Enrollment
319
Middle
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008505122
MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ
681 KELLY ST, BRONX, NY 10455 · (718) 901-3520 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
310 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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
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
319
-162 (-34%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 13.4:1
% White
3%
was 1%
% Hispanic
74%
was 76%
% Black
20%
was 22%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ
As a low-enrollment middle-grades school in BRONX, New York, MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ enrolls 319 students from grades 6 through 8, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 531.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 21,621 students. MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ reports that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 20% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.3%, the actual is 40.9%, a residual of +1.7 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Bronx County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).
Nearest neighbor: GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.9%.
MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ operates from a metropolitan location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ has edged down 34%, going from 481 students in 2018 to 319 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.
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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
- GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX0.0 mi · 402
- URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL II0.1 mi · 285
- PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT0.1 mi · 291
- PS 62 INOCENSIO CASANOVA0.2 mi · 427
- PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL0.2 mi · 303
- SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 266
Frequently asked questions
About MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZWhat is the total enrollment at MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ?
MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ enrolls approximately 319 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ serve?
MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ?
At MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ, the student body is approximately 3% White, 74% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ public or private?
MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8.
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