ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM

ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM is a modestly sized 9-12 campus in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30. The school instructs 555 students in grades 9 through 12.

ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM is one of 53 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, a district that instructs 35,337 students overall.

On demographics, ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 14% Black, 13% White, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.6%; this one delivers 61.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Queens County shows the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 71.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 563 (now 555). Hispanic enrollment moved from 55% to 63% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.