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Enrollment
598
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008502295
PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY
2951 DEWEY AVE, BRONX, NY 10465 · (718) 822-5311 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL598 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest 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
13.9:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
501 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 58 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 10 | 2% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY
PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY this school | 598 | 83.8% | 40.8% |
| PS 22 GRANITEVILLE STATEN ISLAND | 717 | 83.8% | 39.8% |
| BRONX COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 492 | 86.8% | 50.6% |
| ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONSEY | 598 | 89.1% | 19.2% |
| RIVERSIDE SCHOOL FOR MAKERS AND ARTISTS (THE) NEW YORK | 480 | 86.0% | 17.5% |
| PS/MS 498 VAN NEST ACADEMY BRONX | 603 | 84.2% | 51.8% |
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 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #1,578 of 2,335 | #114 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,422 of 2,342 ▲ 276 | #101 of 212 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,404 of 2,343 ▲ 105 | #111 of 212 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 598 | #469 of 2,585 | #50 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,855 of 2,338 | #150 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #1,179 of 2,388 | #77 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.8% | #654 of 2,534 | #192 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.1% | #334 of 1,757 | #92 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
598
-77 (-11%) vs 2020
-37% since 2010-11, when it was 950
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 598 | 43 | 13.9:1 | 84% (501) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 43.1 | 13.5:1 | 83% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 597 | 45.7 | 13.1:1 | 84% (504) |
| 2020-21 | 675 | 44 | 15.3:1 | 87% (588) |
| 2017-18 | 832 | 66 | 12.6:1 | 87% (722) |
| 2015-16 | 885 | 62 | 14.3:1 | 83% (737) |
| 2010-11 | 950 | 66 | 14.4:1 | 69% (654) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY.
About PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY
PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY is an elementary school in BRONX, New York, and it is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8. The student body numbers 598 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
The district for PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, with 52 schools and 21,621 students.
Hispanic students account for 67% of enrollment at PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY. Smaller groups are 17% Black, 9% Asian, and 5% White. For comparison, the population of Bronx County is roughly 55% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
Teachers at PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY total 43 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 84%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In New York, PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 40.8% actual against a predicted 44.2%.
Bronx County has about 1,404,779 residents, and median household income is about $48,676, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Federal data list 472 public schools in Bronx County, with a combined enrollment of about 202,028.
The shortest distance from PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to BRONX DELTA SCHOOL. The five-mile area around PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 52.7%, higher than PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY's 40.8%.
Under the NCES locale system, PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY is City: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 598, 11% below the 675 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.9:1, from 15.3:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 # 8
- HERBERT H LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,087 students
- PS 71 ROSE E SCALAElementary · 1,079 students
- PS 14 SENATOR JOHN CALANDRAElementary · 718 students
- PS 36 UNIONPORTElementary · 660 students
- PS 152 EVERGREENElementary · 634 students
- BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTSHigh · 589 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
- BRONX DELTA SCHOOL0.3 mi · 399
- MOTT HALL COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 245
- URBAN INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS0.3 mi · 361
- MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE0.7 mi · 576
- PS 100.7 mi · 569
- PS 304 EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL0.7 mi · 551
Frequently asked questions
About PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEYWhat is the total enrollment at PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY?
PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY enrolls approximately 598 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY.
How diverse is PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY?
PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY reports a student body of 5% White, 67% Hispanic, 17% Black, 9% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY public or private?
PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.