COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL

COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as an intimate junior high in SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29. Current enrollment sits at 286 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 46% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

Across the 46 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 (21,817 students total), COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL records that Black students make up the majority at 74%; the rest reads as 19% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% Native American. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Queens County) shows that median household income runs about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is COMMUNITY VOICES MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.6%.

COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL has shrank 6%, going from 303 students in 2018 to 286 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 87% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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