JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL

JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL operates as a sizable four-year high school in OZONE PARK, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27. Current enrollment sits at 2,400 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 259% bigger than typical.

JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL is one of 63 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, a district that serves 39,209 students overall.

On the student-mix side, JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL reports that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Asian, 25% Black, 3% White, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 182 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 58.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 6%: 2,270 students in 2018 compared to 2,400 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 34% to 41% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.