JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 63-25 MAIN ST, in FLUSHING, New York, JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOL is a sizable high school that enrolls 2,778 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 316% bigger than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 33,704 students; JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 25% Asian, 13% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 206 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 51.7%, a residual of +5.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Queens County put 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. JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

QUEENS COLLEGE SCHOOL FOR MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.8%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 23%: 3,608 students in 2018 compared to 2,778 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 45% to 52% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.