PROFESSOR JUAN BOSCH PUBLIC SCHOOL vs DOS PUENTES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Professor Juan Bosch Public School edges out Dos Puentes Elementary School by 0.2 points overall — 9.0 versus 8.8 out of 10 — but both schools rank among New York's strongest elementaries. Professor Juan Bosch sits at #60 of 4,742 schools statewide while Dos Puentes lands at #118, a gap that reflects a meaningful performance difference even though both schools clear the top 3% of New York elementary programs. Parents choosing between two high-performers 0.7 miles apart should focus on the specific dimensions where the schools actually diverge.

Academically, Professor Juan Bosch Public School scores 9.0 to Dos Puentes Elementary School's 8.9 — a 0.1-point difference that is effectively a tie. Growth tells a nearly identical story in reverse: Dos Puentes scores 10.0 on student growth versus Professor Juan Bosch's 9.9, meaning students at Dos Puentes are advancing at an extremely high rate relative to academic starting point. Neither school shows a meaningful edge in either category; both are performing at the top of their range on academic proficiency and growth trajectory.

The sharpest contrast between the two schools is structural. Professor Juan Bosch Public School enrolls 245 students with a student-teacher ratio of 7.7:1, while Dos Puentes Elementary School serves 434 students at a 13.6:1 ratio. That means nearly twice as many students share a teacher at Dos Puentes. Professor Juan Bosch also serves a higher-need population: 78% of its students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch compared to 67% at Dos Puentes, a difference of 11 percentage points. Both schools' strong ratings demonstrate high performance across economic contexts, but this gap signals that Professor Juan Bosch achieves its scores with more economically challenged students on a significantly leaner staffing model.

Both schools serve grades KG through 05 and sit in the same New York City neighborhood less than a mile apart. Neither offers differentiated grade bands or levels — the comparison is a true apples-to-apples match on grade structure. The defining programmatic variable is school size: Professor Juan Bosch's 245-student enrollment creates a noticeably smaller-school environment than Dos Puentes's 434, which shapes everything from hallway culture to how well teachers know individual kids.