Enrollment
139
Middle
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007803616
COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258
154 W 93RD ST, NEW YORK, NY 10025 · (212) 678-5888 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL139 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
132 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 44 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 43% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 4% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
41.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 41.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 47.7% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258
COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 this school | 139 | 95.0% | 38.2% |
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 146 | 94.5% | 43.8% |
| IS 584 BRONX | 164 | 96.3% | 34.5% |
| MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR BRONX | 148 | 95.9% | 18.5% |
| PS/IS 224 BRONX | 169 | 98.2% | 28.4% |
| UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW YORK | 131 | 94.7% | 36.8% |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #628 of 766 | #28 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #618 of 768 ▼ 112 | #27 of 39 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #485 of 768 ▼ 85 | #27 of 39 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 139 | #758 of 796 | #34 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #69 of 773 | #8 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.4% | #55 of 524 | #9 of 23 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
139
-90 (-39%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 253
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 10.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 139 | 20 | 7.0:1 | 95% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 138 | 17.7 | 7.8:1 | 93% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 122 | 18.1 | 6.8:1 | 83% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 229 | 22 | 10.4:1 | 83% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 222 | 22 | 10.1:1 | 77% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 235 | 23 | 10.2:1 | 75% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 253 | 22 | 11.5:1 | 79% (199) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258.
About COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258
COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 is a small middle school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, located in NEW YORK, New York. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 139 students. Against the 531-student average for middle schools in New York, enrollment here is 74% lower.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 runs COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 along with 43 other schools, enrolling 19,478 students in total.
COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 is 67% Hispanic by enrollment. Smaller groups are 27% Black and 4% White. County-wide, 24% of New York County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 7.0:1. On average, middle schools in New York have 10.3:1, compared with 7.0:1 here. COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 reports 95% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in New York County is 70%.
allk12 grades COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 is 1.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (38.2% versus 40.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Census Bureau estimates for New York County show that the median household income is $103,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 358 public schools in New York County, enrolling about 152,104 students in all.
The closest public school, PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN, is less than a tenth of a mile from COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Federal data show a 39% enrollment decrease, from 229 in 2020-21 to 139 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.4:1 in 2020-21 to 7.0:1 in 2024-25.
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New York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,629,477
Census ACS
Median income
$103,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
358
152,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- BEACON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,372 students
- PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMANElementary · 751 students
- WEST END SECONDARY SCHOOLHigh · 722 students
- JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTONMiddle · 720 students
- PS 84 LILLIAN WEBERElementary · 685 students
Other schools in NEW YORK
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN0.0 mi · 438
- LAFAYETTE ACADEMY0.0 mi · 194
- PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE)0.2 mi · 607
- PS 84 LILLIAN WEBER0.2 mi · 685
- PS 163 ALFRED E SMITH0.2 mi · 466
- PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON0.3 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258What is the total enrollment at COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258?
COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 enrolls approximately 139 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 serve?
COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258?
Approximately 7.0:1 students per teacher at COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258.
How diverse is COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258?
COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 reports a student body of 4% White, 67% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 in?
COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3.
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