M.S. 180 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams

ELA proficiency is 44.2%, roughly 12 points below the district average of about 57%, and math is 34.5%, more than 20 points below the district's 55.6%. ELA peaked at 56.8% in 2018 and has trended downward since, while math has been volatile — a 48.9% spike in 2023 looks like an outlier against the otherwise steady-to-declining pattern. Looking across grades, eighth graders post the strongest ELA scores (53.9%) while math is most uneven, with seventh graders far ahead of their sixth and eighth-grade peers. Overall, students here are catching up, not leading.

Families feel well-connected to the school — parent-teacher trust is 92% and parent-principal trust is 93%, and the discipline picture is unusually clean, with just 3 suspensions last year and a downward trend from 11 in 2021-22. But chronic absenteeism is high at 64.2%, meaning nearly two-thirds of students miss enough school to be flagged, and overall attendance (90.6%) sits just under the district norm. Teacher trust in the principal is notably lower at 77%, and only 17% of families returned the survey, so the parent satisfaction numbers reflect a self-selecting slice. The day-to-day feel is one of strong family relationships and a calm building, but with attendance and engagement concerns underneath.

The school population is 68% Black and 25% Hispanic, with smaller Asian, white, and multiracial shares, and an economic need index of 65.8 indicating a meaningful share of students from lower-income households. About 21% of students have IEPs, and the school supports English language learners as well. Co-op City, the surrounding neighborhood, has a median household income around $58,500 and a 10.9% poverty rate — relatively modest by city standards — but only 11.8% of households include children, reflecting the neighborhood's skew toward older residents in the co-op complex.

Co-op City is best understood as a self-contained planned community in the eastern Bronx, dominated by the massive Mitchell-Lama housing cooperative that gives the neighborhood its name and its character. Households are a mix of long-time owners in the co-op and renters, with about 44% homeownership and a median home value figure that reflects the cooperative share structure rather than traditional real estate. Just over a quarter of adult residents hold a bachelor's degree. Getting around depends on the 5 train, with the Baychester Av station about a 10-minute walk from the school.

The 5 train at Baychester Av is the closest stop at about a 10-minute walk, with Eastchester-Dyre Av and Gun Hill Rd also on the 5 line but farther out.