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Enrollment
1,711
High
DISTRICT 803 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009801959
GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL
21-27 HIMROD ST, RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385 · (718) 381-9600 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,711 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.1:1
121 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
1,367 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 458 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 409 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 439 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 379 | 22% |
| Ungraded | 26 | 2% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
64.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp 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 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL
GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,711 | 79.9% | 43.2% |
| LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY | 1,639 | 87.1% | 37.7% |
| FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL FLUSHING | 1,650 | 83.7% | 48.3% |
| QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY | 1,294 | 86.9% | 56.2% |
| SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 1,348 | 86.8% | 44.8% |
| BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN CAMPUS BRENTWOOD | 1,287 | 82.1% | 48.5% |
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 GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #879 of 1,135 | #72 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #840 of 1,109 ▼ 87 | #65 of 85 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #705 of 1,135 ▼ 3 | #56 of 89 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,711 | #68 of 1,216 | #13 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #943 of 1,058 | #58 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.4% | #620 of 1,070 | #71 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #452 of 1,167 | #55 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #678 of 743 | #39 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
1,711
+148 (+9%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 2,425
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 1,711 | 121 | 14.1:1 | 80% (1,367) |
| 2023-24 | 1,536 | 109.3 | 14.1:1 | 76% (1,172) |
| 2022-23 | 1,459 | 113.2 | 12.9:1 | 76% (1,110) |
| 2020-21 | 1,563 | 109 | 14.3:1 | 76% (1,194) |
| 2017-18 | 1,751 | 104.1 | 16.8:1 | 72% (1,266) |
| 2015-16 | 1,722 | 103 | 16.7:1 | 69% (1,190) |
| 2010-11 | 2,425 | 128 | 18.9:1 | 80% (1,928) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
About GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL
In RIDGEWOOD, New York, part of Queens County, GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL is a high school. The school enrolls 1,711 students in grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, a district with 48,008 students across 57 schools.
About 73% of the student body at GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL is Hispanic. Other students are 14% White, 8% Asian, and 4% Black. By comparison, Queens County residents are about 28% Hispanic. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are 121 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.1:1. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is 11.0:1. Of all students at GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL, 80% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public high schools, GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL, the prediction is 45.6% and the result is 43.2%.
Queens County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $86,136 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Queens County number 392, with about 268,205 students.
ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUS is less than a tenth of a mile from GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 9%.
The discussion board for GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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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- IS 93 RIDGEWOODMiddle · 954 students
- PS 88 SENECAElementary · 692 students
- ROBERT E PEARY SCHOOLElementary · 581 students
- ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUSElementary · 573 students
- JOSEPH F QUINN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 77Middle · 569 students
- PS 71 FORESTElementary · 468 students
Nearby schools
- ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUS0.1 mi · 573
- PS 71 FOREST0.2 mi · 468
- PS 153 MASPETH ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 764
- LEARNERS AND LEADERS0.4 mi · 421
- PS 90.5 mi · 622
- IS 93 RIDGEWOOD0.5 mi · 954
Frequently asked questions
About GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHow large is GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL?
GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,711 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL serve?
GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 14% White, 73% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24.
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