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Enrollment
2,072
High
DISTRICT 803 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009802038
NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
48-01 90TH ST, ELMHURST, NY 11373 · (718) 595-8400 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,072 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
146 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
1,592 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -12.0pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
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
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,072
+159 (+8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 17.2:1
% White
4%
was 5%
% Hispanic
68%
was 58%
% Black
3%
was 8%
% Asian
21%
was 25%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is one of the big high schools in ELMHURST, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, with 2,072 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 210% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, which oversees 57 schools and 48,008 students, NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL records that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 21% Asian, 4% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL has 146 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.7%; this one delivers 44.7%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household income runs about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).
Nearest neighbor: INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH SCIENCES, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.8%.
The campus sits in a downtown setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 8%: 1,913 students in 2018 compared to 2,072 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 58% to 68% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.
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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 #24
- IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCIMiddle · 2,131 students
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- IS 73 FRANK SANSIVIERI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,581 students
- PS 19 MARINO JEANTETElementary · 1,506 students
- PS 143 LOUIS ARMSTRONGElementary · 1,344 students
Other schools in ELMHURST
- IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,203 students
- PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONEElementary · 1,187 students
- PS 102 BAYVIEWElementary · 1,107 students
- PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE)Elementary · 1,047 students
- MASPETH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,001 students
- CENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 935 students
Nearby schools
- INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH SCIENCES0.0 mi · 292
- PAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 482
- CIVIC LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.2 mi · 580
- VOYAGES PREPARATORY0.2 mi · 155
- CENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II0.3 mi · 129
- CENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 935
Frequently asked questions
About NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL?
NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,072 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL serve?
NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 14.2:1 (146 FTE teachers).
How diverse is NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL?
NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 4% White, 68% Hispanic, 3% Black, 21% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.