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Enrollment
1,650
High
DISTRICT 851 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25·NCES 360012201950
FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL
35-01 UNION ST, FLUSHING, NY 11354 · (718) 888-7500 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,650 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% 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
14.3:1
116 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
1,381 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 489 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 496 | 30% |
| Grade 11 | 344 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 317 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 0% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL
FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,650 | 83.7% | 48.3% |
| SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 1,348 | 86.8% | 44.8% |
| WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY | 1,996 | 87.2% | 43.7% |
| LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY | 1,639 | 87.1% | 37.7% |
| NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL ELMHURST | 2,072 | 76.8% | 44.7% |
| GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL RIDGEWOOD | 1,711 | 79.9% | 43.2% |
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 FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #764 of 1,135 | #60 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #769 of 1,109 ▼ 13 | #53 of 85 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #616 of 1,135 ▲ 171 | #46 of 89 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,650 | #77 of 1,216 | #14 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #951 of 1,058 | #63 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #570 of 1,070 | #65 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.7% | #374 of 1,167 | #33 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #698 of 743 | #43 of 48 |
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
1,650
+236 (+17%) vs 2020
-46% since 2010-11, when it was 3,045
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 1,650 | 115.6 | 14.3:1 | 84% (1,381) |
| 2023-24 | 1,579 | 100 | 15.8:1 | 83% (1,310) |
| 2022-23 | 1,465 | 91.9 | 15.9:1 | 84% (1,227) |
| 2020-21 | 1,414 | 92 | 15.4:1 | 87% (1,237) |
| 2017-18 | 1,678 | 110.1 | 15.2:1 | 74% (1,249) |
| 2015-16 | 1,872 | 120 | 15.6:1 | 66% (1,236) |
| 2010-11 | 3,045 | 143 | 21.3:1 | 78% (2,362) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL.
About FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL
Students in FLUSHING, New York, attend FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL, a large high school. The school reports 1,650 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 147% larger than the 668 average for high schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 has 33,704 students in 46 schools, and FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Hispanic students make up a majority at FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL, at 71%. The remaining shares are 15% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Queens County's population at about 28%. FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 46%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL is 115.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.3:1. That is higher than the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. The school counts 1,381 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 84%.
allk12 grades FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.3% and a predicted 44.2%.
Queens County has these Census figures: the median household income is $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%. Queens County is home to 392 public schools and about 268,205 public school students.
The closest public school to FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL is VERITAS ACADEMY, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL is 9th of 9 on proficiency.
FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Enrollment is up 17% from 2020-21, when FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL had 1,414 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,650. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 15.4:1 to 14.3:1.
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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 #25
- JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,778 students
- JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKERMiddle · 1,516 students
- TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- IS 237Middle · 1,313 students
- PS 24 ANDREW JACKSONElementary · 1,197 students
- PS 79 FRANCIS LEWISElementary · 1,088 students
Other schools in FLUSHING
- JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,778 students
- JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKERMiddle · 1,516 students
- JHS 216 GEORGE J RYANMiddle · 1,516 students
- TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- IS 237Middle · 1,313 students
- PS 24 ANDREW JACKSONElementary · 1,197 students
Other Flushing High schools
One other US public school is named Flushing High. FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Flushing High SchoolFLUSHING, MI · 1,229 students
Nearby schools
- VERITAS ACADEMY0.0 mi · 653
- QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES0.1 mi · 441
- QUEENS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 351
- PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN0.4 mi · 331
- PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL0.4 mi · 303
- PS 20 JOHN BOWNE0.5 mi · 995
Frequently asked questions
About FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL?
FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,650 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL serve?
FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL?
FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 71% Hispanic, 6% Black, 15% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL?
FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.