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What's the biggest difference between QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
679
High
DISTRICT 995 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010001414
QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL
160-20 GOETHALS AVE, JAMAICA, NY 11432 · (718) 969-3155 · Queens County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL679 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
483 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
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
88.3%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
75.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+31.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 31 points, placing it in New York's top 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
679
-11 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 18.6:1
% White
2%
was 4%
% Hispanic
15%
was 10%
% Black
19%
was 27%
% Asian
55%
was 49%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL
QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL is a secondary school of mid-tier scale in JAMAICA, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, instructing 679 students in grades 6 through 12.
Across the 50 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 (36,340 students total), QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Asian, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 19% Black, 15% Hispanic, 6% Native American, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 26% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 48.8%; this one delivers 80.3%, a residual of +31.5 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household earnings sit near $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL II, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 58.3%.
QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL has changed only slightly, going from 690 students in 2018 to 679 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 27% to 19%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, members of the QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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
- GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL II0.4 mi · 810
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 2,146
- QUEENS SCHOOL OF INQUIRY (THE)0.4 mi · 593
- PS 2550.4 mi · 552
- HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY0.5 mi · 414
- QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.5 mi · 711
Frequently asked questions
About QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOLHow large is QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL?
QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 679 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL serve?
QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL have?
QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL?
At QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 15% Hispanic, 19% Black, 55% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL?
QUEENS GATEWAY TO HEALTH SCIENCES SECONDARY 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.