Enrollment
239
Middle
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010106439
QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL
229-02 137TH AVE, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413 · (718) 723-3501 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL239 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
181 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 81 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 30% |
Student demographics
25%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
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
34.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 39.4% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL
QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 239 | 75.7% | 40.9% |
| LENOX ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 264 | 76.5% | 76.0% |
| BROOKLYN GREEN SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 214 | 77.6% | 51.9% |
| BROOKLYN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 399 | 80.2% | 68.8% |
| LAMAD ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 165 | 80.0% | 48.2% |
| IS 392 BROOKLYN | 284 | 85.9% | 55.4% |
Matched among New York middle 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 UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #594 of 766 | #47 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #674 of 768 ▼ 48 | #51 of 57 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #383 of 768 ▼ 66 | #38 of 57 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 239 | #651 of 796 | #55 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #491 of 683 | #18 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.9% | #578 of 688 | #51 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.7% | #261 of 773 | #41 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.0% | #37 of 168 | #3 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
239
+68 (+40%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 8.1:1
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 | 239 | 21 | 11.4:1 | 76% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 221 | 18.6 | 11.9:1 | 82% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 191 | 16.4 | 11.7:1 | 81% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 171 | 21 | 8.1:1 | 75% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 206 | 17 | 12.1:1 | 74% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 245 | 17 | 14.4:1 | 70% (172) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL
QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, New York, and is classified as a middle school. It reports enrollment of 239 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 531.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 is responsible for 46 schools, QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL included, with 21,817 students in all.
Black students account for 86% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 9% Hispanic and 3% Native American. Among all residents of Queens County, the Black share is about 17%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 25%.
The school's 21 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. The average for middle schools in New York is 10.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL, 76% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Queens County average a similar 77%.
Among New York public middle schools, QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 25%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL is -6.2 points: 40.9% actual, 47.1% predicted.
In the wider Queens County area, median household income comes to about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Queens County counts 392 public schools with about 268,205 students.
Among nearby public schools, PS 156 LAURELTON is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 40.9% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 239 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 171. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 8.1:1 to 11.4:1.
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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
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- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - SPRINGFIELD GARDENSElementary · 998 students
- MERRICK ACADEMY-QUEENS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 732 students
- 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
- PS 156 LAURELTON0.0 mi · 172
- GORDON PARKS SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 561
- PS 38 ROSEDALE0.5 mi · 223
- MERRICK ACADEMY-QUEENS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 732
- PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE0.7 mi · 283
- QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.8 mi · 320
Frequently asked questions
About QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL?
QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 239 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 11.4:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 9% Hispanic, 86% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.