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Enrollment
1,184
High
DISTRICT 793 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012305831
SCHOLARS' ACADEMY
320 BEACH 104TH ST, ROCKAWAY PARK, NY 11694 · (718) 474-6918 · Queens County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,184 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 91% of New York public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.4:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
621 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 6 | 200 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 206 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 149 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 143 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 161 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 138 | 12% |
Student demographics
77%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
91.1%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
87.6%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.1% | 87.6% |
| 2023-24 | 82.4% | 88.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
82.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 26 points, placing it in New York's top 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 SCHOLARS' ACADEMY
SCHOLARS' ACADEMY's state test result (82.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOLARS' ACADEMY this school | 1,184 | 52.4% | 82.1% |
| DEER PARK HIGH SCHOOL DEER PARK | 1,326 | 44.6% | 70.7% |
| CITY HONORS SCHOOL BUFFALO | 1,088 | 50.5% | 75.0% |
| SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 709 | 50.6% | 73.8% |
| BEACON HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 1,372 | 61.4% | 98.5% |
| BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE NEW YORK | 569 | 51.5% | 78.8% |
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 SCHOLARS' ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.1% | #148 of 1,135 | #7 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.6% | #65 of 1,109 ▲ 50 | #3 of 85 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.1% | #146 of 1,135 ▲ 289 | #7 of 89 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,184 | #177 of 1,216 | #19 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #1,011 of 1,058 | #79 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.8% | #3 of 1,070 | #1 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.4% | #666 of 1,167 | #91 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #318 of 743 | #16 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
1,184
-59 (-5%) vs 2020
+22% since 2010-11, when it was 970
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 1,184 | 76.8 | 15.4:1 | 52% (621) |
| 2023-24 | 1,193 | 74.3 | 16.1:1 | 51% (611) |
| 2022-23 | 1,183 | 71.7 | 16.5:1 | 50% (593) |
| 2020-21 | 1,243 | 72 | 17.3:1 | 45% (555) |
| 2017-18 | 1,375 | 73 | 18.8:1 | 48% (658) |
| 2015-16 | 1,306 | 60 | 21.8:1 | 48% (629) |
| 2010-11 | 970 | 43 | 22.6:1 | 47% (452) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOLARS' ACADEMY.
About SCHOLARS' ACADEMY
SCHOLARS' ACADEMY is the name of a large high school in ROCKAWAY PARK, New York. School enrollment was 1,184 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 12. For comparison, high schools in New York average about 668 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 is made up of 63 schools with 39,209 students in all.
Enrollment at SCHOLARS' ACADEMY is mixed, with White students the largest group at 29%. Other reported shares: 28% Hispanic, 19% Black, 18% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The White share in Queens County as a whole is similar, at about 26%. SCHOLARS' ACADEMY has a diversity index of 77%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 76.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.4:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is 11.0:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 52% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 77% average for public schools in Queens County is 25 points higher.
Measured against New York public high schools, SCHOLARS' ACADEMY 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.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 82.1%, is 26.4 points above the 55.7% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of New York schools.
SCHOLARS' ACADEMY is located in Queens County, where median household income is about $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. SCHOLARS' ACADEMY is one of 392 public schools in Queens County, which together enroll about 268,205 students.
CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. SCHOLARS' ACADEMY ranks 1st of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 82.1% against a local average of 44.1%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The number of students dropped from 1,243 to 1,184 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 17.3 to 15.4 over 4 years.
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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 #27
- JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,841 students
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROESMiddle · 1,610 students
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELLMiddle · 1,459 students
- CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCHHigh · 1,180 students
- PS 108 CAPTAIN VINCENT G FOWLERElementary · 1,094 students
Other schools in ROCKAWAY PARK
- CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCHHigh · 1,180 students
- PS/MS 114 BELLE HARBORElementary · 638 students
- WATERSIDE CHILDREN'S STUDIO SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- ROCKAWAY COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 287 students
- ROCKAWAY PARK HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYHigh · 232 students
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES IVHigh · 189 students
Nearby schools
- CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCH0.2 mi · 1,180
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES IV0.2 mi · 189
- ROCKAWAY PARK HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY0.2 mi · 232
- ROCKAWAY COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 287
- WATERSIDE SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP0.4 mi · 148
- WATERSIDE CHILDREN'S STUDIO SCHOOL0.5 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOLARS' ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at SCHOLARS' ACADEMY?
SCHOLARS' ACADEMY enrolls approximately 1,184 students in grades 06-12.
Is SCHOLARS' ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
SCHOLARS' ACADEMY is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does SCHOLARS' ACADEMY have?
SCHOLARS' ACADEMY employs 77 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at SCHOLARS' ACADEMY?
Student demographics at SCHOLARS' ACADEMY are roughly 29% White, 28% Hispanic, 19% Black, 18% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is SCHOLARS' ACADEMY public or private?
SCHOLARS' ACADEMY is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.