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ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL
Located at 8-21 BAY 25TH ST, in FAR ROCKAWAY, New York, ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school that instructs 605 students (grades 6 through 12), operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 runs 63 schools in total, collectively educating 39,209 students. ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 55%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 35% Black, 3% White, 2% Asian, 2% Native American. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Queens County's rate of about 77%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.8%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Queens County put 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%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR INFORMATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.3%.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL has fell 6%, going from 645 students in 2018 to 605 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 44% to 55% across the same window.
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