JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON

Located at 121-10 ROCKAWAY BLVD, in SOUTH OZONE PARK, New York, JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON is a sprawling middle school that serves 826 students (grades 6 through 8), part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 56% above typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, which oversees 63 schools and 39,209 students, JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (27%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Black, 22% Asian, 17% Native American, 3% Pacific Islander. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Queens County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Queens County shows the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON is one.

Nearest neighbor: EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON. On composite proficiency, JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 62.6%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 911 students in 2018 compared to 826 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 38% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.