BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HS-FIN INFO TECH

Located at 207-01 116TH AVE, in CAMBRIA HEIGHTS, New York, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HS-FIN INFO TECH is a small 9-12 campus that caters to 373 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29. Enrollment runs roughly 44% smaller than the state mean of about 668.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HS-FIN INFO TECH is one of 46 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29, a district that works with 21,817 students overall.

Demographically, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HS-FIN INFO TECH shows that 65% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest reads as 19% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 3% Native American. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 17% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HS-FIN INFO TECH has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HS-FIN INFO TECH 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 43.8%; BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HS-FIN INFO TECH posts 66.0%, +22.2 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HS-FIN INFO TECH is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

Nearest neighbor: INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS AT CAMBRIA HEIGHTS, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HS-FIN INFO TECH comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HS-FIN INFO TECH has fell 6%, going from 397 students in 2018 to 373 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 15% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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