I.S. 181 Pablo Casals

800 BAYCHESTER AVENUE, BRONX, NY 10475 · Bronx · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 11X181

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 284 (of 1500)

Niche: B+ · 370 (of 1507)

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P.S. 153 Helen Keller P.S. 178 - Dr. Selman Waksman P.S. 111 Seton Falls Cornerstone Academy for Social Action

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: 91.9%

68% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

66.4%(citywide avg: 58.9%)

ELA avg. rating

3.30 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.14 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

59%(citywide avg: 51.9%)

Math avg. rating

3.19 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.00 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

66.9%

Grade 6 Math

62.7%

Grade 7 ELA

68.7%

Grade 7 Math

72.4%

Grade 8 ELA

63.6%

Grade 8 Math

43.1%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

48.3%(citywide avg: 40.6%)

English Language Learners -- Math

44.7%(citywide avg: 40.3%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

40.8%

Students with disabilities -- Math

35.1%

Asian students -- ELA

81%(citywide avg: 76.1%)

Asian students -- Math

87.5%(citywide avg: 82.4%)

Black students -- ELA

65.2%(citywide avg: 57.3%)

Black students -- Math

58.6%(citywide avg: 49%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

61%(citywide avg: 53.2%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

52%(citywide avg: 46.3%)

"% 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 (2024-25 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

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Demographics

420 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 75.58%

Race & ethnicity

Asian and Pacific Islander

10.48%

Black

51.43%

Hispanic or Latino

33.1%

White

2.38%

Multiracial

1.43%

Native American

1.19%

Missing race/ethnicity data

Other groups

Students with disabilities

28.57%

English Language Learners

Living in poverty

79.05%

Female

50.24%

Male

49.76%

Neither female nor male

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 DOE: Demographic Snapshot (2025-26 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

For seats starting the 2026-27 school year. NYC DOE reports these seat/applicant figures under the school year they're for, not the cycle that filled them.

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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 District 11 students and residents

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 (Through the 2025-26 cycle for middle school, 2024-25 for kindergarten (2025-26 kindergarten results not yet published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

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