PS 182

PS 182 is a medium-sized elementary-level community in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8. The school educates 399 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, which oversees 52 schools and 21,621 students, PS 182 is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 182 records that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 27% Black, 7% Asian, 4% White.

Looking at school resources, PS 182 records 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 182 tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 182 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.4%, the actual is 38.9%, a residual of -2.4 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Bronx County) reports that median household earnings sit near $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 182 is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

GRAND CONCOURSE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 182 ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.9%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 54%: 875 students in 2018 compared to 399 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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