Enrollment
359
High
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010106220
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY
188-04 91ST AVE, HOLLIS, NY 11423 · (718) 736-7320 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
287 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
65.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
359
+2 (+1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 13.2:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
21%
was 7%
% Black
64%
was 74%
% Asian
10%
was 8%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY
Set in HOLLIS, New York, CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY is a low-enrollment high school, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29. It teaches 359 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 46% smaller than the state mean of about 668.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 21,817 students; CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY is among them.
In terms of who attends, CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY lists that 64% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.6%; this one delivers 39.7%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Queens County shows 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%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.0%.
The campus sits in a downtown setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY has stayed largely flat, going from 357 students in 2018 to 359 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 7% to 21% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29
- PS 95 EASTWOODElementary · 1,103 students
- JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 894 students
- IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMYMiddle · 820 students
- PATHWAYS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 818 students
- PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEYElementary · 806 students
- PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMSElementary · 754 students
Other schools in HOLLIS
- IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMYMiddle · 820 students
- PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULLElementary · 626 students
- PS 134 HOLLISElementary · 325 students
Nearby schools
- PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL0.2 mi · 626
- IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMY0.5 mi · 820
- PS 118 LORRAINE HANSBERRY0.6 mi · 398
- PS 95 EASTWOOD0.6 mi · 1,103
- PS/IS 2680.8 mi · 696
- PS 134 HOLLIS0.9 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY?
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY enrolls approximately 359 students in grades 09-12.
Is CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY have?
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
How diverse is CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY?
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY reports a student body of 1% White, 21% Hispanic, 64% Black, 10% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY?
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 in Queens County.
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