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What's one thing EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
480
High
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010105733
EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL
143-10 SPRINGFIELD BLVD, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413 · (718) 525-6507 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
397 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +14.0pp 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 66 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
480
+3 (+1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 18.4:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
17%
was 9%
% Black
74%
was 81%
% Asian
4%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL
EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is one of the close-knit high schools in SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29, with 480 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 28% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 21,817 students; EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is among them.
Looking at the student body, EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 17% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 83% of students at EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL 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 44.6%; EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL posts 66.8%, +22.3 points above that line.
Around the school, census data for Queens County shows the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).
Nearest neighbor: PREPARATORY ACADEMY FOR WRITERS: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 48.3%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Five-year trend. EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 477 (now 480). Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.
On this page, members of the EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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 #29
- PS 95 EASTWOODElementary · 1,103 students
- JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 894 students
- IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMYMiddle · 820 students
- PATHWAYS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 818 students
- PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEYElementary · 806 students
- PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMSElementary · 754 students
Other schools in SPRINGFIELD GARDENS
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - SPRINGFIELD GARDENSElementary · 998 students
- MERRICK ACADEMY-QUEENS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 732 students
- PREPARATORY ACADEMY FOR WRITERS: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 521 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCESHigh · 421 students
- IS 59 SPRINGFIELD GARDENSMiddle · 401 students
- PS 181 BROOKFIELDElementary · 340 students
Nearby schools
- PREPARATORY ACADEMY FOR WRITERS: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.0 mi · 521
- GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES0.0 mi · 421
- QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.0 mi · 320
- PS 2510.2 mi · 217
- COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 286
- COMMUNITY VOICES MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL?
EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 480 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL?
At EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 17% Hispanic, 74% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL in?
EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.