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Enrollment
1,320
Middle
DISTRICT 1,140 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009802464
IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE
46-02 47TH AVE, WOODSIDE, NY 11377 · (718) 937-0320 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,320 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% 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.
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
108 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
1,141 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 362 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 446 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 510 | 39% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
49%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
49.7%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
50.7%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.7% | 50.7% |
| 2023-24 | 53.1% | 51.9% |
% 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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE
IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE's state test result (52.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE this school | 1,320 | 86.4% | 52.9% |
| JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELL OZONE PARK | 1,459 | 88.5% | 53.8% |
| IS 73 FRANK SANSIVIERI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE) MASPETH | 1,581 | 81.0% | 59.3% |
| JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCK JAMAICA | 1,265 | 88.1% | 44.0% |
| IS 230 JACKSON HEIGHTS | 949 | 79.9% | 55.7% |
| IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE) ELMHURST | 1,203 | 88.6% | 56.1% |
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 IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #368 of 766 | #34 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #492 of 768 ▼ 55 | #37 of 57 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #350 of 768 ▼ 104 | #33 of 57 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,320 | #25 of 796 | #10 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #568 of 683 | #26 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.3% | #355 of 688 | #39 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.4% | #177 of 773 | #21 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #268 of 524 | #29 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
1,320
-61 (-4%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 1,658
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 1,320 | 108.1 | 12.2:1 | 86% (1,141) |
| 2023-24 | 1,505 | 106.6 | 14.1:1 | 85% (1,279) |
| 2022-23 | 1,473 | 109 | 13.5:1 | 79% (1,170) |
| 2020-21 | 1,381 | 100 | 13.8:1 | 81% (1,114) |
| 2017-18 | 1,507 | 98 | 15.4:1 | 76% (1,147) |
| 2015-16 | 1,493 | 94 | 15.9:1 | 53% (785) |
| 2010-11 | 1,658 | 97 | 17.1:1 | 84% (1,396) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE.
About IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE
IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE is a middle school with a street address in WOODSIDE, New York. Enrolled students number 1,320 students, in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 149% higher than the average for middle schools in New York, which is about 531.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 runs 57 schools with a combined 48,008 students. IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE is one of them.
IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE's enrollment is 66% Hispanic. Other groups include 27% Asian and 4% White. By comparison, Queens County residents are about 28% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE employs 108.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.2:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New York is 10.3:1, lower than at this school. IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 86%. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Queens County.
The allk12 Grade for IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE is B+. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 66% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE is 9.7 points above its prediction. Actual: 52.9%. Predicted: 43.2%.
Queens County has about 2,323,052 residents, and median household income is about $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 392 public schools in Queens County, with a combined enrollment of about 268,205.
CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 1,320 was 4% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 1,381. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.2:1) than in 2020-21 (13.8:1).
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24
- IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCIMiddle · 2,131 students
- NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- IS 73 FRANK SANSIVIERI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,581 students
- PS 19 MARINO JEANTETElementary · 1,506 students
Other schools in WOODSIDE
- PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLANElementary · 1,066 students
- PS 12 JAMES B COLGATEElementary · 838 students
- RIVERVIEW SCHOOL (THE)Combined · 820 students
- ACADEMY OF THE CITY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 695 students
- PS 11 KATHRYN PHELANElementary · 689 students
- PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOLElementary · 628 students
Nearby schools
- CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 456
- RIVERVIEW SCHOOL (THE)0.3 mi · 820
- PS 199 MAURICE A FITZGERALD0.4 mi · 505
- PS 1500.4 mi · 657
- QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,294
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,924
Frequently asked questions
About IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDEHow large is IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE?
IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE enrolls approximately 1,320 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE serve?
IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE.
How diverse is IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE?
IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE reports a student body of 4% White, 66% Hispanic, 2% Black, 27% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE public or private?
IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.