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Enrollment
2,866
High
DISTRICT 2,169 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26·NCES 360009901919
BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL
57-00 223RD ST, BAYSIDE, NY 11364 · (718) 279-6500 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,866 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of New York public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
14.9:1
193 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
2,065 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 733 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 707 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 744 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 678 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 0% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
74.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL
BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,866 | 72.1% | 54.8% |
| THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL JAMAICA | 2,146 | 77.7% | 56.7% |
| BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL BAYSIDE | 3,004 | 77.0% | 62.8% |
| MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 3,657 | 76.9% | 64.8% |
| NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 3,236 | 82.5% | 54.0% |
| FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 3,403 | 85.0% | 48.0% |
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 BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #647 of 1,135 | #41 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #685 of 1,109 ▼ 25 | #45 of 85 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #509 of 1,135 ▲ 3 | #32 of 89 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,866 | #23 of 1,216 | #4 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #981 of 1,058 | #71 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #80 of 1,070 | #17 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.1% | #511 of 1,167 | #77 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #138 of 743 | #8 of 48 |
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
2,866
-544 (-16%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 4,063
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 2,866 | 192.5 | 14.9:1 | 72% (2,065) |
| 2023-24 | 2,997 | 184.1 | 16.3:1 | 72% (2,171) |
| 2022-23 | 3,100 | 187.2 | 16.6:1 | 71% (2,214) |
| 2020-21 | 3,410 | 193 | 17.7:1 | 69% (2,354) |
| 2017-18 | 3,712 | 164.7 | 22.5:1 | 67% (2,482) |
| 2015-16 | 3,665 | 147 | 24.9:1 | 59% (2,161) |
| 2010-11 | 4,063 | 168 | 24.2:1 | 48% (1,947) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL.
About BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL
BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL operates as a large high school in BAYSIDE, New York. It enrolled 2,866 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26 has 34 schools and 29,203 students, and BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Asian students are the largest at 44%. Other students are 25% Hispanic, 20% Black, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Queens County residents are about 26% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 192.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.9:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is 11.0:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL is 72%.
The allk12 Grade for BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL is B-. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 47% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.8% and a predicted 48.5%.
Census estimates describe Queens County this way: median household income is about $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 392 public schools in Queens County, with a combined enrollment of about 268,205.
PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENS is located about 0.2 miles from BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL is behind the 76.8% nearby average, ranking 9th of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 3,410 to 2,866 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 14.9:1, from 17.7:1.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 #26
- FRANCIS LEWIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,573 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,004 students
- JHS 216 GEORGE J RYANMiddle · 1,516 students
- MARTIN VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,131 students
- JHS 74 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEMiddle · 1,104 students
- JHS 67 LOUIS PASTEURMiddle · 999 students
Other schools in BAYSIDE
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,004 students
- JHS 74 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEMiddle · 1,104 students
- MS 158 MARIE CURIEMiddle · 838 students
- PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENSElementary · 818 students
- PS 46 ALLEY PONDElementary · 520 students
- PS 159Elementary · 504 students
Nearby schools
- PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENS0.2 mi · 818
- CIVIC SCHOOL OF BAYSIDE HILLS (THE)0.5 mi · 143
- PS 46 ALLEY POND0.5 mi · 520
- PS 213 CARL ULLMAN SCHOOL (THE)0.6 mi · 374
- JHS 74 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE0.7 mi · 1,104
- PS 31 BAYSIDE0.8 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL?
BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,866 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL serve?
BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL?
BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 7% White, 25% Hispanic, 20% Black, 44% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.