PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE vs AMISTAD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL

PS 92 Mary McLeod Bethune and Amistad Dual Language School sit 3.7 miles apart in New York City and rank among the very best elementary schools in the state, but the gap between them is razor-thin. PS 92 Mary McLeod Bethune holds the edge with a 9.4/10 overall rating versus Amistad's 9.3/10 — a 0.1-point difference — and translates that to a state rank of #5 out of 4,739 New York schools. Amistad Dual Language School is not far behind at #14 of 4,739, making both schools genuinely exceptional options within their city.

Academically, the two schools are nearly identical: PS 92 Mary McLeod Bethune scores 8.8/10 versus Amistad Dual Language School's 8.7/10 in academics. Growth scores follow the same pattern — PS 92 earns a perfect 10.0/10 compared to Amistad's 9.9/10. A school hitting 10.0 on growth in a city as competitive as New York is rare; PS 92 Mary McLeod Bethune is producing measurably faster academic progress per pupil despite its smaller footprint and higher poverty concentration.

The demographic profiles differ more meaningfully than the ratings do. PS 92 Mary McLeod Bethune enrolls 170 students with 98% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, while Amistad Dual Language School serves 393 students with an 84% free/reduced-lunch rate. The student-teacher ratio also diverges: PS 92 runs at 11.3 students per teacher versus Amistad's 9.6:1, meaning Amistad students get slightly more individualized attention on average despite the larger enrollment.

Grade span and program type are the clearest practical differentiators. PS 92 Mary McLeod Bethune covers pre-kindergarten through 5th grade, making it a pure elementary option. Amistad Dual Language School runs kindergarten through 8th grade, offering families continuity through middle school without a second application process. Amistad's dual-language model also targets bilingual development from the start — a structural program difference that PS 92 does not replicate.