GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL II

GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL II, a well-populated K-5 school in JAMAICA, New York, one of the schools within GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL II, caters to 810 students, covering grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 83% bigger than typical.

Operationally, GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL II answers to GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL II, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL II reports that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 34% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 3% Native American, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 17% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL II tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household income runs about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL II is one.

JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCK is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL II comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 52.1%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL II is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 218%: 255 students in 2018 compared to 810 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 56% to 49%. Class-load math has widened: from 8.2:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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