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MS 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

681 Kelly St

Bronx NY, 10455, Bronx County

Phone: 718-292-6070

Ranking:

(3,006 out of 3,424, bottom 12%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	40		47		50		59		63		70		72
Total Students:	600		624		669		724		781		796		842
Grade 6:	175	29.2%	198	31.7%	198	29.6%	220	30.4%	206	26.4%	215	27.0%	239	28.4%
Grade 7:	195	32.5%	203	32.5%	214	32.0%	245	33.8%	221	28.3%	225	28.3%	244	29.0%
Grade 8:	225	37.5%	215	34.5%	248	37.1%	253	34.9%	218	27.9%	214	26.9%	232	27.6%
Ungraded:	5	0.8%	8	1.3%	9	1.3%	6	0.8%	136	17.4%	142	17.8%	127	15.1%
Student By Gender:
Male:	318	53.0%	338	54.2%	348	52.0%	362	50.0%	359	46.0%	379	47.6%	415	49.3%
Female:	282	47.0%	286	45.8%	321	48.0%	362	50.0%	414	53.0%	409	51.4%	423	50.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%
Asian:	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	4	0.5%	5	0.6%
Hispanic:	448	74.7%	477	76.4%	525	78.5%	560	77.3%	616	78.9%	608	76.4%	640	76.0%
Black:	142	23.7%	139	22.3%	137	20.5%	157	21.7%	160	20.5%	180	22.6%	189	22.4%
White:	6	1.0%	5	0.8%	4	0.6%	5	0.7%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	6	0.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	537	89.5%	566	90.7%	573	85.7%	721	99.6%	NA	NA	746	93.7%	774	91.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	17	2.8%	27	4.3%	25	3.7%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	17	2.1%	32	3.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.00		13.28		13.38		12.33		12.39		11.40		11.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	36%	43%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	60%	46%	68%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	37%	50%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53%	63%	76%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	43%	55%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	31%	52%	78%
2006	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	24%	36%	61%
2007	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	26%	37%	63%
2008	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	36%	42%	67%
2009	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	59%	65%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	19%	29%	54%
2011	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	31%	34%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	29%	35%	55%
2013	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	7.6%	13.1%	29.6%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	37%	40%	60%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	38%	51%	71%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56%	64%	79%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67%	65%	83%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	36%	42%	61%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46%	42%	63%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	49%	44%	66%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	6.9%	14%	30.6%
2006	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	23%	32%	57%
2007	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	26%	34%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	39%	49%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	60%	63%	80%
2010	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	17%	26%	50%
2011	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	16%	23%	48%
2012	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	21%	31%	53%
2013	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	10.6%	14.7%	31.4%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	33%	33%	56%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	42%	45%	66%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55%	59%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68%	72%	88%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51%	42%	62%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	36%	41%	64%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	48%	43%	65%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	10.5%	11.7%	27.7%
2006	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	24%	25%	49%
2007	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	14%	25%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	31%	30%	56%
2009	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	50%	48%	69%
2010	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	27%	27%	51%
2011	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	23%	25%	47%
2012	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	17%	26%	50%
2013	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	6.8%	13.6%	33.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	31%	29%	54%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	41%	33%	59%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58%	45%	70%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73%	64%	80%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	36%	33%	55%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73%	42%	60%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	37%	35%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	14.9%	11.2%	27.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	16%	21%	63%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	16%	22%	65%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36%	38%	71%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36%	35%	69%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	31%	42%	71%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	25%	39%	69%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	25%	39%	70%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	17%	18%	54%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	7%	18%	57%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	21%	24%	63%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	13%	25%	63%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	27%	34%	69%
Regents
2010	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	93%	48%	72%
2011	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	51%	73%
2012	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	87%	44%	72%
2010	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	100%	53%	79%
2006	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	85%	58%	79%
2009	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	100%	51%	61%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* MS 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz Middle School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.