Enrollment
421
High
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010105734
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES
143-10 SPRINGFIELD BLVD, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413 · (718) 525-6439 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- DBeats 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
15.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
323 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 122 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 100 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 126 | 30% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES this school | 421 | 76.7% | 37.5% |
| CITY POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 454 | 76.9% | 46.7% |
| ALBANY LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ALBANY | 383 | 81.2% | 24.6% |
| CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY HOLLIS | 359 | 79.9% | 39.7% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR LAW AND JUSTICE (THE) BROOKLYN | 416 | 82.0% | 57.3% |
| BEDFORD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 338 | 79.0% | 87.2% |
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 GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #988 of 1,135 | #80 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #940 of 1,109 ▲ 51 | #76 of 85 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #725 of 1,135 ▲ 309 | #61 of 89 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #662 of 1,216 | #71 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #995 of 1,058 | #74 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #385 of 1,070 | #52 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.7% | #478 of 1,167 | #63 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #461 of 743 | #26 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
421
+81 (+24%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 421 | 27.8 | 15.2:1 | 77% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 387 | 30.8 | 12.6:1 | 74% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 26.1 | 14.0:1 | 72% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 74% (252) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 28.7 | 16.1:1 | 73% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 26 | 19.0:1 | 73% (362) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 22 | 20.3:1 | 53% (238) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES.
About GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES
Students in SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, New York, attend GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES, a low-enrollment high school. In all, 421 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That is 37% below the average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 runs GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES along with 45 other schools, enrolling 21,817 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES is 61% Black. Enrollment also includes 26% Hispanic and 6% Asian. The school's Black share is 44 points above the 17% share among Queens County residents. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES totals 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. Statewide, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. Federal data show 77% of students (323) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Queens County is similar, at 77%.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 11% of New York public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 37.5% actual against 46.8% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Queens County show that the median household earns about $86,136 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Queens County, 392 public schools serve about 268,205 students.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES is less than a tenth of a mile from EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES's average proficiency of 37.5% compares with 51.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 421, compared with 340 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.2:1.
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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
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- EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 480
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Frequently asked questions
About GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCESHow large is GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES?
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES enrolls approximately 421 students in grades 09-12.
Is GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES an elementary, middle, or high school?
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES.
What is the student diversity at GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES?
Student demographics at GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES are roughly 1% White, 26% Hispanic, 61% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES in?
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29.
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