PS 188

PS 188 is one of the mid-tier K-12 campuss in BRONX, New York, overseen by NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75, with 479 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12.

NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75 comprises 60 schools with combined enrollment of 27,533 students; PS 188 is among them.

Demographically, PS 188 reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder comes out to 35% Black, 3% Asian, 3% White. Compared to Bronx County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, PS 188 records 95 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.7:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at PS 188 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bronx County) shows that median household earnings sit near $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which PS 188 is one.

Nearest neighbor: BRONX STEM AND ARTS ACADEMY (THE), around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 188's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 457 (now 479).

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