PS 158

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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

| district = 2

| grades = Preschool – Fifth grade

| principal = Dina Ercolano

| address = 1458 York Avenue

| city = New York City

| state = New York

| zipcode = 10075

| country = United States

| information = (212) 879-2181

| campus type = Urban

| campus size =

| enrollment = 720{{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 }}

| 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 elementary school in New York City.{{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}} The school is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It first opened in the mid-1890s.{{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}} 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. 88% of the teachers have a master's degree or higher.{{cite news |first=Mathew R. |last=Warren |title=Upper East Side Public Schools |url=http://www.uppereast.com/publicschools.html |accessdate=2008-09-26 }}

In 2010, 96% of fifth grade students performed at or above standards on state and city tests in the subjects of English and mathematics. The school's mascot is the owl, perhaps not coincidentally one of the ancient symbols of wisdom.

It’s building was renovated in 2017.{{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}}