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Enrollment
435
High
DISTRICT 793 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012306535
EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH
121-10 ROCKAWAY BLVD, SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY 11420 · (718) 845-1290 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
403 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 116 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 102 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 119 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 97 | 22% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH
EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH this school | 435 | 92.6% | 45.5% |
| LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BUFFALO | 475 | 96.8% | 23.2% |
| EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 279 | 96.4% | 80.8% |
| INTERNATIONAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) BUFFALO | 640 | 95.6% | 32.2% |
| QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL JAMAICA | 711 | 83.3% | 53.6% |
| ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL FLUSHING | 587 | 80.9% | 50.0% |
Matched among New York high 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 EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #815 of 1,135 | #67 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #854 of 1,109 ▲ 26 | #68 of 85 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #667 of 1,135 ▼ 42 | #53 of 89 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #641 of 1,216 | #70 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #892 of 1,058 | #50 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #40 of 1,070 | #6 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #142 of 1,167 | #5 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.9% | #49 of 339 | #8 of 39 |
Ranked against other public high 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
435
+39 (+10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 435 | 32.1 | 13.6:1 | 93% (403) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 30.5 | 13.5:1 | 88% (363) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 33.4 | 12.0:1 | 95% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 28 | 14.1:1 | 80% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 335 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 69% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 175 | 9 | 19.4:1 | 59% (103) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH.
About EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH
EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH is a high school with a street address in SOUTH OZONE PARK, New York. The school counted 435 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 35% below the average for high schools in New York.
EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, where 63 schools serve 39,209 students.
Of every 100 students at EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH, about 32 are Hispanic, the largest group. Other students are 30% Asian, 27% Black, and 7% Native American. Census estimates put Queens County at about 28% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH are from different groups.
EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH has 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.6:1. High schools in New York average 11.0:1, 2.5 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 93% at EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH. That is higher than the 77% average for public schools in Queens County.
On the allk12 Grade, EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH lands at C+, ahead of 35% of New York public high schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH, the prediction is 40.9% and the result is 45.5%.
For Queens County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $86,136 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Queens County number 392, with about 268,205 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH ranks 7th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 396 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 435 by 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27
- JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,841 students
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROESMiddle · 1,610 students
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELLMiddle · 1,459 students
- SCHOLARS' ACADEMYHigh · 1,184 students
- CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCHHigh · 1,180 students
Other schools in SOUTH OZONE PARK
- PS 108 CAPTAIN VINCENT G FOWLERElementary · 1,094 students
- PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCHElementary · 1,008 students
- JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSONMiddle · 826 students
- PS 121Elementary · 750 students
- PS 100 GLEN MORRISElementary · 649 students
- PS 123Elementary · 596 students
Nearby schools
- HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 388
- JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON0.0 mi · 826
- PS 100 GLEN MORRIS0.4 mi · 649
- PS 1550.4 mi · 497
- PS 960.5 mi · 310
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-NYC 140.6 mi · 168
Frequently asked questions
About EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTHHow many students attend EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH?
EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH enrolls approximately 435 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH serve?
EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH.
What is the student diversity at EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH?
Student demographics at EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH are roughly 2% White, 32% Hispanic, 27% Black, 30% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH in?
EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.