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Enrollment
363
High
STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV·NCES 360113606549
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV
156-10 BAISLEY BLVD, JAMAICA, NY 11434 · (718) 525-2041 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of New York public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
9.6:1
38 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
270 students
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 | 76 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 101 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 80 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 106 | 29% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
71.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV's state test result (54.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV this school | 363 | 74.4% | 54.3% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW BROOKLYN | 365 | 79.5% | 36.5% |
| EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN III JAMAICA | 498 | 75.1% | 40.2% |
| CAPITAL PREPARATORY BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 488 | 71.1% | 56.0% |
| CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES BROOKLYN | 296 | 81.1% | 46.0% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION IN ADVERTISING AND MEDIA BROOKLYN | 386 | 82.1% | 33.8% |
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 UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #658 of 1,135 | #42 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #636 of 1,109 ▼ 175 | #39 of 85 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #564 of 1,135 ▲ 142 | #42 of 89 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #803 of 1,216 | #78 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #226 of 1,058 | #5 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #774 of 1,070 | #80 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.4% | #496 of 1,167 | #73 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #684 of 743 | #41 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
363
-111 (-23%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 363 | 38 | 9.6:1 | 74% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 38.5 | 11.1:1 | 77% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 42.3 | 10.1:1 | 78% (333) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 45 | 10.5:1 | 66% (312) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 30 | 12.4:1 | 76% (283) |
| 2015-16 | 125 | 9 | 13.9:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV.
About UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV is a high school in JAMAICA, New York, and it is part of UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV. Enrolled students number 363 students, in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Black students are the large majority at UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV, with 82% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% Native American. By comparison, Queens County residents are about 17% Black. By the diversity index, UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV comes in at 32%.
The school reported 38 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 9.6:1. For comparison, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 74%. Across public schools in Queens County, the average is about the same, 77%.
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 47% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 47.6%. UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV scores 54.3%, 6.7 points above that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Queens County, median household income is about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Queens County number 392 and enroll about 268,205.
Nearby, AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away. UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 42.0% on proficiency, and UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV is above that at 54.3%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV went from 474 students to 363.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IVWhat is the total enrollment at UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV?
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV enrolls approximately 363 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV serve?
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV?
The student-to-teacher ratio at UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV is approximately 9.6:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV?
At UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV, the student body is approximately 0% White, 11% Hispanic, 82% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV public or private?
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV.
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