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What's the most underrated thing about LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,639
High
DISTRICT 852 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010202022
LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL
14-30 BROADWAY, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11106 · (718) 545-7095 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,639 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
161 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
1,428 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 613 | 37% |
| Grade 10 | 409 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 307 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 301 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -11.0pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL
LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,639 | 87.1% | 37.7% |
| LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL YONKERS | 1,176 | 88.1% | 43.0% |
| GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL RIDGEWOOD | 1,711 | 79.9% | 43.2% |
| QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY | 1,294 | 86.9% | 56.2% |
| ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 1,481 | 88.5% | 58.7% |
| SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 1,348 | 86.8% | 44.8% |
Matched among New York high 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 LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #984 of 1,135 | #79 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #851 of 1,109 ▼ 27 | #67 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,012 of 1,135 ▼ 115 | #85 of 89 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,639 | #81 of 1,216 | #15 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #343 of 1,058 | #8 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.6% | #589 of 1,070 | #67 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #300 of 1,167 | #19 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.4% | #99 of 743 | #4 of 48 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,639
-506 (-24%) vs 2020
-53% since 2010-11, when it was 3,519
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 1,639 | 160.9 | 10.2:1 | 87% (1,428) |
| 2023-24 | 1,860 | 159.3 | 11.7:1 | 86% (1,597) |
| 2022-23 | 1,924 | 148 | 13.0:1 | 83% (1,604) |
| 2020-21 | 2,145 | 151 | 14.2:1 | 88% (1,880) |
| 2017-18 | 2,257 | 137.1 | 16.5:1 | 80% (1,803) |
| 2015-16 | 2,056 | 121 | 17.0:1 | 78% (1,596) |
| 2010-11 | 3,519 | 170 | 20.7:1 | 69% (2,412) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL.
About LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL
LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, (ZIP code 11106). The school counted 1,639 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 145% above the 668-student average for high schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 enrolls 35,337 students in 53 schools, including LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL.
The share of Hispanic students at LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL is 72%, a majority. It is also 11% Black, 8% White, and 7% Asian. For comparison, the population of Queens County is roughly 28% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.
LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1, with 160.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 87% at LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL. It compares with 77% for public schools in Queens County.
Among New York public high schools, LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL outscored 13%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (37.7%) and its predicted rate (43.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
In Queens County, the median household earns about $86,136 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Queens County, 392 public schools serve about 268,205 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, ALBERT SHANKER SCHOOL FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 56.0%; LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL's is 37.7%, ranking 8th of 9.
Under the NCES locale system, LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL is City: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 506 students, from 2,145 to 1,639. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.2:1) than in 2020-21 (14.2:1).
This page is set up for the LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- IS 227 LOUIS ARMSTRONGMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZERMiddle · 1,397 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
- PS 122 MAMIE FAYElementary · 1,124 students
Other schools in LONG ISLAND CITY
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,294 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
- IS 141 STEINWAY (THE)Middle · 1,005 students
Nearby schools
- ALBERT SHANKER SCHOOL FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS0.2 mi · 382
- PS 171 PETER G VAN ALST0.4 mi · 410
- VOICE CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK0.5 mi · 849
- ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS0.5 mi · 50
- PS 2340.5 mi · 465
- PS 76 WILLIAM HALLET0.6 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL?
LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,639 students in grades 09-12.
Is LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 8% White, 72% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL?
LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.