P.S. 182

Math is the better story here: 48.6% proficiency edges out the district average of 48%, and the climb from 32.5% in 2016 to 48.6% in 2025 is the kind of steady progress that suggests real instructional work. ELA sits at 44.7%, just below the district's 46.2%, also up significantly from 31.2% in 2016. The pandemic dip in 2022 (ELA fell to 22.5%, math to 19.5%) was sharp, but recovery has been consistent across the last two years. By grade, Grade 5 math leads at 52.4%, while Grade 3 ELA at 33.3% is where the next push needs to land.

The trust numbers here are genuinely strong for a high-needs school: 91% parent-teacher trust, 88% parent-principal trust, 95% strong relationships between staff and families, and 93% teacher collegial trust. Three straight years of zero suspensions is a real signal of a calm, well-managed building. What's harder to read is the 79% teacher-rated instruction quality, which runs well below the district's 88% — staff trust each other and the principal, but they're more measured about the quality of what's happening in classrooms. The elephant in the room is attendance: 88.5% daily attendance is slightly below the district's 89.4%, and chronic absenteeism at 55.3% means more than half of students miss 10% or more of the school year.

P.S. 182 is a predominantly Hispanic school (62%) with a substantial Black population (26%), and smaller shares of White (6%), Asian (5%), and multiracial and Native American students (1% each). Eighteen percent of students have IEPs, and the economic need index of 85 confirms what the demographics suggest — most families here are working with limited resources. The school mirrors the surrounding neighborhood, which is largely Hispanic and Black and rent-majority.

Soundview-Clason Point is a working-class corner of the South Bronx where median household income sits at $64,402 and 21.8% of residents live below the poverty line. About 22% of adults have a bachelor's degree, and homeownership is low at 28% — most families rent. The neighborhood skews younger and family-oriented, but transit access is unusually thin: there are no subway stations within a 20-minute walk of the school, which is rare in the Bronx and shapes how families get around.

There are no subway stations within a 20-minute walk of P.S. 182. Families rely on school buses, MTA local buses, and personal vehicles to get here — plan the commute accordingly.