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ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL
As a modestly sized four-year high school in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL hosts 487 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30. That puts it 27% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 35,337 students. ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Asian, 12% White, 7% Black. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 48.8%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household income runs about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.5%.
ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 512 students in 2018 compared to 487 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 54% to 63%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Queens County at a glance
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