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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY this year?
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Enrollment
535
High
DISTRICT 995 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010005534
HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY
116-25 GUY R BREWER BLVD, JAMAICA, NY 11434 · (718) 977-4800 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
434 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 | 160 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 146 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 118 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 111 | 21% |
Student demographics
65%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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +21.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 up about 21 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY
HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY this school | 535 | 81.1% | 34.0% |
| AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL JAMAICA | 643 | 79.8% | 47.3% |
| TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 795 | 82.4% | 40.0% |
| JOHN JAY SCHOOL FOR LAW BROOKLYN | 450 | 85.3% | 52.8% |
| NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II JAMAICA | 375 | 82.1% | 41.5% |
| CITY POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 454 | 76.9% | 46.7% |
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 HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,022 of 1,135 | #84 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #893 of 1,109 ▲ 197 | #73 of 85 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #805 of 1,135 ▲ 167 | #72 of 89 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #500 of 1,216 | #52 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #720 of 1,058 | #28 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #164 of 1,070 | #34 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #435 of 1,167 | #48 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.4% | #191 of 339 | #24 of 39 |
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
535
+145 (+37%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 535 | 44 | 12.2:1 | 81% (434) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 44.6 | 12.1:1 | 82% (442) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 36.3 | 12.4:1 | 79% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 30 | 13.0:1 | 77% (299) |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 73% (369) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 29 | 20.4:1 | 73% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 531 | 23 | 23.1:1 | 66% (352) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
About HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY
JAMAICA, New York, is home to HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, a low-enrollment high school. Its enrollment is 535 students, spread over grades 9 through 12.
District-wide, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 has 50 schools and 36,340 students.
No group is above 50% at HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY; the largest is Black, at 48%. After that, the student body is 32% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 3% Native American. Among all residents of Queens County, the Black share is about 17%. The diversity index for HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 44 full-time-equivalent teachers at HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, giving a ratio of 12.2:1. High schools in New York have an average ratio of 11.0:1. By family income, 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public high schools, HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, the prediction is 45.2% and the result is 34.0%.
Census data for Queens County show median household income comes to about $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 392 public schools in the county, enrolling about 268,205, HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY among them.
HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY's closest public school neighbor is PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 34.0% is below the 49.7% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 37% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON0.2 mi · 270
- EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN III0.5 mi · 498
- ROCHDALE EARLY ADVANTAGE CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 433
- JERMAINE L GREEN STEM INSTITUTE OF QUEENS (THE)0.6 mi · 526
- PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON0.7 mi · 399
- JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL0.7 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETYHow many students attend HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY?
HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY enrolls approximately 535 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY serve?
HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY have?
HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY?
At HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, the student body is approximately 1% White, 32% Hispanic, 48% Black, 13% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY?
HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.