Enrollment
311
High
DISTRICT 793 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012305730
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL
8-21 BAY 25TH ST, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691 · (718) 471-2154 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
10.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
270 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 78 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 104 | 33% |
| Grade 11 | 62 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 66 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
64.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL this school | 311 | 86.8% | 37.2% |
| BRONX ACADEMY OF HEALTH CAREERS BRONX | 306 | 88.2% | 38.5% |
| BROOME STREET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 270 | 88.9% | 29.0% |
| E MONROE NEW RENAISSANCE BASKETBALL BRONX | 364 | 82.4% | 49.2% |
| ROCKAWAY COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL ROCKAWAY PARK | 287 | 85.7% | 34.3% |
| EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN BRONX | 426 | 88.5% | 46.5% |
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 FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #993 of 1,135 | #81 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #871 of 1,109 ▲ 122 | #71 of 85 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #706 of 1,135 ▲ 82 | #57 of 89 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #904 of 1,216 | #82 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #509 of 1,058 | #16 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #290 of 1,070 | #44 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.8% | #314 of 1,167 | #22 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #523 of 743 | #28 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
311
+63 (+25%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 311 | 28.4 | 10.9:1 | 87% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 25 | 11.2:1 | 91% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 29 | 9.1:1 | 80% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 248 | 25 | 9.9:1 | 82% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 18.8 | 17.9:1 | 78% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 22 | 17.1:1 | 77% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 412 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 58% (239) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL.
About FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school found in FAR ROCKAWAY, New York. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 311 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in New York is about 668 students, so this school is 53% smaller than average.
The district for FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, with 63 schools and 39,209 students.
The most common group at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL is Black students, at 47%. After that, the student body is 45% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. Among all residents of Queens County, the Black share is about 17%. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL's 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 10.9:1. That matches the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York fairly closely. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 87%. That is 10 points above the 77% average for public schools in Queens County.
Measured against New York public high schools, FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL would be expected to post about 43.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 37.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Queens County show that the median household income is $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL is one of 392 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL is ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 37.2% is below the 41.7% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment climbed 25% from its 2020-21 level of 248. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.9:1 in 2020-21 to 10.9:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
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- PS 43Elementary · 574 students
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- ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.0 mi · 605
- QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR INFORMATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY0.0 mi · 507
- KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI0.0 mi · 281
- CHALLENGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,218
- WAVE PREPARATORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 484
- PS 104 BAYS WATER (THE)0.4 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL?
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 311 students in grades 09-12.
Is FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL?
At FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 45% Hispanic, 47% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
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