Enrollment
380
High
DISTRICT 803 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009805829
HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS
30-20 THOMSON AVE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101 · (718) 389-3163 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL380 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
12.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
334 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 108 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 112 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 96 | 25% |
Student demographics
45%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS
HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS's state test result (45.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS this school | 380 | 87.9% | 45.7% |
| INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH SCIENCES ELMHURST | 292 | 89.4% | 53.0% |
| MARBLE HILL HIGH SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES BRONX | 393 | 93.1% | 65.7% |
| BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 290 | 89.0% | 37.0% |
| MANHATTAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 348 | 87.9% | 69.0% |
| INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE LONG ISLAND CITY | 455 | 93.6% | 52.0% |
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 HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #811 of 1,135 | #66 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #684 of 1,109 ▼ 152 | #44 of 85 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #614 of 1,135 ▲ 311 | #45 of 89 ▲ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 380 | #765 of 1,216 | #74 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #724 of 1,058 | #29 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #597 of 1,070 | #69 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #279 of 1,167 | #11 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #460 of 743 | #25 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
380
-15 (-4%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 380 | 31.2 | 12.2:1 | 88% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 34.6 | 11.9:1 | 87% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 29 | 12.5:1 | 87% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 85% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 25 | 16.7:1 | 78% (324) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 22 | 18.6:1 | 74% (304) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 22 | 16.3:1 | 79% (282) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS.
About HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS
In LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS is a small high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 380 students. The average among high schools in New York is roughly 668 students; this school is 43% smaller than that.
A total of 57 schools make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, with 48,008 students enrolled.
At 73%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS combined. It is also 11% Asian, 8% White, and 5% Black. Queens County's residents are about 28% Hispanic, 45 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.
HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS operates with 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.2:1. That ratio is over the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS reports 88% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 11 points above the 77% average for public schools in Queens County.
The allk12 Grade for HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS is C. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 33% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 45.7% and a predicted 42.7%.
Federal survey data for Queens County show that median household income is about $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%. A total of 392 public schools operate in Queens County, serving about 268,205 students.
The nearest other public school, ACADEMY OF FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS. On state test proficiency, HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS had 395 students in 2020-21 and 380 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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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Other schools in LONG ISLAND CITY
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
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- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,294 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
Nearby schools
- ACADEMY OF FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE0.0 mi · 874
- BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE QUEENS0.0 mi · 643
- ROBERT F WAGNER JR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY0.2 mi · 626
- MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AT LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE0.2 mi · 440
- INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE0.2 mi · 455
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,924
Frequently asked questions
About HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONSHow many students attend HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS?
HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS enrolls approximately 380 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS serve?
HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS is approximately 12.2:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS?
Student demographics at HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS are roughly 8% White, 73% Hispanic, 5% Black, 11% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS in?
HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24.
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