PS 178 Dr Selman Waksman
Public · Grades Pre-K–5 · 334 students
MS 596
850 Baychester Ave, Bronx, NY 10475
Grades
Pre-K–8
Elementary
Students
403
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
5 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
NYC Special Schools - District 75
Bronx County
Not graded
Special-education schools are built around students with disabilities, and their results can't be fairly compared with regular schools, so we don't grade them. How we grade
About MS 596
MS 596 is a special education elementary school in Bronx, New York, serving grades Pre-K–8. It is part of NYC Special Schools - District 75. The school is located in a large city in Bronx County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 403 students were enrolled, with about 5 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical New York elementary school (11.5 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades Pre-K–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Special Education School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- Pre-K–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 403 students
- Students per teacher
- 5 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- NYC Special Schools - District 75
- County
- Bronx County
- NCES school ID
- 360013506649
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.