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How has IS 181 PABLO CASALS changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
490
Middle
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008801989
IS 181 PABLO CASALS
800 BAYCHESTER AVE, BRONX, NY 10475 · (718) 904-5600 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
398 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
62.1%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
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
59.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
490
-392 (-44%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 14.5:1
% White
3%
was 4%
% Hispanic
31%
was 29%
% Black
52%
was 59%
% Asian
9%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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Bronx County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,404,779
Census ACS
Median income
$48,676
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
472
202,028 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- PS 89Elementary · 1,169 students
- PS/MS 194Elementary · 1,169 students
- PS 96 RICHARD RODGERSElementary · 880 students
- PS 106 PARKCHESTERElementary · 822 students
Other schools in BRONX
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL IIICombined · 2,390 students
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,481 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- MS 5960.1 mi · 403
- PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN0.1 mi · 334
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,650
- BRONX HEALTH SCIENCES HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 337
- PS 1760.1 mi · 602
- MS 180 DR DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS0.1 mi · 762
Frequently asked questions
About IS 181 PABLO CASALSHow large is IS 181 PABLO CASALS?
IS 181 PABLO CASALS enrolls approximately 490 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does IS 181 PABLO CASALS serve?
IS 181 PABLO CASALS serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does IS 181 PABLO CASALS have?
IS 181 PABLO CASALS employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the student diversity at IS 181 PABLO CASALS?
Student demographics at IS 181 PABLO CASALS are roughly 3% White, 31% Hispanic, 52% Black, 9% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is IS 181 PABLO CASALS in?
IS 181 PABLO CASALS is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.