →

Demographics

605 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 42.6%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

8.6%

Black

13.1%

Hispanic or Latino

29.8%

White

42.3%

Multiracial

5.8%

Native American

0.5%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

20.8%

English Language Learners

2.3%

Living in poverty

45.1%

Female

55.2%

Male

44.8%

Economic Need Index is DOE's estimate of the share of students facing economic hardship, based on eligibility for public assistance, temporary housing status, and household income relative to the poverty line. Some very high values are reported by DOE only as "Above 95%" for student privacy and are shown here as 95%.Source: NYC Open Data: Demographic Snapshot (2021-22 school year)

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Zone Priority

199 seats

0 applicants per seat

Not all seats filled last year

Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.

1. Priority to applicants whose sibling(s) will be enrolled in this school next year

~100% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~5% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

2. Then to residents of the middle school zone

~100% admitted

There were about 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~5% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

3. Then to District 2 students and residents

~100% admitted

4. Then to New York City residents

~100% admitted

Estimates derived from NYC DOE's own wording, which rounds and fuzzes small numbers for privacy. Each group's applicant count is independent of the others -- schools are usually oversubscribed, so applicant counts across groups often add up to more than the total seats. That's expected, not an error.Source: NYC DOE MySchools Admissions Data (2025-26 admissions cycle)