Shuang Wen School

A major $1.7 million renovation of the school playground and soccer field was completed in 2019 by the Trust for Public Land and DEP.

In some after-school programs, students may continue to learn how to speak, write, and read Mandarin Chinese for extra-curricular enrichment.

For many years, from 1996 until 2018, the after-school and summer dual language English-Chinese program was run by the Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is the "development of proficiency in Mandarin Chinese, and a greater understanding of Chinese culture, so participants can become better global citizens in an increasingly competitive and demanding international environment."

SWAN was founded by Jacob Wong, a retired principal and Chairperson of the New York Chinese Educators Committee,[5] and other members of Chinatown.

[2] This, among other issues, prompted an investigation by New York City schools as to whether these afterschool tuition fees were legal.

In 2018, SWAN's afterschool and summer programs moved out of the PS184m Shuang Wen School building to a number of different locations.

In addition, reports stated that blacks and Hispanics left the school due to widespread racism.

As part of a school diversity initiative that started in 2018, admissions priority for elementary school students at PS184m goes to "applicants living in temporary housing, who are English Language Learners, and/or eligible for Free and Reduced Lunch (based on family income) for a percentage of seats based on the applicant pool.

There are more than thirty public schools in District 1, where the overall student demographic is: 42% Hispanic or Latino, 22% Asian, 18% white, 15% Black or African-American, 3% Multi-Racial, 1% Native American (2018).

In 2019, in the midst of a controversial proposal by Mayor de Blasio to implement a "top 7%" quota system to distribute seats for selective SHSAT highschools more widely across New York city,[11] among those PS184 Shuang Wen students who participated in the competitive NYC SHSAT entrance exam, 40% received an offer to one of the specialized highschools.