MS 390

MS 390 is one of the tight-knit middle-grades schools in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, with 311 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so MS 390 sits 41% below that benchmark.

Across the 83 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 (40,459 students total), MS 390 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, MS 390 records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, MS 390 lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MS 390 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.0%; this one delivers 42.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household earnings sit near $48,676, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. MS 390 is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

The closest other public school is PS 396, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MS 390 comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.

MS 390 operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. MS 390's enrollment has ticked down 42% since 2018, when it stood at 538 (now 311). Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 87% to 79%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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