VOYAGES PREPARATORY

Set in ELMHURST, New York, VOYAGES PREPARATORY is a minimally staffed high school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. It serves 155 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 77% smaller than the state mean of about 668.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, which oversees 57 schools and 48,008 students, VOYAGES PREPARATORY is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, VOYAGES PREPARATORY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (80%); the rest consists of 10% Black, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, VOYAGES PREPARATORY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.7%; this one delivers 31.8%.

Across the wider county, Queens County reports that median household earnings sit near $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. VOYAGES PREPARATORY is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

Nearest neighbor: PAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VOYAGES PREPARATORY at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. VOYAGES PREPARATORY's enrollment has fell 39% since 2018, when it stood at 255 (now 155). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 69% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the VOYAGES PREPARATORY community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.