Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008800158
PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN
850 BAYCHESTER AVE, BRONX, NY 10475 · (718) 904-5570 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
253 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 64 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +23.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +19.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN
PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN this school | 334 | 75.7% | 46.3% |
| ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 4 BRONX | 357 | 74.5% | 96.6% |
| PS 160 WALT DISNEY BRONX | 278 | 77.7% | 42.7% |
| PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL FAR ROCKAWAY | 313 | 74.4% | 85.3% |
| BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 378 | 81.0% | 71.3% |
| GRIMES SCHOOL MOUNT VERNON | 330 | 71.8% | 34.4% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #1,326 of 2,335 | #92 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #954 of 2,342 ▲ 550 | #68 of 212 ▲ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,089 of 2,343 ▲ 509 | #81 of 212 ▲ 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #1,774 of 2,585 | #156 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #1,264 of 2,338 | #104 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #907 of 2,388 | #37 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.7% | #875 of 2,534 | #209 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #484 of 1,757 | #109 of 153 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
334
-16 (-5%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 443
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 334 | 27.9 | 12.0:1 | 76% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 326 | 27.6 | 11.8:1 | 79% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 28.9 | 11.0:1 | 76% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 28 | 12.5:1 | 89% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 35 | 12.5:1 | 80% (351) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 77% (385) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | 37 | 12.0:1 | 62% (275) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN.
About PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN
PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN is a small elementary school in BRONX, New York, (ZIP code 10475). A total of 334 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 25% lower.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 has 62 schools and 30,138 students, and PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN is one of those schools.
Black students make up a majority at PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN, at 58%. The remaining students are 31% Hispanic, 4% Pacific Islander, and 4% White. Census figures show Bronx County is about 33% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 27.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN and a ratio of 12.0:1. This ratio sits 0.9 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 76% of students. The 90% average for public schools in Bronx County is 14 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN is B-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 49% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.3%; the prediction is 47.1%.
Bronx County census figures show that the median household income is $48,676, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Bronx County is home to 472 public schools and about 202,028 public school students.
MS 596 is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN. On state test proficiency, PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 5% from 2020-21, when PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN had 350 students, to 2024-25, when it had 334.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMANHow large is PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN?
PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN enrolls approximately 334 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN have?
PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN?
Student demographics at PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN are roughly 4% White, 31% Hispanic, 58% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN public or private?
PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.