IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE

As a big middle school in WOODSIDE, New York, IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE teaches 1,320 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE sits 149% bigger than that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, which oversees 57 schools and 48,008 students, IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE is one campus in the system.

Demographically, IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE lists that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 27% Asian, 4% White. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 86% of students at IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.2%; this one delivers 52.9%.

Around the school, Queens County reports that median household income runs about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 1,507 students in 2018 compared to 1,320 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 54% to 66% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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