RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL

Located at 35-59 81ST ST, in JACKSON HEIGHTS, New York, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL is an average-sized combined-grade school that hosts 657 students (grades pre-K through 12), part of RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL. Enrollment runs roughly 21% above the state mean of about 544.

RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL is a school of RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Asian, 4% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.9%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Queens County shows the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.8%.

RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL operates from a downtown location. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 21%: 541 students in 2018 compared to 657 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 62% to 75%.

On allk12, members of the RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.