YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA

YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA operates as a mid-tier four-year high school in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30. Current enrollment sits at 579 students spanning grades 6 through 12.

YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA is one of 53 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, a district that teaches 35,337 students overall.

In terms of who attends, YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA logs that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 22% Asian, 22% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.0%; this one delivers 63.9%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household earnings sit near $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA is one.

The closest other public school is 30TH AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) (G & T CITYWIDE), roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA has rose 3%, going from 561 students in 2018 to 579 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment shrank from 34% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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