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Enrollment
441
High
DISTRICT 851 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25·NCES 360012206435
QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES
35-01 UNION ST, FLUSHING, NY 11354 · (718) 888-7530 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
368 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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
80.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 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
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% 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 25 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
441
+13 (+3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.3:1
% White
1%
was 3%
% Hispanic
24%
was 27%
% Black
2%
was 9%
% Asian
70%
was 59%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES
As a close-knit high school in FLUSHING, New York, QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES instructs 441 students from grades 9 through 12, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25. Enrollment runs roughly 34% smaller than the state mean of about 668.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 33,704 students; QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES is among them.
In terms of who attends, QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES records that the largest single group is Asian, at 70% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 24% Hispanic, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 26% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES higher than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 44.3%; QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES posts 69.7%, +25.4 points above that line.
In the area at large, Queens County reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).
VERITAS ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 57.3%.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area.
Trend over the last 7 years. QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES's enrollment has climbed 3% since 2018, when it stood at 428 (now 441). Asian enrollment moved from 59% to 70% across the same window.
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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 #25
- JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,778 students
- FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKERMiddle · 1,516 students
- TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- IS 237Middle · 1,313 students
- PS 24 ANDREW JACKSONElementary · 1,197 students
Other schools in FLUSHING
- JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,778 students
- FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKERMiddle · 1,516 students
- JHS 216 GEORGE J RYANMiddle · 1,516 students
- TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- IS 237Middle · 1,313 students
Nearby schools
- VERITAS ACADEMY0.0 mi · 653
- FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,650
- QUEENS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 351
- PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN0.4 mi · 331
- PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL0.4 mi · 303
- PS 20 JOHN BOWNE0.5 mi · 995
Frequently asked questions
About QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIESHow many students attend QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES?
QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES enrolls approximately 441 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES serve?
QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES have?
QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES?
Student demographics at QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES are roughly 1% White, 24% Hispanic, 2% Black, 70% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES public or private?
QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25.
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