Enrollment
561
Middle
STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360116406623
FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
51-35 REEDER ST 2ND FL, ELMHURST, NY 11373 · (929) 666-4430 · Queens County
GRADES 05–10MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL561 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of New York public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
50 FTE teachers
STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
504 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 104 | 19% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
67.1%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.1% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 74.7% |
% 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
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% 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 24 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 FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 561 | 89.8% | 65.8% |
| JHS 80 MOSHOLU PARKWAY (THE) BRONX | 562 | 95.0% | 45.2% |
| CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHESTNUT RIDGE | 637 | 87.0% | 31.1% |
| JONAS BRONCK ACADEMY BRONX | 392 | 92.9% | 53.2% |
| JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN BRONX | 466 | 95.3% | 31.9% |
| POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL SUFFERN | 689 | 85.6% | 33.2% |
Matched among New York middle 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 FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #191 of 766 | #16 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #221 of 768 ▲ 7 | #13 of 57 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #124 of 768 ▲ 9 | #15 of 57 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 561 | #315 of 796 | #33 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #467 of 683 | #16 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.7% | #494 of 688 | #48 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.8% | #141 of 773 | #13 of 58 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
561
+203 (+57%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 561 | 50 | 11.2:1 | 90% (504) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 1 | 443.0:1 | 87% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | N/A | N/A | 80% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 31 | 11.6:1 | 91% (326) |
| 2017-18 | 89 | 7 | 12.7:1 | 87% (77) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
About FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
At 51-35 REEDER ST 2ND FL in ELMHURST, New York, FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized middle school. It enrolled 561 students in grades 5 through 10 for the 2024-25 school year.
Federal records list FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL as its own district.
A majority of students at FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, 78%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 12% Black, 6% Asian, and 3% White. The school's Hispanic share is 50 points above the 28% share among Queens County residents. By the diversity index, FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL comes in at 37%.
Teacher staffing is 50 full-time equivalents, or about 11.2 students per teacher. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 90%. Across public schools in Queens County, the average is 77%.
allk12 grades FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL an A. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is +23.8 points, in the top 10% of New York. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.8%, and the predicted rate is 42.0%.
FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is located in Queens County, where median household income is about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 392 public schools in Queens County, with a combined enrollment of about 268,205.
The nearest public school is CENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large). The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL had 358 students in 2020-21 and 561 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 561 students in grades 05-10.
Is FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-10.
How many students per teacher at FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
How diverse is FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL reports a student body of 3% White, 78% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is overseen by FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL in Queens County.
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