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Which teacher or staff member at PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008602465
PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR
175 W 166TH ST, BRONX, NY 10452 · (718) 681-6120 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
485 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 66 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 48.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 →
Schools most like PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR
PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR this school | 499 | 97.2% | 35.7% |
| PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY BRONX | 509 | 98.6% | 53.3% |
| ACCESS BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 462 | 95.2% | 44.3% |
| PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS BRONX | 455 | 96.5% | 67.3% |
| PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE BRONX | 447 | 98.4% | 54.8% |
| PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX BRONX | 471 | 98.3% | 35.1% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #1,808 of 2,335 | #138 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,474 of 2,342 ▼ 101 | #110 of 212 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,775 of 2,343 ▲ 342 | #157 of 212 ▲ 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #824 of 2,585 | #74 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #257 of 2,338 | #21 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #1,459 of 2,388 | #122 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.2% | #81 of 2,534 | #44 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #983 of 1,757 | #137 of 153 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
499
-38 (-7%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 741
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 12.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 499 | 53.3 | 9.4:1 | 97% (485) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 51.5 | 9.3:1 | 98% (469) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 39.1 | 12.9:1 | 97% (489) |
| 2020-21 | 537 | 43 | 12.5:1 | 93% (499) |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 46 | 12.4:1 | 97% (553) |
| 2015-16 | 695 | 37 | 18.8:1 | 95% (661) |
| 2010-11 | 741 | 48 | 15.4:1 | 94% (700) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR.
About PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR
PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in BRONX, New York. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 499 students.
PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, a district with 23,786 students across 70 schools.
Hispanic students account for 70% of enrollment at PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR. Other students are 25% Black and 2% White. That is higher than the 55% Hispanic share among all Bronx County residents. PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR has a diversity index of 44%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 53.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.4:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR is graded C by allk12, scoring above 33% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 35.7% and a predicted 39.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Bronx County, median household income is about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. The public schools of Bronx County number 472 and enroll about 202,028.
The school nearest to PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR is HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE), at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR ranks 5th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR saw enrollment fall 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 9.4 students per teacher, compared with 12.5 in 2020-21.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBARHow many students attend PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR?
PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR enrolls approximately 499 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR serve?
PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR have?
PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
How diverse is PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR?
PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR reports a student body of 2% White, 70% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR?
PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.