LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 14-30 BROADWAY, in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL is a sprawling 9-12 campus that enrolls 1,639 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 145% larger than typical.

LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 53 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, a district that works with 35,337 students overall.

Demographically, LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL logs that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 11% Black, 8% White, 7% Asian. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL has 161 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 87% of students at LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.0%; this one delivers 37.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Queens County put 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%. LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

Nearest neighbor: ALBERT SHANKER SCHOOL FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL has decreased 27%, going from 2,257 students in 2018 to 1,639 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 15% to 7% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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