Enrollment
286
Middle
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010106285
COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL
145-00 SPRINGFIELD BLVD, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413 · (718) 977-6181 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of New York public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
11.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
253 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 79 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 97 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 110 | 38% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
32.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 32.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 42.6% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL
COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 286 | 88.5% | 43.9% |
| IS 392 BROOKLYN | 284 | 85.9% | 55.4% |
| COMMUNITY VOICES MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 293 | 85.7% | 49.3% |
| MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL BROOKLYN | 286 | 89.2% | 46.3% |
| LAUNCH EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 268 | 92.5% | 56.2% |
| PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 248 | 93.5% | 43.6% |
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 COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #549 of 766 | #45 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #687 of 768 ▼ 103 | #53 of 57 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #354 of 768 ▲ 14 | #36 of 57 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #580 of 796 | #49 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #545 of 683 | #25 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #448 of 688 | #44 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #156 of 773 | #16 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #411 of 524 | #35 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
286
-105 (-27%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 286 | 24 | 11.9:1 | 88% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 31.8 | 8.9:1 | 85% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 33.8 | 10.3:1 | 85% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 27 | 14.5:1 | 81% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 303 | 23 | 13.2:1 | 78% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 399 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 72% (288) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL
COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL runs as a small middle school in SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, New York. Total enrollment is 286 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. It has 46% fewer students than the average for middle schools in New York (about 531).
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 counts 21,817 students in its 46 schools, and COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
At COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL, 74% of students are Black. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 2% Native American. Census figures show Queens County is about 17% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 41%.
Teacher count: 24 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.9:1. The average for middle schools in New York, 10.3:1, is lower. Roughly 88% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Queens County is 77%.
On the allk12 Grade, COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 40% of New York public middle schools.
A school with COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 42.5%. COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 43.9%, 1.4 points above that line.
In Queens County, home to about 2,323,052 people, median household income comes to about $86,136, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 392 public schools in the county, enrolling about 268,205, COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL's nearest public school is COMMUNITY VOICES MIDDLE SCHOOL (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 286, compared with 391 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 14.5:1 to 11.9:1.
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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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Nearby schools
- COMMUNITY VOICES MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 293
- PS 2510.0 mi · 217
- PREPARATORY ACADEMY FOR WRITERS: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.3 mi · 521
- QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.3 mi · 320
- GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES0.3 mi · 421
- EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 286 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 11.9:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 0% White, 19% Hispanic, 74% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29.
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