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.

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