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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
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.8:1
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 135 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 137 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 114 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
42%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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL
EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 480 | 82.7% | 66.8% |
| UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN BROOKLYN | 513 | 82.5% | 49.9% |
| INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS AT CAMBRIA HEIGHTS CAMBRIA HEIGHTS | 464 | 82.1% | 66.5% |
| MATH/SCIENCE RESEARCH/TECH MAGNET CAMBRIA HEIGHTS | 506 | 82.4% | 53.5% |
| SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGE BROOKLYN | 586 | 79.9% | 72.7% |
| PATHWAYS IN TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL (P-TECH) BROOKLYN | 534 | 81.5% | 45.2% |
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 EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #400 of 1,135 | #18 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #329 of 1,109 ▲ 274 | #20 of 85 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #663 of 1,135 ▲ 88 | #50 of 89 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #572 of 1,216 | #64 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #912 of 1,058 | #54 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.9% | #647 of 1,070 | #75 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #396 of 1,167 | #40 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #326 of 339 | #37 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
480
+76 (+19%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 480 | 34.8 | 13.8:1 | 83% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 37.5 | 12.8:1 | 75% (363) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 28.2 | 15.8:1 | 71% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 77% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 70% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 27 | 18.8:1 | 71% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 462 | 20 | 23.1:1 | 58% (268) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL.
About EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL
EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, New York. School enrollment was 480 students in 2024-25, in grades 9 through 12. For comparison, high schools in New York average about 668 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 includes 46 schools. Together they enroll 21,817 students.
By race and ethnicity, EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is 74% Black. After that, the student body is 17% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% Native American. Census figures show Queens County is about 17% Black. EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 42%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 13.8:1 comes from the school's 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 83% of students at EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against New York public high schools, EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After accounting for student poverty, EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is in the top 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.8% is 22.3 points above the 44.6% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Census Bureau estimates for Queens County show that median household income is about $86,136, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 392 public schools in Queens County, which together enroll about 268,205 students.
Nearby, QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is 1st of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The number of students grew from 404 to 480 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 13.8 students per teacher, compared with 15.0 in 2020-21.
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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
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
- QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.0 mi · 320
- GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES0.0 mi · 421
- PREPARATORY ACADEMY FOR WRITERS: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.0 mi · 521
- 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.
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