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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