Enrollment
329
Middle
DISTRICT 674 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010002297
CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72
133-25 GUY R BREWER BLVD, JAMAICA, NY 11434 · (718) 723-6200 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
288 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 118 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 106 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 103 | 31% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
35.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 35.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
38.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72
CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72's state test result (38.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 this school | 329 | 87.5% | 38.1% |
| MS 246 WALT WHITMAN BROOKLYN | 357 | 86.8% | 31.3% |
| IS 192 LINDEN (THE) SAINT ALBANS | 355 | 83.9% | 34.6% |
| COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 286 | 88.5% | 43.9% |
| COMMUNITY VOICES MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 293 | 85.7% | 49.3% |
| ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES CHARTER SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 394 | 89.3% | 20.5% |
Matched among New York middle 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 CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #635 of 766 | #52 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #670 of 768 ▲ 32 | #50 of 57 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #514 of 768 ▼ 84 | #48 of 57 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #522 of 796 | #46 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #392 of 683 | #11 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #299 of 688 | #35 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #166 of 773 | #19 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #254 of 524 | #27 of 43 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
329
+86 (+35%) vs 2020
-55% since 2010-11, when it was 731
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 329 | 31 | 10.6:1 | 88% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 30 | 11.0:1 | 83% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 31.3 | 8.6:1 | 84% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 243 | 26 | 9.3:1 | 84% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 34 | 11.1:1 | 82% (309) |
| 2015-16 | 601 | 45 | 13.4:1 | 80% (482) |
| 2010-11 | 731 | 56 | 13.1:1 | 78% (569) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72.
About CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72
CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 is a middle school in JAMAICA, New York, according to federal school records. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 329 students. The average among middle schools in New York is roughly 531 students; this school is 38% smaller than that.
CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 reports to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, which has 50 schools and 36,340 students.
CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 is 65% Black by enrollment. Other students are 22% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 5% Native American. By comparison, Queens County residents are about 17% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 is 31 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 10.6:1. That is close to the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. The school counts 288 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 88%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Queens County is 77%.
The allk12 Grade for CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 is C-. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 23% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 are 4.7 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (38.1% actual, 42.8% predicted).
Among Queens County residents, 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. CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 is one of 392 public schools in the county.
REDWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is the public school closest to CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 ranks 8th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 38.1% against a local average of 47.0%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Enrollment at CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 climbed 35% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 243 to 329 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 9.3:1 in 2020-21, and 10.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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- 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
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Nearby schools
- REDWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 270
- ROCHDALE EARLY ADVANTAGE CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 433
- JERMAINE L GREEN STEM INSTITUTE OF QUEENS (THE)0.4 mi · 526
- PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE)0.4 mi · 363
- VOYAGES PREP-SOUTH QUEENS0.4 mi · 217
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV0.4 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72What is the total enrollment at CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72?
CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 enrolls approximately 329 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 serve?
CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72.
How diverse is CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72?
CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 reports a student body of 1% White, 22% Hispanic, 65% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 public or private?
CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.