TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL

TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL, a heavily attended 9-12 campus in FLUSHING, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, works with 1,342 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 101% bigger than typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, which oversees 46 schools and 33,704 students, TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL records that Asian students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder looks like 16% Hispanic, 16% White, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL has 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 53.0%; TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL posts 86.0%, +33.0 points above that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household income runs about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PS 219 PAUL KLAPPER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 60.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL has increased 17%, going from 1,144 students in 2018 to 1,342 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 11% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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