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Enrollment
414
High
DISTRICT 995 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010006174
HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY
167-01 GOTHIC DR, JAMAICA, NY 11432 · (718) 658-1249 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- B-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
13.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
314 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 92 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 107 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 118 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 97 | 23% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
53.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY
HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY's state test result (53.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY this school | 414 | 75.8% | 53.7% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP JAMAICA | 497 | 76.3% | 87.3% |
| ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL FLUSHING | 587 | 80.9% | 50.0% |
| QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL JAMAICA | 711 | 83.3% | 53.6% |
| NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II JAMAICA | 375 | 82.1% | 41.5% |
| MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 447 | 73.8% | 88.0% |
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 HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #672 of 1,135 | #43 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #719 of 1,109 ▼ 82 | #49 of 85 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #639 of 1,135 ▲ 203 | #49 of 89 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #677 of 1,216 | #72 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #881 of 1,058 | #47 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #86 of 1,070 | #19 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.8% | #487 of 1,167 | #67 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #365 of 743 | #19 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
414
-31 (-7%) vs 2020
+345% since 2010-11, when it was 93
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 414 | 30.7 | 13.5:1 | 76% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 30.8 | 14.0:1 | 73% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 28.1 | 14.5:1 | 67% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 445 | 32 | 13.9:1 | 74% (330) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 81% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 481 | 27 | 17.8:1 | 73% (352) |
| 2010-11 | 93 | 7 | 13.3:1 | 74% (69) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY.
About HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY
HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY is a small high school in JAMAICA, New York. Enrollment stands at 414 students, covering grades 9 through 12. It has 38% fewer students than the average for high schools in New York (about 668).
HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY is a school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28. The district has 50 schools and 36,340 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY is Hispanic, with 39% of students. Other groups include 30% Black, 23% Asian, and 4% Native American. The county population is about 28% Hispanic. The diversity index for HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.5:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1. The school reported 76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Queens County is close, at 77%.
HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 46% of New York public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY would score about 47.1%. It scores 53.7%, 6.6 points above that figure.
The county, Queens County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 392, with about 268,205 students.
Of the public schools around it, HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY is closest to HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 445 students in 2020-21 to 414 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28
- FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,394 students
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEYMiddle · 1,611 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
Other schools in JAMAICA
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- PS 95 EASTWOODElementary · 1,103 students
- PS 50 TALFOURD LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 904 students
- GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL IIElementary · 810 students
Nearby schools
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP0.0 mi · 497
- JAMAICA GATEWAY TO THE SCIENCES0.0 mi · 531
- QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.0 mi · 711
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 2,146
- PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS0.3 mi · 754
- QUEENS SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE (THE)0.4 mi · 590
Frequently asked questions
About HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY?
HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY enrolls approximately 414 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY serve?
HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY is approximately 13.5:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY?
Student demographics at HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY are roughly 2% White, 39% Hispanic, 30% Black, 23% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY in?
HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28.
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