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Enrollment
603
Middle
DISTRICT 822 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25·NCES 360012202650
JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD
144-80 BARCLAY AVE, FLUSHING, NY 11355 · (718) 359-6676 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL603 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of New York public middle schools
- BTest 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
10.9:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
510 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 168 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 207 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 224 | 37% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
56%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
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
68.1%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 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 | 47.0% | 68.1% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 61.1% |
% 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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD
JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD this school | 603 | 84.6% | 57.1% |
| JHS 223 MONTAUK (THE) BROOKLYN | 625 | 94.9% | 62.7% |
| JHS 62 DITMAS BROOKLYN | 857 | 91.8% | 57.3% |
| JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW BROOKLYN | 1,327 | 88.8% | 65.9% |
| IS 25 ADRIEN BLOCK FLUSHING | 1,023 | 70.5% | 72.4% |
| JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD OZONE PARK | 907 | 80.4% | 57.7% |
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 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #304 of 766 | #28 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #285 of 768 ▲ 56 | #19 of 57 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #385 of 768 ▼ 52 | #40 of 57 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 603 | #280 of 796 | #29 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #435 of 683 | #14 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #251 of 688 | #29 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.6% | #197 of 773 | #28 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #126 of 524 | #12 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
603
-113 (-16%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 794
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 603 | 55.4 | 10.9:1 | 85% (510) |
| 2023-24 | 619 | 48.4 | 12.8:1 | 82% (508) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 52.4 | 11.8:1 | 80% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | 52 | 13.8:1 | 81% (581) |
| 2017-18 | 774 | 50 | 15.5:1 | 78% (600) |
| 2015-16 | 696 | 43 | 16.2:1 | 55% (381) |
| 2010-11 | 794 | 45 | 17.6:1 | 78% (618) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD.
About JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD
As a mid-sized middle school, JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD serves students in FLUSHING, New York. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 603 students on the rolls.
JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD sits within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, which has 46 schools and 33,704 students.
More than half of the students at JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD are Asian (52%). Next come 41% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% White. That compares with about 26% Asian among all Queens County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
Based on 55.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD has a ratio of 10.9:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New York is similar, at 10.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 85%. The gap from the 77% average for public schools in Queens County is 8 points.
JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 74% of New York public middle schools.
JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (57.1%) and its predicted rate (43.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
For Queens County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $86,136 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Queens County number 392, with about 268,205 students.
FLUSHING INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 57.1% versus a 63.0% average.
For locale, NCES codes JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD as City: Large.
The school's student count fell 16% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 10.9:1, from 13.8:1.
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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 #25
- JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,778 students
- FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKERMiddle · 1,516 students
- TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- IS 237Middle · 1,313 students
- PS 24 ANDREW JACKSONElementary · 1,197 students
Other schools in FLUSHING
- JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,778 students
- FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKERMiddle · 1,516 students
- JHS 216 GEORGE J RYANMiddle · 1,516 students
- TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- IS 237Middle · 1,313 students
Nearby schools
- FLUSHING INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 390
- PS 20 JOHN BOWNE0.3 mi · 995
- PS 22 THOMAS JEFFERSON0.4 mi · 747
- QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES0.5 mi · 441
- VERITAS ACADEMY0.5 mi · 653
- PS 24 ANDREW JACKSON0.6 mi · 1,197
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARDHow many students attend JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD?
JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD enrolls approximately 603 students in grades 06-08.
Is JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD an elementary, middle, or high school?
JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD.
How diverse is JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD?
JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD reports a student body of 2% White, 41% Hispanic, 3% Black, 52% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD public or private?
JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.