IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMY

IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMY operates as a big middle school in HOLLIS, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29. Current enrollment sits at 820 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMY sits 54% larger than that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29, which oversees 46 schools and 21,817 students, IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMY logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 32% Asian, 21% Black, 6% Native American. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMY is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

The closest other public school is PS 95 EASTWOOD, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMY comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMY has declined 41%, going from 1,392 students in 2018 to 820 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 37% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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