JHS 190 RUSSELL SAGE

As a heavily attended 6-8 campus in FOREST HILLS, New York, JHS 190 RUSSELL SAGE serves 935 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 76% bigger than typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, which oversees 50 schools and 36,340 students, JHS 190 RUSSELL SAGE is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, JHS 190 RUSSELL SAGE logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% Asian, 22% White, 7% Black, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at JHS 190 RUSSELL SAGE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, JHS 190 RUSSELL SAGE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.5%; this one delivers 64.4%.

Across the wider county, census data for Queens County shows median household income runs about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. JHS 190 RUSSELL SAGE is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

Nearest neighbor: ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE THROUGH THE ARTS (THE), around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, JHS 190 RUSSELL SAGE comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 74.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JHS 190 RUSSELL SAGE has contracted 11%, going from 1,054 students in 2018 to 935 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 28% to 22%. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.