JHS 194 WILLIAM CARR

Set in WHITESTONE, New York, JHS 194 WILLIAM CARR is a well-populated intermediate school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25. It works with 986 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 86% above typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 runs 46 schools in total, collectively educating 33,704 students. JHS 194 WILLIAM CARR is one of those campuses.

On demographics, JHS 194 WILLIAM CARR logs that the most-represented group is Asian (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 36% Hispanic, 19% White. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, JHS 194 WILLIAM CARR has 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting JHS 194 WILLIAM CARR higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 69% of students at JHS 194 WILLIAM CARR qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JHS 194 WILLIAM CARR tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.2%.

In the broader community, 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%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which JHS 194 WILLIAM CARR is one.

PS 184 FLUSHING MANOR is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, JHS 194 WILLIAM CARR comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 74.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 21%: 1,247 students in 2018 compared to 986 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 28% to 19% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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