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PS 178 Dr Selman Waksman Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

850 Baychester Ave

Bronx NY, 10475, Bronx County

Phone: 718-904-5570

Ranking:

(2,805 out of 3,424, bottom 18%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	31		30		32		38		34		41		38
Total Students:	479		451		417		443		457		473		493
Kindergarten:	73	15.2%	78	17.3%	78	18.7%	72	16.3%	52	11.4%	57	12.1%	59	12.0%
Grade 1:	84	17.5%	82	18.2%	71	17.0%	64	14.4%	60	13.1%	63	13.3%	53	10.8%
Grade 2:	80	16.7%	78	17.3%	61	14.6%	83	18.7%	60	13.1%	56	11.8%	83	16.8%
Grade 3:	80	16.7%	67	14.9%	68	16.3%	64	14.4%	56	12.3%	81	17.1%	77	15.6%
Grade 4:	77	16.1%	70	15.5%	65	15.6%	71	16.0%	81	17.7%	71	15.0%	72	14.6%
Grade 5:	74	15.4%	68	15.1%	69	16.5%	85	19.2%	68	14.9%	82	17.3%	86	17.4%
Ungraded:	11	2.3%	8	1.8%	5	1.2%	4	0.9%	80	17.5%	63	13.3%	63	12.8%
Student By Gender:
Male:	254	53.0%	245	54.3%	219	52.5%	232	52.4%	237	51.9%	247	52.2%	255	51.7%
Female:	225	47.0%	206	45.7%	198	47.5%	211	47.6%	212	46.4%	218	46.1%	234	47.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	1.3%	6	1.3%	5	1.2%	6	1.4%	3	0.7%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%
Asian:	11	2.3%	4	0.9%	3	0.7%	6	1.4%	6	1.3%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%
Hispanic:	137	28.6%	141	31.3%	135	32.4%	133	30.0%	132	28.9%	139	29.4%	149	30.2%
Black:	298	62.2%	285	63.2%	262	62.8%	284	64.1%	305	66.7%	317	67.0%	332	67.3%
White:	22	4.6%	11	2.4%	11	2.6%	14	3.2%	11	2.4%	12	2.5%	8	1.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	5	1.0%	3	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	325	67.8%	258	57.2%	240	57.6%	205	46.3%	NA	NA	219	46.3%	262	53.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	48	10.0%	72	16.0%	61	14.6%	70	15.8%	NA	NA	74	15.6%	95	19.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.45		15.03		13.03		11.80		13.44		11.70		13.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	57%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	52%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	58%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	66%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	30%	40%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	41%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	40%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	20.6%	21%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	75%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	83%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	86%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	90%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	23%	47%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	44%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	46%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	18.7%	23.8%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	44%	53%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	46%	52%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	48%	58%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73%	67%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	27%	35%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	41%	44%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	50%	46%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	16.9%	20%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56%	70%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61%	72%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71%	79%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94%	83%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42%	54%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	57%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51%	60%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	26.7%	24.1%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88%	79%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83%	76%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80%	75%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88%	80%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91%	82%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92%	83%	89%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	66%	65%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	74%	72%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	38%	41%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	42%	44%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	47%	45%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	27.5%	20.6%	30.2%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81%	78%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	85%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72%	56%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49%	58%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	58%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	21.7%	21.5%	29.9%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	70%	72%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	80%	79%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	95%	81%	86%

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* PS 178 Dr Selman Waksman Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.