Enrollment
155
High
DISTRICT 803 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009806066
VOYAGES PREPARATORY
45-10 94TH ST, ELMHURST, NY 11373 · (718) 271-7851 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL155 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
9.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
136 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 100 | 65% |
| Grade 11 | 6 | 4% |
| Grade 12 | 49 | 32% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
23.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 VOYAGES PREPARATORY
VOYAGES PREPARATORY's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VOYAGES PREPARATORY this school | 155 | 87.7% | 31.8% |
| WEST BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 140 | 92.9% | 63.0% |
| EL PUENTE ACADEMY FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE BROOKLYN | 179 | 89.9% | 86.0% |
| MOTION PICTURE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL SUNNYSIDE | 177 | 84.2% | N/A |
| SOUTH BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 138 | 94.2% | 32.3% |
| HIGH SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT NEW YORK | 228 | 91.2% | 45.0% |
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 VOYAGES PREPARATORY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #1,061 of 1,135 | #87 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #979 of 1,109 ▼ 51 | #80 of 85 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,011 of 1,135 ▲ 49 | #84 of 89 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 155 | #1,130 of 1,216 | #91 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.7% | #284 of 1,167 | #13 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.2% | #50 of 743 | #2 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
155
-63 (-29%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 233
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 155 | 16.1 | 9.6:1 | 88% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 187 | 17.8 | 10.5:1 | 86% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 167 | 17.5 | 9.5:1 | 77% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 218 | 16 | 13.6:1 | 81% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 255 | 14.7 | 17.4:1 | 75% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 223 | 13 | 17.1:1 | 72% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 233 | 14 | 16.6:1 | 68% (158) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VOYAGES PREPARATORY.
About VOYAGES PREPARATORY
VOYAGES PREPARATORY is a very small high school in ELMHURST, New York, administered by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 155 students. By comparison, high schools in New York enroll about 668 students on average.
In NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, 57 schools enroll a combined 48,008 students.
A large majority of enrollment at VOYAGES PREPARATORY is Hispanic, at 80%. Other reported shares: 10% Black and 7% Asian. Queens County's residents are about 28% Hispanic, 52 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, VOYAGES PREPARATORY scores 35%.
VOYAGES PREPARATORY lists 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 9.6 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1. About 88% of students at VOYAGES PREPARATORY are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 77% average for public schools in Queens County.
VOYAGES PREPARATORY earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 8% of New York public high schools.
VOYAGES PREPARATORY sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.8% and a predicted 42.7%.
Looking at the county, Queens County, median household income comes to about $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 392, with about 268,205 students.
Measured in a straight line, CIVIC LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is less than a tenth of a mile from VOYAGES PREPARATORY. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, VOYAGES PREPARATORY ranks 8th on average proficiency.
VOYAGES PREPARATORY is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 155, from 218 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 13.6:1 to 9.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for VOYAGES PREPARATORY is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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- NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,203 students
- PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONEElementary · 1,187 students
- PS 102 BAYVIEWElementary · 1,107 students
- PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE)Elementary · 1,047 students
- MASPETH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,001 students
Nearby schools
- CIVIC LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.0 mi · 580
- PAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 482
- NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 2,072
- INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH SCIENCES0.2 mi · 292
- PS 1100.3 mi · 808
- CORONA ARTS AND SCIENCES ACADEMY0.4 mi · 761
Frequently asked questions
About VOYAGES PREPARATORYHow many students attend VOYAGES PREPARATORY?
VOYAGES PREPARATORY enrolls approximately 155 students in grades 09-12.
Is VOYAGES PREPARATORY an elementary, middle, or high school?
VOYAGES PREPARATORY is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does VOYAGES PREPARATORY have?
VOYAGES PREPARATORY employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at VOYAGES PREPARATORY?
Student demographics at VOYAGES PREPARATORY are roughly 2% White, 80% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees VOYAGES PREPARATORY?
VOYAGES PREPARATORY is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.