FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL

FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL, an expansive four-year high school in FLUSHING, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, caters to 1,650 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL sits 147% above that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 runs 46 schools in total, collectively educating 33,704 students. FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL reports that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 15% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL has 116 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.2%, the actual is 48.3%, a residual of +4.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household income runs about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL is one.

VERITAS ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 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), FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 59.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,678 students in 2018 compared to 1,650 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 21% to 6% over that span.

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