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Alumni: what's one memory from RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
657
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360005904803
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL
35-59 81ST ST, JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372 · (718) 803-0060 · Queens County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL657 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of New York public K-12 schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
,
Teacher data unavailable
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
536 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 30 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 4% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 61 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 54 | 8% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 50% smaller than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
68.9%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
58.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.9% | 58.1% |
| 2023-24 | 64.1% | 59.5% |
% 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
657
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+20% since 2010-11, when it was 548
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 | 657 | N/A | N/A | 82% (536) |
| 2023-24 | 658 | N/A | N/A | 80% (527) |
| 2022-23 | 655 | N/A | N/A | 78% (511) |
| 2020-21 | 655 | N/A | N/A | 77% (502) |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 46.4 | 11.7:1 | 77% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 44 | 12.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 38 | 14.4:1 | 59% (323) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL.
About RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL
Students in JACKSON HEIGHTS, New York, attend RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL, a medium-sized combined-grade school. Its 657 students are spread across pre-K through 12. The school's enrollment is 21% larger than the 544 average for combined schools in New York.
In federal data, the district for RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL is the school itself.
At 75%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL combined. Other students are 18% Asian, 4% White, and 2% Black. By comparison, Queens County residents are about 28% Hispanic. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 82%.
Measured against New York public K-12 schools, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 45.0%. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL scores 58.9%, 13.9 points above that line.
Among Queens County residents, median household income is about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 392 public schools in Queens County, with a combined enrollment of about 268,205.
The nearest other public school, PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS, is about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
The school's size has been steady, with 655 students in 2020-21 and 657 in 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in JACKSON HEIGHTS
- IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZERMiddle · 1,397 students
- IS 230Middle · 949 students
- PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTSElementary · 764 students
- PS 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFEElementary · 706 students
- PS 212Elementary · 562 students
- PS 280 HOME OF THE LIONHEARTSElementary · 447 students
Nearby schools
- PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS0.2 mi · 764
- PS 2120.2 mi · 562
- PS 222-FIRE FIGHTER CHRISTOPHER A SANTORA SCHOOL0.3 mi · 197
- IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZER0.3 mi · 1,397
- PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE)0.4 mi · 1,047
- IS 2300.5 mi · 949
Frequently asked questions
About RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL?
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 657 students in grades PK-12.
Is RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How diverse is RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL?
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL reports a student body of 4% White, 75% Hispanic, 2% Black, 18% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL public or private?
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL.
Where is RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL located?
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL is located at 35-59 81ST ST, JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372.
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