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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
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
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
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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
499
-72 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 12.4:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
70%
was 75%
% Black
25%
was 22%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR
As a moderately sized elementary school in BRONX, New York, PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR works with 499 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 comprises 70 schools with combined enrollment of 23,786 students; PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR is among them.
On demographics, PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. The remainder consists of 25% Black, 2% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. 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, PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.3%; this one delivers 35.7%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR is one.
The closest other public school is HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE), roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR. On composite proficiency, PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR has edged down 13%, going from 571 students in 2018 to 499 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 75% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 # 9
- PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 807 students
- PS 70 MAX SCHOENFELDElementary · 729 students
- BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICEHigh · 683 students
- COMPREHENSIVE MODEL SCHOOL PROJECT MS 327High · 670 students
- PS 53 BASHEER QUISIMElementary · 600 students
- PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTSElementary · 576 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
- HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE)0.1 mi · 383
- NUASIN NEXT GENERATION CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 786
- PS 73 BRONX0.3 mi · 283
- PS 11 HIGHBRIDGE0.3 mi · 386
- PS 114 LUIS LLORENS TORRES SCHOOL0.3 mi · 458
- DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL HIGHBRIDGE0.4 mi · 363
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.