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Enrollment
1,996
High
DISTRICT 852 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010202887
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL
48-10 31ST AVE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11103 · (718) 721-5404 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,996 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% 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.
- C+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
160 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
1,740 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 | 546 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 500 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 445 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 495 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 10 | 1% |
Student demographics
54%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
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (43.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,996 | 87.2% | 43.7% |
| FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL FLUSHING | 1,650 | 83.7% | 48.3% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICES NEW YORK | 1,728 | 85.6% | 65.0% |
| SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 1,348 | 86.8% | 44.8% |
| NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL ELMHURST | 2,072 | 76.8% | 44.7% |
| HIGH SCHOOL OF TELECOMMUNICATION ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY BROOKLYN | 1,222 | 81.0% | 51.2% |
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 WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #863 of 1,135 | #71 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #821 of 1,109 ▲ 13 | #62 of 85 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #664 of 1,135 ▲ 198 | #51 of 89 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,996 | #49 of 1,216 | #10 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #772 of 1,058 | #34 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #413 of 1,070 | #54 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.2% | #299 of 1,167 | #18 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #262 of 743 | #15 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
1,996
-132 (-6%) vs 2020
-34% since 2010-11, when it was 3,019
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 1,996 | 159.6 | 12.5:1 | 87% (1,740) |
| 2023-24 | 1,959 | 144.5 | 13.6:1 | 88% (1,727) |
| 2022-23 | 1,971 | 150.9 | 13.1:1 | 85% (1,679) |
| 2020-21 | 2,128 | 142 | 15.0:1 | 85% (1,819) |
| 2017-18 | 2,378 | 139 | 17.1:1 | 85% (2,020) |
| 2015-16 | 2,464 | 143 | 17.2:1 | 74% (1,834) |
| 2010-11 | 3,019 | 155 | 19.5:1 | 35% (1,057) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL.
About WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York. It serves 1,996 students in grades 9 through 12. The average among high schools in New York is roughly 668 students; this school is 199% bigger than that.
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, whose 53 schools enroll 35,337 students.
At WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 65% of the student body. The next largest groups are 18% Asian, 9% White, and 6% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 37 points above the 28% share among Queens County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 159.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.5:1. On average, high schools in New York have 11.0:1, compared with 12.5:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 87% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Queens County is 77%.
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 27% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL is 42.9%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.7%.
Queens County has these Census figures: the median household income is $86,136, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, Queens County has 392 public schools and roughly 268,205 students.
The nearest public school is PS 151 MARY D CARTER, at about 0.1 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL is 7th among 7 schools close by.
Locale data from NCES put WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment dropped from 2,128 in 2020-21 to 1,996 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.5:1.
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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 #30
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- IS 227 LOUIS ARMSTRONGMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZERMiddle · 1,397 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
- PS 122 MAMIE FAYElementary · 1,124 students
Other schools in LONG ISLAND CITY
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,294 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
- IS 141 STEINWAY (THE)Middle · 1,005 students
Nearby schools
- PS 151 MARY D CARTER0.1 mi · 334
- IS 10 HORACE GREELEY0.2 mi · 596
- PS 700.3 mi · 770
- MOTION PICTURE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 177
- GOTHAM TECH HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 266
- ACADEMY OF THE CITY CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 695
Frequently asked questions
About WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL?
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,996 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL serve?
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL?
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 9% White, 65% Hispanic, 6% Black, 18% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL in?
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.