IS 181 PABLO CASALS

IS 181 PABLO CASALS is a middle-of-the-pack middle school in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11. The school hosts 490 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, which oversees 62 schools and 30,138 students, IS 181 PABLO CASALS is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, IS 181 PABLO CASALS records that the largest single group is Black at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 31% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 3% White. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, IS 181 PABLO CASALS reports 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting IS 181 PABLO CASALS tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bronx County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, IS 181 PABLO CASALS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.9%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bronx County put the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. IS 181 PABLO CASALS is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

Nearest neighbor: MS 596, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IS 181 PABLO CASALS. On composite proficiency, IS 181 PABLO CASALS comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 53.0%.

IS 181 PABLO CASALS operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IS 181 PABLO CASALS has fell 44%, going from 882 students in 2018 to 490 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 59% to 52%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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