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Enrollment
826
Middle
DISTRICT 684 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012301995
JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON
121-10 ROCKAWAY BLVD, SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY 11420 · (718) 843-2260 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL826 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of New York public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
12.5:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
756 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 | 310 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 254 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 262 | 32% |
Student demographics
77%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
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
45.7%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 45.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 46.3% |
% 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON
JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON this school | 826 | 91.5% | 44.5% |
| SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL UTICA | 749 | 83.4% | 48.3% |
| JHS 278 MARINE PARK BROOKLYN | 841 | 79.9% | 52.1% |
| IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMY HOLLIS | 820 | 85.1% | 45.6% |
| JHS 127 CASTLE HILL (THE) BRONX | 778 | 85.9% | 49.6% |
| MONT PLEASANT MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 569 | 80.5% | 23.3% |
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 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #533 of 766 | #43 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #568 of 768 ▼ 41 | #44 of 57 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #531 of 768 ▼ 121 | #49 of 57 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 826 | #142 of 796 | #25 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #589 of 683 | #31 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.2% | #7 of 688 | #2 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.5% | #128 of 773 | #10 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #335 of 524 | #33 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
826
-36 (-4%) vs 2020
-44% since 2010-11, when it was 1,462
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 826 | 65.9 | 12.5:1 | 92% (756) |
| 2023-24 | 808 | 58.7 | 13.8:1 | 87% (706) |
| 2022-23 | 789 | 62 | 12.7:1 | 87% (684) |
| 2020-21 | 862 | 66 | 13.1:1 | 93% (798) |
| 2017-18 | 911 | 50 | 18.2:1 | 91% (826) |
| 2015-16 | 929 | 52 | 17.9:1 | 89% (823) |
| 2010-11 | 1,462 | 84 | 17.4:1 | 77% (1,122) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON.
About JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON
JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON is a high-enrollment middle school. Its address is in SOUTH OZONE PARK, New York. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 826 students. It has 56% more students than the average for middle schools in New York (about 531).
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 has 39,209 students spread across 63 schools.
At JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 27%. Other groups make up 27% Black, 22% Asian, 17% Native American, and 3% Pacific Islander. Queens County residents are about 28% Hispanic, a similar share. A diversity index of 77% means there is a 77% chance two randomly chosen students at JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON are from different groups.
Its staff includes 65.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.5 students per teacher. The gap from the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is 2.2 students per teacher. Roughly 92% of students at JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Queens County is 77%.
On the allk12 Grade, JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON lands at C+, ahead of 43% of New York public middle schools.
JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON scores 44.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.3%.
The county, Queens County, is where the school is located. 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. Counting JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON, Queens County has 392 public schools.
JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON's closest public school neighbor is EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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
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Other schools in SOUTH OZONE PARK
- PS 108 CAPTAIN VINCENT G FOWLERElementary · 1,094 students
- PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCHElementary · 1,008 students
- PS 121Elementary · 750 students
- PS 100 GLEN MORRISElementary · 649 students
- PS 123Elementary · 596 students
- PS 155Elementary · 497 students
Nearby schools
- EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH0.0 mi · 435
- HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 388
- PS 100 GLEN MORRIS0.4 mi · 649
- PS 1550.4 mi · 497
- PS 960.5 mi · 310
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-NYC 140.6 mi · 168
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSONWhat is the total enrollment at JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON?
JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON enrolls approximately 826 students in grades 06-08.
Is JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON an elementary, middle, or high school?
JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON.
How diverse is JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON?
JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON reports a student body of 2% White, 27% Hispanic, 27% Black, 22% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON?
JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.