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Enrollment
643
High
DISTRICT 793 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012301912
AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL
156-10 BAISLEY BLVD, JAMAICA, NY 11434 · (718) 528-2920 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of New York public high schools
- CTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
513 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 157 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 183 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 157 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 146 | 23% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -21.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL
AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL this school | 643 | 79.8% | 47.3% |
| HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY JAMAICA | 535 | 81.1% | 34.0% |
| TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 795 | 82.4% | 40.0% |
| CITY POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 454 | 76.9% | 46.7% |
| BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL QUEENS VILLAGE | 601 | 73.2% | 52.5% |
| JOHN JAY SCHOOL FOR LAW BROOKLYN | 450 | 85.3% | 52.8% |
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 AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #780 of 1,135 | #62 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #870 of 1,109 ▲ 60 | #70 of 85 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #666 of 1,135 ▼ 328 | #52 of 89 ▼ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #401 of 1,216 | #38 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #688 of 1,058 | #25 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #192 of 1,070 | #37 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.8% | #454 of 1,167 | #56 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +96.0% | #4 of 339 | #1 of 39 |
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
643
+233 (+57%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 1,170
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 643 | 53.9 | 11.9:1 | 80% (513) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 47.3 | 12.3:1 | 77% (449) |
| 2022-23 | 504 | 41.6 | 12.1:1 | 77% (386) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 36 | 11.4:1 | 84% (343) |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 25 | 13.1:1 | 86% (283) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 72% (349) |
| 2010-11 | 1,170 | 57 | 20.5:1 | 70% (816) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL.
About AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL
AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL is a public mid-sized high school in JAMAICA, New York. It reported 643 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
The 63 schools of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, including AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL, enroll 39,209 students.
More than half of the students at AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL are Black (51%). The rest of enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 12% Asian, and 5% Native American. Census estimates put the Black share of Queens County's population at about 17%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL scores 64%.
With 53.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.9:1. The average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL, 80% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 33% of New York public high schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 45.6%. AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL scores 47.3%.
The school is in Queens County, where the median household earns about $86,136 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL shares Queens County with 391 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, VOYAGES PREP-SOUTH QUEENS is less than a tenth of a mile from AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data put enrollment at 410 in 2020-21 and 643 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years.
The discussion board for AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27
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- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROESMiddle · 1,610 students
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELLMiddle · 1,459 students
- SCHOLARS' ACADEMYHigh · 1,184 students
- CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCHHigh · 1,180 students
Other schools in JAMAICA
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- PS 95 EASTWOODElementary · 1,103 students
- PS 50 TALFOURD LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 904 students
- GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL IIElementary · 810 students
Nearby schools
- VOYAGES PREP-SOUTH QUEENS0.0 mi · 217
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV0.0 mi · 363
- PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON0.4 mi · 464
- PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON0.4 mi · 571
- REDWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 270
- CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 720.4 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL?
AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 643 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL serve?
AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL?
AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 29% Hispanic, 51% Black, 12% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.