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Enrollment
1,611
Middle
DISTRICT 674 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010002567
JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY
63-55 102ND ST, REGO PARK, NY 11374 · (718) 830-4910 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,611 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of New York public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.8:1
102 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
841 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 529 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 555 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 506 | 31% |
| Ungraded | 21 | 1% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
86.9%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 86.9% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 85.4% |
% 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
73.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY
JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY's state test result (73.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY this school | 1,611 | 52.2% | 73.7% |
| MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED BROOKLYN | 1,295 | 45.9% | 91.6% |
| HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL HICKSVILLE | 1,215 | 52.4% | 50.7% |
| MS 51 WILLIAM ALEXANDER BROOKLYN | 1,038 | 60.2% | 67.9% |
| IS 75 FRANK D PAULO STATEN ISLAND | 1,514 | 50.0% | 79.6% |
| IS 98 BAY ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 1,435 | 62.9% | 91.9% |
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 JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #91 of 766 | #7 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.9% | #133 of 768 ▲ 6 | #6 of 57 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #84 of 768 ▼ 9 | #7 of 57 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,611 | #3 of 796 | #2 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #670 of 683 | #50 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #31 of 688 | #7 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.2% | #396 of 773 | #56 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #502 of 524 | #41 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
1,611
-34 (-2%) vs 2020
+49% since 2010-11, when it was 1,079
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 1,611 | 101.7 | 15.8:1 | 52% (841) |
| 2023-24 | 1,635 | 103.3 | 15.8:1 | 54% (887) |
| 2022-23 | 1,542 | 102.9 | 15.0:1 | 55% (844) |
| 2020-21 | 1,645 | 108 | 15.2:1 | 53% (873) |
| 2017-18 | 1,632 | 96 | 17.0:1 | 54% (888) |
| 2015-16 | 1,612 | 93 | 17.3:1 | 49% (784) |
| 2010-11 | 1,079 | 73 | 14.8:1 | 71% (763) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY.
About JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY
JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY is a large middle school in REGO PARK, New York, one of the schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28. The school enrolls 1,611 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in New York is about 531, so this school runs 203% bigger than that.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 has 36,340 students in 50 schools, and JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY is one of those schools.
Enrollment at JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY is mixed, with White students the largest group at 33%. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Asian, 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.8:1, with 101.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 52%. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Queens County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY is A. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 91% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY, the prediction is 55.8% and the result is 73.7%.
Within Queens County, median household income is about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Queens County number 392 and enroll about 268,205.
The nearest public school is PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE), at about 0.1 miles. JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY ranks 1st on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 1,645 students in 2020-21 and 1,611 in 2024-25.
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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 #28
- FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,394 students
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
- JHS 190 RUSSELL SAGEMiddle · 935 students
Other schools in REGO PARK
- PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 710 students
- PS 139 REGO PARKElementary · 571 students
- PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNTElementary · 545 students
- PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 522 students
- VALENCE COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLMiddle · 447 students
Nearby schools
- PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE)0.1 mi · 710
- PS 220 EDWARD MANDEL0.3 mi · 616
- VALENCE COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 447
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS0.4 mi · 721
- PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 522
- FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 3,394
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEYHow large is JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY?
JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY enrolls approximately 1,611 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY serve?
JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY is approximately 15.8:1 (102 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY?
Student demographics at JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY are roughly 33% White, 24% Hispanic, 5% Black, 32% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY?
JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.