Enrollment
50
Middle
DISTRICT 697 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010202535
ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS
30-14 30TH ST, ASTORIA, NY 11102 · (718) 956-4140 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL50 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of New York public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
4.0:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
47 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 7 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 22 | 44% |
| Grade 8 | 21 | 42% |
Student demographics
22%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
11.0%
NY avg 58.3%
Math
36.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +24.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Math scores are up about 24 points since 2023.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | N/A | 12.0% |
% 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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 NEW AMERICANS
ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS this school | 50 | 94.0% | 22.4% |
| COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP NEW YORK | 115 | 100.0% | 34.0% |
| HAROLD O LEVY SCHOOL NEW YORK | 127 | 96.9% | 23.3% |
| SOUTH BRONX INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 142 | 97.9% | 32.4% |
| BRONX DEBATE ACADEMY BRONX | 130 | 99.2% | N/A |
| JHS 143 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT NEW YORK | 158 | 96.8% | 24.5% |
Matched among New York middle 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 NEW AMERICANS ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 50 | #792 of 796 | #59 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
50
-20 (-29%) vs 2020
-74% since 2010-11, when it was 194
Student : Teacher
4.0:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 50 | 12.5 | 4.0:1 | 94% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 94 | 8.9 | 10.6:1 | 97% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 116 | 10 | 11.6:1 | 86% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 70 | 8 | 8.8:1 | 91% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 97 | 13 | 7.5:1 | 96% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 135 | 11 | 12.3:1 | 91% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 194 | 11 | 17.6:1 | 95% (184) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS.
About ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS
ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS is a public middle school run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 in ASTORIA, New York. Its enrollment is 50 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in New York average about 531 students, which makes this school 91% below average.
ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS belongs to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, a district of 53 schools and 35,337 students.
Hispanic students account for 88% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 4% White, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Queens County, the Hispanic share is about 28%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 22%.
ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS lists 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 4.0 students per teacher. Across middle schools in New York, the average ratio is 10.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 94% of the student body. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Queens County, the school's rate is higher.
ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 6% of New York public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.4% for ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS. The school posts 22.4%, 18.0 points below the prediction.
In the wider Queens County area, the median household earns about $86,136 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Queens County, 392 public schools serve about 268,205 students.
Of the public schools around it, ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS is closest to PS 234, less than a tenth of a mile away. ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 61.8% on proficiency, and ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS is below that at 22.4%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 20 students, from 70 to 50. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 4.0:1, from 8.8:1.
This page is set up for the ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 ASTORIA
- PS 122 MAMIE FAYElementary · 1,124 students
- OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 681 students
- 30TH AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) (G & T CITYWIDE)Elementary · 525 students
- PS 234Elementary · 465 students
- PS 84 STEINWAYElementary · 353 students
- URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL IIIHigh · 55 students
Nearby schools
- PS 2340.0 mi · 465
- PS 17 HENRY DAVID THOREAU0.1 mi · 610
- 30TH AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) (G & T CITYWIDE)0.1 mi · 525
- YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA0.3 mi · 579
- ALBERT SHANKER SCHOOL FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS0.4 mi · 382
- PS 171 PETER G VAN ALST0.4 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANSHow large is ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS?
ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS enrolls approximately 50 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS serve?
ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS have?
ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 4.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS?
At ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS, the student body is approximately 4% White, 88% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian.
Is ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS public or private?
ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.