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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