HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

Located at 167-01 GOTHIC DR, in JAMAICA, New York, HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP is an intimate high school that enrolls 497 students (grades 9 through 12), part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 26% leaner than typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, which oversees 50 schools and 36,340 students, HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Asian, 26% Black, 4% Native American, 3% White. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 47.0%; HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP posts 87.3%, +40.4 points above that line.

In the broader community, census data for Queens County shows the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JAMAICA GATEWAY TO THE SCIENCES, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 7%: 465 students in 2018 compared to 497 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 27% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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