Enrollment
148
Middle
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008505121
MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR
890 CAULDWELL AVE, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 585-2950 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL148 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
142 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
18.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -8.0pp since 2023
Math
17.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
148
-96 (-39%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
was 11.1:1
% White
3%
was 1%
% Hispanic
62%
was 58%
% Black
32%
was 40%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR
MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR is an intermediate school of very small scale in BRONX, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, hosting 148 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 72% smaller than the state mean of about 531.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 21,621 students. MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment; the rest looks like 32% Black, 3% White, 2% Native American.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.0:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.7%; this one comes in at 18.5%, -21.2 points off the demographic line.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bronx County) logs that median household earnings sit near $48,676, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR is one.
Nearest neighbor: PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE), around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 43.8%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Trend over the last 7 years. MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR's enrollment has shrank 39% since 2018, when it stood at 244 (now 148). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 40% to 32%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 in 2025.
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Bronx County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,404,779
Census ACS
Median income
$48,676
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
472
202,028 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8
- HERBERT H LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,087 students
- PS 71 ROSE E SCALAElementary · 1,079 students
- PS 14 SENATOR JOHN CALANDRAElementary · 718 students
- PS 36 UNIONPORTElementary · 660 students
- PS 152 EVERGREENElementary · 634 students
- PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEYElementary · 598 students
Other schools in BRONX
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL IIICombined · 2,390 students
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,481 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE)0.1 mi · 335
- VIRTUAL INNOVATOR'S ACADEMY0.1 mi · 225
- PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS0.2 mi · 302
- NYC CHARTER HS - AECI0.2 mi · 450
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES II0.2 mi · 250
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE II0.2 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About MS 301 PAUL L DUNBARWhat is the total enrollment at MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR?
MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR enrolls approximately 148 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR serve?
MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR is approximately 8.0:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR?
At MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR, the student body is approximately 3% White, 62% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR in?
MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8.
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