Enrollment
320
High
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010105833
QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY
143-10 SPRINGFIELD BLVD, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413 · (718) 712-2304 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
12.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
266 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 89 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 92 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 68 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 70 | 22% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
21.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 PREPARATORY ACADEMY
QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY this school | 320 | 83.1% | 39.0% |
| UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE III BROOKLYN | 283 | 84.5% | 51.5% |
| BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT BROOKLYN | 245 | 82.0% | 48.8% |
| BEDFORD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 338 | 79.0% | 87.2% |
| BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY BROOKLYN | 253 | 80.6% | 46.0% |
| MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL BUFFALO | 302 | 88.7% | 39.3% |
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 PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #962 of 1,135 | #78 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,001 of 1,109 ▲ 8 | #82 of 85 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #726 of 1,135 ▲ 168 | #62 of 89 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #893 of 1,216 | #81 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #817 of 1,058 | #39 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #623 of 1,070 | #72 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.1% | #384 of 1,167 | #38 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #166 of 743 | #12 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
320
+88 (+38%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 397
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 320 | 24.9 | 12.8:1 | 83% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 20.2 | 13.3:1 | 82% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 245 | 26.2 | 9.3:1 | 78% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 232 | 24 | 9.7:1 | 78% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 80% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 74% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 55% (217) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
About QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY
QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates as a low-enrollment high school in SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, New York. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 320 students. Enrollment is 52% lower than the average for high schools in New York, which is about 668.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 has 46 schools and 21,817 students, and QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of those schools.
Black students are the majority at QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY, with 73% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 18% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 2% Native American. The school's Black share is 56 points above the 17% share among Queens County residents. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY counts 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.8 students for each one. This ratio sits 1.8 above the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. About 83% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
The allk12 Grade for QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is D. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 14% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 44.4%. QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY scores 39.0%, 5.4 points below that line.
In the county around the school, Queens County, the median household income is $86,136, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Queens County is home to 392 public schools and about 268,205 public school students.
The shortest distance from QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 88 more students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 9.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.8:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- PREPARATORY ACADEMY FOR WRITERS: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 521 students
- EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 480 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCESHigh · 421 students
- IS 59 SPRINGFIELD GARDENSMiddle · 401 students
Nearby schools
- GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES0.0 mi · 421
- EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 480
- PREPARATORY ACADEMY FOR WRITERS: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.0 mi · 521
- PS 2510.2 mi · 217
- COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 286
- COMMUNITY VOICES MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMYHow many students attend QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 320 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY serve?
QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is approximately 12.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY reports a student body of 2% White, 18% Hispanic, 73% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.