Enrollment
388
Middle
DISTRICT 684 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012306436
HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL
121-10 ROCKAWAY BLVD, SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY 11420 · (718) 659-3792 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of New York public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
307 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 6 | 128 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 129 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 130 | 34% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
77%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 60.2% |
% 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
62.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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 HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL
HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (62.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 388 | 79.1% | 62.3% |
| JHS 8 RICHARD S GROSSLEY JAMAICA | 354 | 85.6% | 50.3% |
| MONT PLEASANT MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 569 | 80.5% | 23.3% |
| MS 890 BROOKLYN | 336 | 79.8% | 65.9% |
| CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 600 | 76.3% | 33.3% |
| ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 657 | 79.5% | 33.5% |
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 HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #234 of 766 | #20 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #257 of 768 ▲ 96 | #18 of 57 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #182 of 768 ▲ 1 | #21 of 57 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #453 of 796 | #40 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #641 of 683 | #41 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.3% | #5 of 688 | #1 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.1% | #236 of 773 | #38 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #89 of 168 | #5 of 9 |
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
388
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 388 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 79% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 28.3 | 13.9:1 | 78% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 30 | 13.0:1 | 79% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 29 | 13.5:1 | 89% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 29 | 12.6:1 | 92% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 26 | 13.3:1 | 89% (308) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL
HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in SOUTH OZONE PARK, New York. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 388 students. The average for middle schools in New York is about 531 students, so this school is 27% smaller than average.
HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27. The district has 63 schools and 39,209 students.
The most common group at HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is Native American students, at 25%. After that, the student body is 24% Black, 23% Hispanic, and 22% Asian. The school's diversity index is 77%, meaning two students picked at random have a 77% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL's 28 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.9:1. On average, middle schools in New York have 10.3:1, compared with 13.9:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 79%. For comparison, public schools in Queens County average 77%.
The allk12 Grade for HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is A-. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 79% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL's results are 16.4 points above predicted: 62.3% against 45.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Queens County, the median household income is $86,136, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Queens County is home to 392 public schools and about 268,205 public school students.
The closest public school to HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH, less than a tenth of a mile away. HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 60.0%, lower than HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL's 62.3%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 392 to 388, a small change.
If you have questions about school safety, transportation, and start times at HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, you can post them here. 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
Quick facts
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- EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH0.0 mi · 435
- JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON0.0 mi · 826
- PS 100 GLEN MORRIS0.4 mi · 649
- PS 1550.4 mi · 497
- PS 960.5 mi · 310
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Frequently asked questions
About HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 388 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 23% Hispanic, 24% Black, 22% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
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