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Enrollment
1,841
High
DISTRICT 793 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012302863
RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL
89-30 114TH ST, RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418 · (718) 846-3335 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,841 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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.
- BBeats 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
13.7:1
135 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
1,618 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 538 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 471 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 453 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 375 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 0% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL
RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,841 | 87.9% | 50.5% |
| MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS NEW YORK | 1,657 | 81.4% | 74.7% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICES NEW YORK | 1,728 | 85.6% | 65.0% |
| JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOL FLUSHING | 2,778 | 78.8% | 51.7% |
| AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY | 1,924 | 75.1% | 73.5% |
| JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL OZONE PARK | 2,400 | 84.0% | 58.5% |
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 RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #725 of 1,135 | #54 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #722 of 1,109 ▼ 84 | #51 of 85 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #617 of 1,135 ▲ 112 | #47 of 89 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,841 | #58 of 1,216 | #12 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #904 of 1,058 | #52 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #254 of 1,070 | #43 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #280 of 1,167 | #12 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.2% | #142 of 339 | #18 of 39 |
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
1,841
+226 (+14%) vs 2020
-37% since 2010-11, when it was 2,918
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 1,841 | 134.6 | 13.7:1 | 88% (1,618) |
| 2023-24 | 1,697 | 129.1 | 13.2:1 | 84% (1,420) |
| 2022-23 | 1,637 | 123.5 | 13.3:1 | 83% (1,352) |
| 2020-21 | 1,615 | 122 | 13.2:1 | 78% (1,256) |
| 2017-18 | 1,670 | 130.1 | 12.8:1 | 80% (1,329) |
| 2015-16 | 1,957 | 133 | 14.7:1 | 78% (1,525) |
| 2010-11 | 2,918 | 153 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL.
About RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL
RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in RICHMOND HILL, New York. The school's enrollment of 1,841 students covers grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 176% higher than the average for high schools in New York, which is about 668.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 counts 63 schools and 39,209 students, including RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL.
RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL is 56% Hispanic by enrollment. Other students are 29% Asian, 9% Black, 3% White, and 3% Native American. By comparison, Queens County residents are about 28% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL is 134.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.7:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. About 88% of students, or 1,618, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Queens County averages 77%, lower than here.
Measured against New York public high schools, RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 42.7% at RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.5%.
RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL is located in Queens County, where the median household income is $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL, Queens County has 391 other public schools.
PS 51 is the public school closest to RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 56.2%; RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL's is 50.5%, ranking 6th of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 226 students since 2020-21, to 1,841.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 #27
- JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROESMiddle · 1,610 students
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELLMiddle · 1,459 students
- SCHOLARS' ACADEMYHigh · 1,184 students
- CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCHHigh · 1,180 students
- PS 108 CAPTAIN VINCENT G FOWLERElementary · 1,094 students
Other schools in RICHMOND HILL
- PS 90 HORACE MANNElementary · 586 students
- PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 525 students
- S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMYElementary · 507 students
- PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSISElementary · 470 students
- PS 55 MAUREElementary · 466 students
- PS 54 HILLSIDEElementary · 462 students
Other Richmond Hill High schools
One other US public school is named Richmond Hill High. RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Richmond Hill High SchoolRichmond Hill, GA · 2,671 students
Nearby schools
- PS 510.2 mi · 202
- EPIC HIGH SCHOOL - NORTH0.3 mi · 373
- PS 56 HARRY EICHLER0.3 mi · 360
- PS 90 HORACE MANN0.3 mi · 586
- PS 62 CHESTER PARK SCHOOL0.5 mi · 827
- HIGH SCHOOL-CONSTRUCTION TRADES ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE0.6 mi · 1,074
Frequently asked questions
About RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOLHow large is RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL?
RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,841 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL serve?
RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 3% White, 56% Hispanic, 9% Black, 29% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL?
RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.