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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
587
High
DISTRICT 851 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25·NCES 360012200954
ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
75-40 PARSONS BLVD, FLUSHING, NY 11366 · (718) 969-5510 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL587 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% 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.
- B-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
12.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
475 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 167 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 125 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 158 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 133 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
82.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -10.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% 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 →
Schools most like ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 587 | 80.9% | 50.0% |
| ROBERT H GODDARD HS-COMM/TECH OZONE PARK | 613 | 82.1% | 60.7% |
| QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL JAMAICA | 711 | 83.3% | 53.6% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP JAMAICA | 497 | 76.3% | 87.3% |
| HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE NEW YORK | 644 | 80.4% | 65.3% |
| MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 447 | 73.8% | 88.0% |
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 ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #737 of 1,135 | #56 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #884 of 1,109 ▲ 62 | #72 of 85 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #380 of 1,135 ▼ 182 | #19 of 89 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 587 | #448 of 1,216 | #47 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #770 of 1,058 | #33 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #78 of 1,070 | #15 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.9% | #439 of 1,167 | #50 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #139 of 743 | #9 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
587
-70 (-11%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 739
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 587 | 47 | 12.5:1 | 81% (475) |
| 2023-24 | 564 | 42.5 | 13.3:1 | 84% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 39.6 | 14.5:1 | 80% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 657 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 82% (542) |
| 2017-18 | 759 | 38.9 | 19.5:1 | 81% (611) |
| 2015-16 | 724 | 39 | 18.6:1 | 77% (560) |
| 2010-11 | 739 | 37 | 20.0:1 | 54% (400) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.
About ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school located in FLUSHING, New York. It teaches 587 students in grades 9 through 12.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 enrolls 33,704 students in 46 schools, including ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.
Hispanic students make up 43% of enrollment at ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 25% Asian, 19% Black, and 10% White. That compares with about 28% Hispanic among all Queens County residents. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
A staff of 47 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.5:1. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 81%.
On the allk12 Grade, ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 40% of New York public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is +4.8 points: 50.0% actual, 45.2% predicted.
The school's county is Queens County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $86,136, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 392 public schools in the county, enrolling about 268,205, ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL among them.
ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from IS 250 ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE), its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is 6th of 8 on proficiency.
Federal data place ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 587, compared with 657 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.5:1, from 15.6:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25
- JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,778 students
- FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKERMiddle · 1,516 students
- TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- IS 237Middle · 1,313 students
- PS 24 ANDREW JACKSONElementary · 1,197 students
Other schools in FLUSHING
- JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,778 students
- FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKERMiddle · 1,516 students
- JHS 216 GEORGE J RYANMiddle · 1,516 students
- TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- IS 237Middle · 1,313 students
Nearby schools
- IS 250 ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)0.0 mi · 254
- QUEENS SCHOOL OF INQUIRY (THE)0.1 mi · 593
- PS 2550.1 mi · 552
- PS 1540.2 mi · 542
- PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM0.5 mi · 606
- PS/MS 200 MAGNET SCHOOL-GLOBAL STUDI0.5 mi · 489
Frequently asked questions
About ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL?
ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 587 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 10% White, 43% Hispanic, 19% Black, 25% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL?
ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 in Queens County.
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