NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II

Located at 89-25 161ST ST, in JAMAICA, New York, NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II is a modestly sized high school that instructs 375 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II. That puts it 44% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II is the operating authority for NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II lists that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 36% Black, 15% Asian, 3% Native American. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.8%, the actual is 41.5%, a residual of -3.3 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II is one.

The closest other public school is QUEENS SATELLITE HIGH SCHOOL FOR OPPORTUNITY, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.9%.

NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II operates from a city-core location. NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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