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Ps 178 Dr Selman Waksman

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Ps 178 Dr Selman Waksman ranks 1081 st of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public, Magnet Grades PK, KG-5

1081^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 56% of New York elementary schools

Summary

PS 178 Dr Selman Waksman is an elementary school located in the Bronx, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 326 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #11, which is ranked 627 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

PS 178 has shown mixed academic performance compared to the district and state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math were generally higher than the district but lower than the state averages. For example, in 5th grade ELA, PS 178 had a 58.33% proficiency rate, compared to 54.51% for the district and 56.61% for the state. In 5th grade Math, PS 178 had a 53.19% proficiency rate, compared to 49.31% for the district and 54.16% for the state. The school's performance has fluctuated over the years, with a general trend of improvement in recent years, as evidenced by its increase in SchoolDigger star rating from 1 to 3 stars between the 2022-2023 and 2024-2025 school years.

Comparing PS 178 to nearby schools in the district, the school performs better than some, such as Cornerstone Academy for Social Action and PS 78 Anne Hutchinson, which have lower academic proficiency rates and lower SchoolDigger ratings. However, PS 153 Helen Keller, located just 0.15 miles away, outperforms PS 178 in both ELA and Math proficiency, as well as in the school's overall SchoolDigger rating (4 stars compared to 3 stars for PS 178).

334

Students ?

11.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$41,272

Per pupil spending ?

75.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

850 Baychester Ave
Bronx, NY 10475-1702

(718) 904-5570

District: New York City Geographic District #11

Students who attend Ps 178 Dr Selman Waksman usually attend:

Middle:	Is 181 Pablo Casals
High:	Harry S Truman High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

58.1%

Hispanic:

30.5%

Pacific Islander:

4.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 34th percentile in 2015 → 56th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 22 percentile points since 2015

✓Above the New York median (56th percentile)

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school57%

District avg50%

New York avg55%

1,081^st of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 44%▲ up 21 pts since 2015

From bottom 34% (2015) to top 44% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 31Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #11

627^th of 874New York City Geographic District #11 among New York districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	54.1	1081 of 2445	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	31.6	1698 of 2445	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.6	1820 of 2439	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.5	1953 of 2434	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.0	1916 of 2201	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.2	1963 of 2413	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.6	1896 of 2395	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	32.7	1644 of 2386	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2016	33.5	1640 of 2366	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2015	36.0	1541 of 2352	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2014	48.3	1230 of 2345	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	37.8	1473 of 2325	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2012	35.0	1653 of 2320	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	25.1	1835 of 2286	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	27.7	1786 of 2263	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	33.3	1762 of 2257	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	28.5	1783 of 2227	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	18.2	1903 of 2219	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	21.3	1873 of 2206	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	79.8	142 of 928	84.7%	★★★★☆
2024	51.5	402 of 927	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	46.0	429 of 857	49.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.4	449 of 936	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	38.7	252 of 427	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.5	478 of 891	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.5	506 of 948	46.6%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2019	39.8	462 of 860	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	20.9	884 of 938	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	55.6	1041 of 2409	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.0	1507 of 2413	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.1	1431 of 2403	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.7	1852 of 2401	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.9	1647 of 1955	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.5	1610 of 2357	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.7	1791 of 2338	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2021	40.5	477 of 818	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	24.4	1076 of 1315	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.3	989 of 1392	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	91.1	48 of 792	93.9%	★★★★★
2024	58.3	228 of 766	70.2%	★★★★☆
2022	19.6	571 of 622	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	45.6	297 of 570	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.1	501 of 730	31.4%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	59.1	710 of 2098	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	41.2	1155 of 2078	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.3	1029 of 2041	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.6	1563 of 2099	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.9	1536 of 2032	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.9	1478 of 2045	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	51.6	1130 of 2407	53.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	27.5	1824 of 2411	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.0	1988 of 2400	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.4	1951 of 2400	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.2	1741 of 1961	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.0	2123 of 2358	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.5	1906 of 2340	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	49.0	895 of 2134	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.0	1223 of 2110	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	49.1	808 of 2016	59.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.4	1061 of 2031	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	51.1	407 of 1044	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	26.3	1524 of 1859	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.9	1294 of 1941	33.3%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2018	24.2	1175 of 1408	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2025)94th percentile+38 vs school

African American (2025)85th percentile+29 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)66th percentile+10 vs school

Special Education (2025)58th percentile~ school

Female (2025)57th percentile~ school

Male (2025)53rd percentile-3 vs school

English Language Learner (2019)46th percentile+28 vs school

Hispanic (2021)42nd percentile+29 vs school

White (2018)17th percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Math63%+5 vs state

English Language Arts56%~ state avg

Science41%-4 vs state

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by a teacher
Friday, November 12, 2010

This school makes it difficult for teachers who sincerely want to do a good job. The expectations that are put upon us take away from any effort to create an environment where students actually learn. This is why test scores went down. Teachers spent more time doing pretty bulletin board projects rather than applying this effort into figuring out the most effective methods of teaching for our students. This is because the administration cares more about how things look rather than how the students are actually learning. Close Quote

by a parent
Sunday, March 1, 2009

The principal and guidance counselor are not fit to deal with children they are not trained on how to deal with certain situations they do not contact parents in a timely matter.whenever we go in there to speak with them its almost impossible to have a meeting.over all this school is only an A plus b/c they don't report anything that takes place in that school thats negative. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2025)			NY State Assessments Math (2025)			NY State Assessments Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments Math 4th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ps 178 Dr Selman Waksman	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	850 Baychester Ave	Bronx	10475	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 904-5570	334	28	11.9	75.7%	13 (3.9%)	194 (58.1%)	102 (30.5%)	3 (0.9%)	4 (1.2%)	15 (4.5%)	3 (0.9%)	54.1	1081^st of 2445 public elementary schools	55.8%		31.6	1698^th of 2445 public elementary schools	30.6%	617	49.0	62.9	58.3	66.0	71.4	53.2	40.9	$41,272	$3,845	$37,427
Middle School 596	Public	PK, KG-8	850 Baychester Ave	Bronx	10475	Bronx County	Nyc Special Schools - District 75	No	No	No	No	(718) 904-5750	403	81	4.9	87.1%	25 (6.2%)	138 (34.2%)	192 (47.6%)	43 (10.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)								(n/a)								$127,896	$2,157	$125,739
Ps 153 Helen Keller	Public	PK, KG-5	650 Baychester Ave	Bronx	10475	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 904-5550	440	32	13.7	72.5%	7 (1.6%)	271 (61.6%)	115 (26.1%)	32 (7.3%)	5 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	8 (1.8%)	79.3	441^st of 2445 public elementary schools	82.0%		59	926^th of 2445 public elementary schools	62.1%	485	67.3	71.4	78.1	83.9	73.0	68.8	60.3	$35,242	$3,541	$31,701
Baychester Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	3500 Edson Ave	Bronx	10466	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 325-1138	339	24	14.3	82.9%	4 (1.2%)	226 (66.7%)	101 (29.8%)	4 (1.2%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	51	1186^th of 2445 public elementary schools	51.5%		63.7	809^th of 2445 public elementary schools	66.9%	377	59.5	50.0	66.7	58.3	66.0	54.3	28.6	$36,572	$3,649	$32,923
Cornerstone Academy For Social Action	Public	PK, KG-5	3441 Steenwick Ave	Bronx	10475	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 794-6160	258	23	11.2	96.5%	4 (1.6%)	104 (40.3%)	134 (51.9%)	10 (3.9%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	12.1	2263^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	7.4%		20.4	2047^th of 2445 public elementary schools	16.3%	216	20.6	23.5	34.3	44.1	23.5	32.4	21.2	$40,801	$3,777	$37,024
Ps 111 Seton Falls	Public	PK, KG-5	3740 Baychester Ave	Bronx	10466	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 881-2418	397	32	12.5	94.2%	6 (1.5%)	213 (53.7%)	166 (41.8%)	6 (1.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	22	2022^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	17.3%		13.9	2243^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	8.3%	221	44.4	41.7	35.3	46.3	48.9	30.0	10.0	$36,313	$3,691	$32,622
Bronx Charter School For Better Learning	Public, Charter	K-5	3740 Baychester Ave Annex	Bronx	10466	Bronx County	Bronx Charter School For Better Learning	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 655-6660	532	26	20.2	76.9%	2 (0.4%)	465 (87.4%)	43 (8.1%)	7 (1.3%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.7%)	64.7	831^st of 2445 public elementary schools	66.0%		66.1	749^th of 2445 public elementary schools	69.4%	82	63.0	58.5	68.9	68.0	68.1	63.3	47.2	$19,844	$1,616	$18,228
Bronx Charter School For Better Learning II	Public, Charter	K-5	2545 Gunther Ave	Bronx	10469	Bronx County	Bronx Charter School For Better Learning II	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 655-6660	423	24	17.9	81.8%	5 (1.2%)	341 (80.6%)	60 (14.2%)	6 (1.4%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.4%)	3 (0.7%)	53.3	1116^th of 2445 public elementary schools	54.4%		53.7	1060^th of 2445 public elementary schools	56.6%	56	67.1	58.9	57.1	57.1	56.8	44.4	50.0	$20,814	$1,428	$19,386
Ps 112 Bronxwood	Public	PK, KG-5	1925 Scheiffelin Ave	Bronx	10466	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 654-6377	370	34	10.9	93.2%	7 (1.9%)	137 (37.0%)	213 (57.6%)	3 (0.8%)	7 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	22.3	2006^th of 2445 public elementary schools	18.0%		14.5	2231^st of 2445 public elementary schools	8.8%	225	36.4	44.2	36.2	29.6	60.0	35.6	19.1	$40,477	$3,426	$37,051
Ps 160 Walt Disney	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	4140 Hutchnsn Rvr Pkwy E	Bronx	10475	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 822-8402	278	30	9.2	77.7%	6 (2.2%)	171 (61.5%)	89 (32.0%)	6 (2.2%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	50.7	1190^th of 2445 public elementary schools	51.3%		25.7	1880^th of 2445 public elementary schools	23.1%	690	71.4	60.0	52.6	76.5	55.6	33.3	34.3	$40,463	$3,388	$37,075

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 178 Dr Selman Waksman

How many students attend Ps 178 Dr Selman Waksman?

In the 2024-25 school year, 334 students attended Ps 178 Dr Selman Waksman.

What schools do graduates of Ps 178 Dr Selman Waksman attend?

Students who attend Ps 178 Dr Selman Waksman usually go on to attend:

Middle : Is 181 Pablo Casals
High : Harry S Truman High School

What district is Ps 178 Dr Selman Waksman in?

New York City Geographic District #11

What is the racial makeup of Ps 178 Dr Selman Waksman?

Students at Ps 178 Dr Selman Waksman are 58% African American, 31% Hispanic, 4% Pacific Islander, 4% White, 1% American Indian.

Is Ps 178 Dr Selman Waksman a good school?

Ps 178 Dr Selman Waksman ranks 1081^st of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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