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Which teacher or staff member at JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
907
Middle
DISTRICT 684 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012302685
JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD
138-30 LAFAYETTE ST, OZONE PARK, NY 11417 · (718) 848-0001 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL907 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
12.6:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
729 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 286 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 305 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 315 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
64.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 64.6% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 59.7% |
% 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 202 ROBERT H GODDARD
JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD this school | 907 | 80.4% | 57.7% |
| IS 230 JACKSON HEIGHTS | 949 | 79.9% | 55.7% |
| MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROES OZONE PARK | 1,610 | 82.5% | 57.7% |
| IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE) ELMHURST | 1,203 | 88.6% | 56.1% |
| IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMY HOLLIS | 820 | 85.1% | 45.6% |
| JHS 127 CASTLE HILL (THE) BRONX | 778 | 85.9% | 49.6% |
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 202 ROBERT H GODDARD ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #293 of 766 | #26 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #326 of 768 ▲ 33 | #23 of 57 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #212 of 768 ▲ 6 | #24 of 57 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 907 | #108 of 796 | #22 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #598 of 683 | #34 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #128 of 688 | #18 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.4% | #224 of 773 | #36 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #176 of 524 | #22 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
907
-121 (-12%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 1,109
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 907 | 72 | 12.6:1 | 80% (729) |
| 2023-24 | 884 | 67.8 | 13.1:1 | 84% (744) |
| 2022-23 | 882 | 63.1 | 14.0:1 | 80% (710) |
| 2020-21 | 1,028 | 73 | 14.1:1 | 81% (836) |
| 2017-18 | 1,099 | 64.6 | 17.0:1 | 81% (886) |
| 2015-16 | 1,055 | 64 | 16.5:1 | 83% (879) |
| 2010-11 | 1,109 | 65 | 17.1:1 | 78% (869) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD.
About JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD
JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD runs as a large middle school in OZONE PARK, New York. The school enrolls 907 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 531.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 is made up of 63 schools with 39,209 students in all.
Hispanic students account for 47% of enrollment at JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD, more than any other group. Other groups make up 36% Asian, 6% Black, 4% Native American, and 4% White. County-wide, 28% of Queens County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD reports a ratio of 12.6 students per teacher, from 72 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is 2.3 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD, 80% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public middle schools, JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD would be expected to post about 45.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.7%.
For the population of Queens County, median household income comes to about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Queens County counts 392 public schools with about 268,205 students.
ROBERT H GODDARD HS-COMM/TECH, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD is 4th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 907 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,028. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.1:1 to 12.6:1.
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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 #27
- JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,841 students
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROESMiddle · 1,610 students
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELLMiddle · 1,459 students
- SCHOLARS' ACADEMYHigh · 1,184 students
- CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCHHigh · 1,180 students
Other schools in OZONE PARK
- JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROESMiddle · 1,610 students
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELLMiddle · 1,459 students
- HIGH SCHOOL-CONSTRUCTION TRADES ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTUREHigh · 1,074 students
- PS 63 OLD SOUTHElementary · 957 students
- ROBERT H GODDARD HS-COMM/TECHHigh · 613 students
Nearby schools
- ROBERT H GODDARD HS-COMM/TECH0.0 mi · 613
- PS 63 OLD SOUTH0.4 mi · 957
- PS 232 LINDENWOOD0.5 mi · 831
- S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.5 mi · 507
- OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 20.5 mi · 437
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROES0.6 mi · 1,610
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARDHow large is JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD?
JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD enrolls approximately 907 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD serve?
JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD is approximately 12.6:1 (72 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD?
Student demographics at JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD are roughly 4% White, 47% Hispanic, 6% Black, 36% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD in?
JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.