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Enrollment
1,068
High
DISTRICT 995 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010006209
QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL
91-30 METROPOLITAN AVE, FOREST HILLS, NY 11375 · (718) 286-3600 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,068 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
14.8:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
715 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 9 | 293 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 260 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 272 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 242 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
63%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
86.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 89.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL
QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,068 | 66.9% | 63.8% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES NEW YORK | 1,007 | 69.1% | 63.3% |
| AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL AMSTERDAM | 1,192 | 72.5% | 36.5% |
| BEACON HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 1,372 | 61.4% | 98.5% |
| MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL MONTICELLO | 833 | 63.7% | 42.5% |
| RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141) BRONX | 1,383 | 58.0% | 58.3% |
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 METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #462 of 1,135 | #25 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #540 of 1,109 ▲ 82 | #33 of 85 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #284 of 1,135 ▼ 2 | #13 of 89 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,068 | #223 of 1,216 | #24 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #977 of 1,058 | #68 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #221 of 1,070 | #41 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.9% | #553 of 1,167 | #84 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #695 of 743 | #42 of 48 |
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
1,068
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+160% since 2010-11, when it was 411
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 1,068 | 72 | 14.8:1 | 67% (715) |
| 2023-24 | 973 | 70.3 | 13.8:1 | 63% (610) |
| 2022-23 | 1,024 | 67.9 | 15.1:1 | 61% (621) |
| 2020-21 | 1,066 | 73 | 14.6:1 | 60% (643) |
| 2017-18 | 1,088 | 65 | 16.7:1 | 60% (656) |
| 2015-16 | 1,059 | 66 | 16.1:1 | 58% (619) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 21 | 19.6:1 | 59% (243) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL.
About QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL
QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school serving families in FOREST HILLS, New York. The school's enrollment of 1,068 students covers grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 60% higher than the average for high schools in New York, which is about 668.
QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL is one of the 50 schools that make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 (36,340 students in total).
QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 49%. The remaining students are 35% White, 10% Asian, and 4% Black. Among people living in Queens County, the Hispanic share is about 28%. QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.8:1, with 72 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL is 67%. The average for public schools in Queens County is 77%.
The allk12 Grade for QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL is B+. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 65% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 63.8% actual against 50.4% predicted.
In the county around the school, Queens County, median household income is about $86,136, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. A total of 392 public schools operate in Queens County, serving about 268,205 students.
The nearest other public school, PS 233, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 68.6%; QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL's is 63.8%, ranking 6th of 8.
The NCES locale for QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 1,066 students in 2020-21 and 1,068 in 2024-25.
The QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- JHS 190 RUSSELL SAGEMiddle · 935 students
Other schools in FOREST HILLS
- FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,394 students
- JHS 190 RUSSELL SAGEMiddle · 935 students
- METROPOLITAN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOLHigh · 837 students
- PS 144 COL JEROMUS REMSENElementary · 766 students
- PS 196 GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAYElementary · 749 students
- PS 220 EDWARD MANDELElementary · 616 students
Nearby schools
- PS 2330.0 mi · 514
- METROPOLITAN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL0.0 mi · 837
- PS/IS 113 ANTHONY J PRANZO0.4 mi · 771
- PS 144 COL JEROMUS REMSEN0.5 mi · 766
- PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS0.8 mi · 605
- PS/IS 87 MIDDLE VILLAGE0.9 mi · 541
Frequently asked questions
About QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL?
QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,068 students in grades 09-12.
Is QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL have?
QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL employs 72 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 35% White, 49% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL in?
QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.