Enrollment
397
Middle
DISTRICT 697 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010206441
HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
1-50 51ST AVE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101 · (718) 609-3300 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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
8.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
288 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 142 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 117 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 138 | 35% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
59.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -12.4pp 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 59 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 59.5% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 71.8% |
% 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
64.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (64.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 397 | 72.5% | 64.7% |
| MS 297 NEW YORK | 297 | 74.7% | 47.2% |
| TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW YORK | 290 | 74.5% | 51.2% |
| MIDDLE VILLAGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL MIDDLE VILLAGE | 468 | 74.1% | 73.3% |
| MS 101 EDWARD R BYRNE BRONX | 576 | 71.4% | 67.8% |
| CONSELYEA PREPARATORY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 366 | 77.6% | 57.4% |
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 HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #201 of 766 | #18 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #377 of 768 ▼ 127 | #29 of 57 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #126 of 768 ▲ 16 | #17 of 57 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #438 of 796 | #39 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #80 of 683 | #2 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #111 of 688 | #15 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.5% | #274 of 773 | #44 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #407 of 524 | #34 of 43 |
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
397
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 397 | 46 | 8.6:1 | 73% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 39.6 | 9.8:1 | 72% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 41.3 | 8.8:1 | 74% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 42 | 9.9:1 | 70% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 35 | 12.0:1 | 52% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 32 | 11.7:1 | 57% (211) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Students in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, attend HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, a low-enrollment middle school. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 397 students. It has 25% fewer students than the average for middle schools in New York (about 531).
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 enrolls 35,337 students, and its 53 schools include HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About 53% of the student body at HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 18% White, 12% Black, 11% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Queens County, the Hispanic share is about 28%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 66%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 8.6:1, based on 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 82% of New York public middle schools.
HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 64.7%, compared with a predicted 48.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Queens County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $86,136 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Queens County with 391 other public schools.
ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM sits less than a tenth of a mile from HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 71.2%; HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 64.7%, ranking 6th of 9.
In the federal locale system, HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 5% decline took enrollment from 416 in 2020-21 to 397 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 9.9:1 in 2020-21 to 8.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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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- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- 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 FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM0.0 mi · 555
- PS/IS 780.2 mi · 799
- HUNTERS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 497
- RIVER SCHOOL (THE)0.7 mi · 499
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 779
- PS 116 MARY LINDLEY MURRAY1.0 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 397 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 8.6:1 students per teacher at HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 18% White, 53% Hispanic, 12% Black, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30.
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