PS 33 TIMOTHY DWIGHT

PS 33 TIMOTHY DWIGHT is an elementary school of well-populated scale in BRONX, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, instructing 789 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 78% larger than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 40,459 students; PS 33 TIMOTHY DWIGHT is among them.

In terms of who attends, PS 33 TIMOTHY DWIGHT reports that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 11% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bronx County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PS 33 TIMOTHY DWIGHT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 28.3%, a residual of -10.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate median household income runs about $48,676, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 33 TIMOTHY DWIGHT is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

ACADEMY FOR PERSONAL LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 33 TIMOTHY DWIGHT ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 33 TIMOTHY DWIGHT's enrollment has ticked down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 922 (now 789). Class-load math has tightened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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