JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a junior high of big scale in QUEENS VILLAGE, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29, educateing 894 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 68% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

Across the 46 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 (21,817 students total), JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Asian (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 28% Black, 25% Hispanic, 9% Native American, 3% White.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Queens County shows 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. JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 51.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 19%: 1,110 students in 2018 compared to 894 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 39% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.