CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72

CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 is one of the tight-knit junior highs in JAMAICA, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, with 329 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 38% below the state mean of about 531.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 comprises 50 schools with combined enrollment of 36,340 students; CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 is among them.

On the student-mix side, CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 lists that the largest single group is Black, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% Native American. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Queens County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Queens County shows median household earnings sit near $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 is one.

The closest other public school is REDWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 378 (now 329). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 14% to 22%.

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