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{{Infobox school
| name           = Public School #158
| image          = PS 158 Bayard Taylor jeh.JPG
| image_size     =
| caption        =  York Avenue facade
| motto          = 
| established    = 1898
| schooltype     = [[Public school (government funded)|Public school]]
| district       = 2
| grades         = [[Preschool education|Preschool]] &ndash; [[Fifth grade]]
| principal      = Dina Ercolano
| address        = 1458 York Avenue
| city           = [[New York City]]
| state          = [[New York (state)|New York]]
| zipcode        = 10075
| country        = [[United States]]
| information    = (212) 879-2181
| campus type    = [[urban area|Urban]]
| campus size    =
| enrollment     = 720<ref>{{cite web |url=http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/02/M158/default.htm |title=P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor |accessdate=2008-09-26 |work=[[New York City Department of Education]] }}</ref>
| faculty        = 
| ratio          = 
| mascot         = [[Owl]]
| homepage       = {{URL|http://www.ps158.org/}}
| picture = P.S.158 logo.jpg
}}

'''P.S. 158 (Public School #158)''', named the [[Bayard Taylor]] School, is a [[Public school (government funded)|public]] [[elementary school]] in [[New York City]].<ref name="NYT1">{{cite news |title= New Standards Finding Way Into Schools  |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E2D8123BF936A15752C0A96E958260 |work= [[The New York Times]] | first = Jacques|last= Steinberg|date= January 25, 1998|author-link = Jacques Steinberg}}</ref> The school is located on the [[Upper East Side]] of [[Manhattan]].  It first opened in the mid-1890s.<ref name="NYT2">{{cite news |title= Journals Solve a School Mystery  |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902EFDA1530F931A15752C1A96E958260|work= [[The New York Times]] | first =  Nina|last= Siegal|date= November 22, 1998}}</ref>  The school building occupies the entire breadth of [[York Avenue]] between 77th and 78th Street.

The school reports some of the highest test scores in New York City. Therefore, it is considered one of the best schools in New York City. It was one of the first schools in the city to adopt very stringent teaching requirements to adhere to nationally developed performance standards in the 1990s.<ref name="NYT1"/> 88% of the teachers have a [[master's degree]] or higher.<ref name="Warren">{{cite news |first=Mathew R. |last=Warren |title=Upper East Side Public Schools |url=http://www.uppereast.com/publicschools.html |accessdate=2008-09-26 }}</ref>
In 2010, 96% of fifth grade students performed at or above standards on state and city tests in the subjects of [[English studies|English]] and [[mathematics]].<ref name="Warren"/> The school's mascot is the [[owl]], perhaps not coincidentally one of the ancient symbols of wisdom.
It’s building was renovated in 2017.<ref name="nelliganwhite">{{cite web |last1=Architects |first1=Nelligan White |title=PS 158 Manhattan, Nelligan White Architects |url=https://nelliganwhite.com/projects/ps-158-manhattan/ |website=nelliganwhite.com |access-date=January 5, 2022}}</ref>

== Notable alumni ==
*[[Stacy Keanan]] - Lawyer and Actress
*[[Mark Feuerstein]] - actor<ref name="Feuerstein">{{cite web|last=Reynolds|first=Aline|url=http://www.27east.com/story_detail.cfm?id=167776|title=For this television pilot, only the Hamptons would do|accessdate=2008-09-23|publisher=The East Hampton Press & The Southampton Press|date=2008-09-16}}</ref>
*[[John Linnell]] - Singer and keyboardist for the rock band [[They Might Be Giants]]<ref name="Linnell">{{cite magazine |last=Linnell |first=John |date=June 2, 2005 |title=Passed/Failed: I Marched to My Own Beat  |magazine= The Independent |location=London |publisher= Independent Print Limited |url= http://www.museumofidiots.com/tmbg/articles/byjohns/20050602independent.html }}</ref>
*[[Cynthia Nixon]] - [[Tony Award|Tony]]- and two-time [[Emmy Award]]-winning [[actress]]<ref name="Nixon1">{{cite web|last=Michelle|first=Accorso|url=http://www.educationupdate.com/archives/2004/apr04/issue/car_nixon.html|title=An Interview with Cynthia Nixon—Actor, Advocate|accessdate=2008-09-23|publisher=Education Update (online)|date=April 2004}}</ref>


== See also ==
*[[List of public elementary schools in New York City]]

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