EAST-WEST SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

EAST-WEST SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES operates as a moderately sized high school in FLUSHING, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25. Current enrollment sits at 700 students spanning grades 6 through 12.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, which oversees 46 schools and 33,704 students, EAST-WEST SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, EAST-WEST SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES records that 77% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school reports 16% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 26% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EAST-WEST SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 43.6%; EAST-WEST SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES posts 76.0%, +32.5 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Queens County shows median household earnings sit near $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), EAST-WEST SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: IS 237, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EAST-WEST SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 66.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EAST-WEST SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES has ticked up 7%, going from 655 students in 2018 to 700 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share climbed from 67% to 77%.

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