M.S. 301 Paul L. Dunbar

890 CAULDWELL AVENUE, BRONX, NY 10456 · Bronx · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 08X301

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 1441 (of 1500)

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S./M.S. 004 Crotona Park West Urban Scholars Community School P.S. X140 The Eagle School P.S. 146 Edward Collins P.S. 063 Author's Academy P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt P.S. 150 Charles James Fox P.S. 132 Garret A. Morgan

Academic quality

ELA = English Language Arts (reading and writing). Math and Science are self-explanatory.
NY State tests ELA and Math every year in grades 3-8, and Science once, in grade 8 -- a school's numbers below only reflect whichever of those grades it actually serves (no social studies/history state test exists at this level).
"Avg. rating" is DOE's average student score on a 1.0-4.5 scale (higher is better) -- shown here as "value / 4.5" alongside the citywide average for the same metric as a benchmark for what's typical.

Attendance: 88.8%

56.1% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

17.7%(citywide avg: 32.8%)

ELA avg. rating

2.27 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.60 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

16.8%(citywide avg: 25.4%)

Math avg. rating

2.11 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.45 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

11.1%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.28 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

10%

Grade 6 Math

19%

Grade 7 ELA

15.9%

Grade 7 Math

9.3%

Grade 8 ELA

24.6%

Grade 8 Math

20.7%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

14.3%(citywide avg: 14%)

English Language Learners -- Math

16%(citywide avg: 13.8%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

3.7%

Students with disabilities -- Math

1.9%

Black students -- ELA

12.8%(citywide avg: 29.4%)

Black students -- Math

14.9%(citywide avg: 24.9%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

19.5%(citywide avg: 31.8%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

18%(citywide avg: 23.6%)

"% proficient" is the share of students scoring Level 3 or 4 on the state test. Citywide comparisons are the average across schools of the same type. Grades and groups with very few tested students are flagged since a handful of kids can swing the percentage a lot; groups too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy -- that's also why Science, tested only once, shows up far less often than ELA/Math.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2023-24 school year)

See full grade-by-grade test results (ELA, Math, Science) →

Demographics

167 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 93.9%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

Black

35.9%

Hispanic or Latino

62.3%

White

Multiracial

0.6%

Native American

1.2%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

34.1%

English Language Learners

11.4%

Living in poverty

91.6%

Female

43.7%

Male

56.3%

Economic Need Index is DOE's estimate of the share of students facing economic hardship, based on eligibility for public assistance, temporary housing status, and household income relative to the poverty line. Some very high values are reported by DOE only as "Above 95%" for student privacy and are shown here as 95%.Source: NYC Open Data: Demographic Snapshot (2021-22 school year)

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Zone Priority

46 seats

1 applicants per seat

Not all seats filled last year

Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.

1. Priority to applicants whose sibling(s) will be enrolled in this school next year

~100% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~20% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

2. Then to residents of the middle school zone

~100% admitted

There were about 20 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~43% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

3. Then to District 8 students and residents

~100% admitted

4. Then to Bronx students and residents

~100% admitted

5. Then to New York City residents

No applicants

There were no applicants in this group.This group's offers alone accounted for ~0% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

Estimates derived from NYC DOE's own wording, which rounds and fuzzes small numbers for privacy. Each group's applicant count is independent of the others -- schools are usually oversubscribed, so applicant counts across groups often add up to more than the total seats. That's expected, not an error.Source: NYC DOE MySchools Admissions Data (2025-26 admissions cycle)