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Enrollment
711
High
DISTRICT 995 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010006005
QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL
167-01 GOTHIC DR, JAMAICA, NY 11432 · (718) 658-4016 · Queens County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL711 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% 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.
- BBeats 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
14.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
592 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 6 | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 156 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 88 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
62.1%
NY avg 58.3% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
49.2%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.1% | 49.2% |
| 2023-24 | 62.2% | 49.7% |
% 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL
QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL this school | 711 | 83.3% | 53.6% |
| ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL FLUSHING | 587 | 80.9% | 50.0% |
| COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR MATH AND SCIENCE BRONX | 563 | 85.3% | 50.0% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP JAMAICA | 497 | 76.3% | 87.3% |
| HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY JAMAICA | 414 | 75.8% | 53.7% |
| HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE NEW YORK | 644 | 80.4% | 65.3% |
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 QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #673 of 1,135 | #44 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #609 of 1,109 ▲ 33 | #36 of 85 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #742 of 1,135 ▲ 38 | #65 of 89 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 711 | #351 of 1,216 | #33 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #966 of 1,058 | #65 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.3% | #20 of 1,070 | #4 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.3% | #383 of 1,167 | #37 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #199 of 339 | #25 of 39 |
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
711
+68 (+11%) vs 2020
+128% since 2010-11, when it was 312
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 711 | 48.7 | 14.6:1 | 83% (592) |
| 2023-24 | 686 | 49.7 | 13.8:1 | 84% (577) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 48.2 | 13.3:1 | 88% (567) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 48 | 13.4:1 | 85% (545) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 47.6 | 14.1:1 | 88% (587) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 40 | 16.3:1 | 84% (547) |
| 2010-11 | 312 | 24 | 13.0:1 | 75% (233) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL.
About QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL
QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is a public high school in JAMAICA, New York. The grade span is 6 through 12, and enrollment is 711 students.
QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, a district with 36,340 students across 50 schools.
Hispanic students form the largest group at QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL, 35% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 28% Black, 23% Asian, 6% Native American, and 4% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 74%.
Its 48.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.6:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is 11.0:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 83% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL a B-. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL would score about 44.4%. It scores 53.6%, 9.2 points above that figure.
Within Queens County, median household income is about $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 392 public schools in Queens County, with a combined enrollment of about 268,205.
The school nearest to QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is JAMAICA GATEWAY TO THE SCIENCES, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is 7th among 9 schools close by.
The federal government classifies QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL's location as City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 643 in 2020-21 and 711 in 2024-25, an 11% increase. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.4:1 to 14.6:1.
Discussions about QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 #28
- FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,394 students
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEYMiddle · 1,611 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
Other schools in JAMAICA
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- PS 95 EASTWOODElementary · 1,103 students
- PS 50 TALFOURD LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 904 students
- GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL IIElementary · 810 students
Nearby schools
- JAMAICA GATEWAY TO THE SCIENCES0.0 mi · 531
- HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY0.0 mi · 414
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP0.0 mi · 497
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 2,146
- PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS0.3 mi · 754
- MS 3580.4 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHow large is QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL?
QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 711 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL serve?
QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL serves grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL?
Student demographics at QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL are roughly 3% White, 35% Hispanic, 28% Black, 23% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL?
QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.