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UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV is a four-year high school of compact scale in JAMAICA, New York, overseen by UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV, works with 363 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 46% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV is a school of UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
Looking at the student body, UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV lists that 82% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school records 11% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.6%, the actual is 54.3%, a residual of +6.7 points.
In the surrounding community, Queens County reports that 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. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.0%.
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV operates from a downtown location. UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 371 students in 2018 compared to 363 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 71% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.
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