ACADEMY OF FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE

As a mid-sized four-year high school in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, ACADEMY OF FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE instructs 874 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 668.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 runs 57 schools in total, collectively educating 48,008 students. ACADEMY OF FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, ACADEMY OF FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE reports that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 19% Asian, 16% multiracial, 11% White, 5% Black. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting ACADEMY OF FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, ACADEMY OF FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 42.9%; ACADEMY OF FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE posts 75.0%, +32.1 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Queens County) reports that 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 OF FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ACADEMY OF FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 62.6%.

ACADEMY OF FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ACADEMY OF FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE has ticked up 45%, going from 601 students in 2018 to 874 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share contracted from 25% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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