URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL III

Set in ASTORIA, New York, URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL III is a rural-scale 9-12 campus, part of URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL III. It works with 55 students across grades 10 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL III sits 92% smaller than that benchmark.

URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL III is a school of URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL III, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL III reports that 47% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 42% Hispanic, 9% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Queens County) logs that median household earnings sit near $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL III is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PS 70, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL III operates from an urban location. As a public charter, URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL III runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL III has shrank 73%, going from 201 students in 2018 to 55 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 1% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 4.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.