QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT YORK COLLEGE

As a close-knit four-year high school in JAMAICA, New York, QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT YORK COLLEGE hosts 495 students from grades 9 through 12, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 26% below typical.

QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT YORK COLLEGE is one of 50 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, a district that educates 36,340 students overall.

On demographics, QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT YORK COLLEGE logs that 78% of the student body identifies as Asian. The remainder reads as 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT YORK COLLEGE lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT YORK COLLEGE sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.5%; actual is 98.2%, +47.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT YORK COLLEGE is one.

The closest other public school is NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT YORK COLLEGE comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 47.3%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 4%: 474 students in 2018 compared to 495 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 4% to 9% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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