JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKER

JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKER is one of the expansive middle-grades schools in FLUSHING, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, with 1,516 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKER sits 185% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 46 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 (33,704 students total), JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKER records that the largest single group is Asian, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 32% Hispanic, 6% White. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 26% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKER sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 46.6%; actual is 73.4%, +26.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Queens County put the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKER is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

PS 21 EDWARD HART is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKER. On composite proficiency, JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKER comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 62.4%.

JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKER operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 1,523 students in 2018 compared to 1,516 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 11% to 6%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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