PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY

Located at 2951 DEWEY AVE, in BRONX, New York, PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY is a mid-tier K-5 school that caters to 598 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8. Enrollment runs roughly 35% above the state mean of about 443.

PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY is one of 52 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, a district that educates 21,621 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Black, 9% Asian, 5% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Bronx County shows the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY is one campus in the mix.

BRONX DELTA SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.7%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEY's enrollment has declined 28% since 2018, when it stood at 832 (now 598). The Asian share of enrollment increased from 3% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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