Enrollment
384
Middle
DISTRICT 697 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010202688
IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES
36-41 28TH ST, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11106 · (718) 937-1463 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of New York public middle schools
- CTest 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.
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
9.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
361 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 | 86 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 139 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 151 | 39% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 2% |
Student demographics
48%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
47.8%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 47.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 40.6% |
% 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 204 OLIVER W HOLMES
IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES this school | 384 | 94.0% | 46.0% |
| JONAS BRONCK ACADEMY BRONX | 392 | 92.9% | 53.2% |
| BRONX GREEN MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 356 | 93.0% | 39.5% |
| BRONX PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 302 | 89.4% | 48.6% |
| PELHAM ACADEMY OF ACADEMICS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BRONX | 281 | 94.0% | 46.5% |
| SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) BRONX | 377 | 95.2% | 48.5% |
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 204 OLIVER W HOLMES ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #507 of 766 | #41 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #535 of 768 ▲ 72 | #40 of 57 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #449 of 768 ▼ 78 | #44 of 57 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #458 of 796 | #41 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #179 of 683 | #6 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #380 of 688 | #42 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #85 of 773 | #5 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #146 of 524 | #17 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
384
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 702
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 384 | 40.9 | 9.4:1 | 94% (361) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 45 | 9.0:1 | 93% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 41.8 | 8.2:1 | 91% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 43 | 8.8:1 | 90% (340) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 43 | 11.2:1 | 89% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 97% (478) |
| 2010-11 | 702 | 44 | 15.9:1 | 85% (598) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES.
About IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES
IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES is a middle-grades school located in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, in Queens County. It teaches 384 students in grades 6 through 8. That is 28% below the average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 enrolls 35,337 students, and its 53 schools include IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES.
Federal enrollment data show IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES is 70% Hispanic. Other groups include 11% Asian, 10% Black, and 8% White. The county population is about 28% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 48, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 40.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 9.4:1. The school's 9.4:1 compares with an average of 10.3:1 for middle schools in New York. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 94%. The gap from the 77% average for public schools in Queens County is 17 points.
IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of New York public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 46.0% actual against 40.4% predicted.
Census data for Queens County show the median household earns about $86,136 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES, Queens County has 392 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 57.8%, higher than IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES's 46.0%.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 378 in 2020-21 to 384 in 2024-25, a change of 6 students.
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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 #30
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- IS 227 LOUIS ARMSTRONGMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZERMiddle · 1,397 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
Other schools in LONG ISLAND CITY
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- 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
- ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 487
- PS 112 DUTCH KILLS0.1 mi · 521
- GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 692
- BACCALAUREATE SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION0.3 mi · 523
- PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN0.3 mi · 825
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIES0.4 mi · 1,206
Frequently asked questions
About IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMESHow large is IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES?
IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES enrolls approximately 384 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES serve?
IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES.
How diverse is IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES?
IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES reports a student body of 8% White, 70% Hispanic, 10% Black, 11% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES in?
IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30.
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