Community Action School - MS 258

154 WEST 93 STREET, MANHATTAN, NY 10025 · Manhattan · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 03M258

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Unzoned

SchoolDigger: 1038 (of 1500)

Niche: 506 (of 1516)

Academic quality

ELA = English Language Arts (reading and writing). Math and Science are self-explanatory.
NY State tests ELA and Math every year in grades 3-8, and Science once, in grade 8 -- a school's numbers below only reflect whichever of those grades it actually serves (no social studies/history state test exists at this level).
"Avg. rating" is DOE's average student score on a 1.0-4.5 scale (higher is better) -- shown here as "value / 4.5" alongside the citywide average for the same metric as a benchmark for what's typical.

Attendance: 84.9%

46.9% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

38%(citywide avg: 41.6%)

ELA avg. rating

2.73 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.79 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

25.3%(citywide avg: 37.3%)

Math avg. rating

2.62 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.74 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

24%

Grade 6 Math

16.7%

Grade 7 ELA

46.8%

Grade 7 Math

38.5%

Grade 8 ELA

35%

Grade 8 Math

12.5%

By student group

English Language Learners -- Math

13.3%(citywide avg: 25%)

Small sample (15 students) -- treat as directional.

Students with disabilities -- ELA

26.2%

Students with disabilities -- Math

5.1%

Black students -- ELA

38.7%(citywide avg: 41.2%)

Black students -- Math

22.2%(citywide avg: 33.2%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

38.9%(citywide avg: 42.7%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

26.4%(citywide avg: 37.7%)

"% proficient" is the share of students scoring Level 3 or 4 on the state test. Citywide comparisons are the average across schools of the same type. Grades and groups with very few tested students are flagged since a handful of kids can swing the percentage a lot; groups too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy -- that's also why Science, tested only once, shows up far less often than ELA/Math.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2023-24 school year)

See full grade-by-grade test results (ELA, Math, Science) →

Demographics

175 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 76.5%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

4.6%

Black

33.7%

Hispanic or Latino

46.3%

White

13.7%

Multiracial

1.7%

Native American

Other groups

Students with disabilities

33.1%

English Language Learners

Living in poverty

81.7%

Female

49.1%

Male

50.9%

Economic Need Index is DOE's estimate of the share of students facing economic hardship, based on eligibility for public assistance, temporary housing status, and household income relative to the poverty line. Some very high values are reported by DOE only as "Above 95%" for student privacy and are shown here as 95%.Source: NYC Open Data: Demographic Snapshot (2021-22 school year)

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

ASD/ACES Program

Not all seats filled last year

Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.

1. Priority to students and residents of District 03

No applicants

There were no applicants in this group.

2. Then to New York City residents

No applicants

There were no applicants in this group.

Estimates derived from NYC DOE's own wording, which rounds and fuzzes small numbers for privacy. Each group's applicant count is independent of the others -- schools are usually oversubscribed, so applicant counts across groups often add up to more than the total seats. That's expected, not an error.Source: NYC DOE MySchools Admissions Data (2025-26 admissions cycle)