ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIES

Located at 40-11 28TH ST, in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIES is a big secondary school that enrolls 1,206 students (grades 9 through 12), run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIES sits 81% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 53 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 (35,337 students total), ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIES reports that 36% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 35% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIES records 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Queens County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.0%; this one delivers 70.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Queens County shows the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ATLAS, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIES. On composite proficiency, ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIES comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.1%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIES has ticked up 19%, going from 1,016 students in 2018 to 1,206 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.