FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL

FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment secondary school in FOREST HILLS, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28. The school instructs 3,394 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 408% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Across the 50 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 (36,340 students total), FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL shows that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Asian, 24% White, 7% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 221 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.3%; this one delivers 57.3%.

In the area at large, Queens County reports that median household earnings sit near $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. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE THROUGH THE ARTS (THE), around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 70.2%.

FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 3,784 students in 2018 compared to 3,394 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 35% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.