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Enrollment
555
High
DISTRICT 852 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010206070
ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM
1-50 51ST AVE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101 · (718) 609-3330 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL555 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of New York public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
413 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 153 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 139 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 132 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 130 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 59.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM
ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM this school | 555 | 74.4% | 61.0% |
| ALL CITY LEADERSHIP SECONDARY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 416 | 77.2% | 77.2% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY NEW YORK | 407 | 70.8% | 57.8% |
| LAWRENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CEDARHURST | 764 | 73.0% | 39.0% |
| EAST SIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL NEW YORK | 693 | 69.4% | 54.7% |
| TALENT UNLIMITED HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 463 | 68.3% | 60.2% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #520 of 1,135 | #30 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #486 of 1,109 ▲ 34 | #30 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #527 of 1,135 ▲ 95 | #38 of 89 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 555 | #482 of 1,216 | #50 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #562 of 1,058 | #19 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #356 of 1,070 | #51 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.4% | #495 of 1,167 | #72 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #709 of 743 | #45 of 48 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
555
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
+77% since 2010-11, when it was 314
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 13.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 555 | 49.4 | 11.2:1 | 74% (413) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 49.2 | 11.0:1 | 72% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 47.9 | 11.3:1 | 70% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | 42 | 13.6:1 | 72% (409) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 50% (282) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 33 | 16.5:1 | 63% (343) |
| 2010-11 | 314 | 22 | 14.3:1 | 67% (211) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM.
About ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM
ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM is a small high school in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, one of the schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30. Its enrollment is 555 students, spread over grades 9 through 12.
ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM is part of a district of 53 schools: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, with 35,337 students.
More than half of the students at ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM are Hispanic (63%). Beyond that, enrollment is 14% Black, 13% White, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Queens County overall, about 28% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
The school's 49.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is similar, at 11.0:1. Income data for the school show 74% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Queens County is similar, at 77%.
ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 62% of New York public high schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.0%; the prediction is 47.6%.
For Queens County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 392 public schools in the county, enrolling about 268,205, ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM among them.
Of the public schools around it, ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM is closest to HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 61.0% against a local average of 71.7%.
NCES describes the area around ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 569 in 2020-21 and 555 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.6:1 to 11.2:1.
The allk12 page for ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Queens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,323,052
Census ACS
Median income
$86,136
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
392
268,205 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- IS 227 LOUIS ARMSTRONGMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZERMiddle · 1,397 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
Other schools in LONG ISLAND CITY
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,294 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
Nearby schools
- HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 397
- PS/IS 780.2 mi · 799
- HUNTERS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 497
- RIVER SCHOOL (THE)0.7 mi · 499
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 779
- PS 116 MARY LINDLEY MURRAY1.0 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILMHow many students attend ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM?
ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM enrolls approximately 555 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM serve?
ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM have?
ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM?
Student demographics at ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM are roughly 13% White, 63% Hispanic, 14% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM in?
ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.