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MS 180 DR DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)BeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MS 180 DR DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS
MS 180 DR DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS is a medium-sized 6-8 campus in BRONX, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11. The school educates 762 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 44% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.
MS 180 DR DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS is one of 62 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, a district that works with 30,138 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, MS 180 DR DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS shows that 64% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, MS 180 DR DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS shows 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MS 180 DR DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.5%, the actual is 38.5%, a residual of -5.0 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bronx County put the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which MS 180 DR DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS is one.
Nearest neighbor: PS 153 HELEN KELLER, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MS 180 DR DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 56.5%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MS 180 DR DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS has edged down 21%, going from 967 students in 2018 to 762 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 23% to 29%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.
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