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AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 545 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 482 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 454 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 442 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 95.0% | 73.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 26 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
Schools most like AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL
AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (73.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,924 | 75.1% | 73.5% |
| JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOL FLUSHING | 2,778 | 78.8% | 51.7% |
| MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS NEW YORK | 1,657 | 81.4% | 74.7% |
| NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL ELMHURST | 2,072 | 76.8% | 44.7% |
| FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL FOREST HILLS | 3,394 | 72.6% | 57.3% |
| RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL RICHMOND HILL | 1,841 | 87.9% | 50.5% |
Where AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #279 of 1,135 | #13 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #258 of 1,109 ▲ 66 | #13 of 85 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #236 of 1,135 ▼ 129 | #11 of 89 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,924 | #53 of 1,216 | #11 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #862 of 1,058 | #43 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #202 of 1,070 | #38 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.1% | #492 of 1,167 | #69 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #508 of 743 | #27 of 48 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,924 | 144.8 | 13.3:1 | 75% (1,445) |
| 2023-24 | 1,846 | 141.7 | 13.0:1 | 76% (1,401) |
| 2022-23 | 1,821 | 144.6 | 12.6:1 | 77% (1,395) |
| 2020-21 | 1,850 | 132 | 14.0:1 | 70% (1,286) |
| 2017-18 | 2,087 | 120.4 | 17.3:1 | 63% (1,322) |
| 2015-16 | 2,147 | 108 | 19.9:1 | 47% (1,019) |
| 2010-11 | 2,120 | 106 | 20.0:1 | 63% (1,333) |
About AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL
A large high school in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. A federal count lists 1,924 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in New York) has about 668 students.
AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL falls under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, which has 57 schools enrolling 48,008 students.
Roughly 52% of students at AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 28% Asian, 12% White, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Queens County, the Hispanic share is about 28%. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.3:1, with 144.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.3 students per teacher above the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 75% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Queens County average 77%.
Measured against New York public high schools, AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of New York schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 73.5%. Predicted: 47.4%. Difference: 26.1 points.
Census estimates describe Queens County this way: the median household income is $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL, Queens County has 391 other public schools.
The nearest public school is QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, at about 0.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 1,924 students in 2024-25, 74 more than the 1,850 it had in 2020-21.
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