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Enrollment
579
High
DISTRICT 852 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010205948
YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA
23-15 NEWTOWN AVE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11105 · (718) 267-2839 · Queens County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
440 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 6 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 67 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
71%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
74.8%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
65.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.8% | 65.5% |
| 2023-24 | 74.6% | 63.7% |
% 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
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA
YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA this school | 579 | 76.0% | 63.9% |
| MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 447 | 73.8% | 88.0% |
| ROBERT H GODDARD HS-COMM/TECH OZONE PARK | 613 | 82.1% | 60.7% |
| ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL FLUSHING | 587 | 80.9% | 50.0% |
| METROPOLITAN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL FOREST HILLS | 837 | 68.9% | 48.2% |
| HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE NEW YORK | 644 | 80.4% | 65.3% |
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 YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #461 of 1,135 | #24 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #346 of 1,109 ▲ 107 | #21 of 85 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #501 of 1,135 ▲ 62 | #31 of 89 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #460 of 1,216 | #49 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #828 of 1,058 | #40 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #79 of 1,070 | #16 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.0% | #484 of 1,167 | #66 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #257 of 339 | #32 of 39 |
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
579
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
+36% since 2010-11, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 579 | 44.7 | 12.9:1 | 76% (440) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 45.9 | 12.5:1 | 77% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 47.5 | 12.0:1 | 78% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 600 | 43 | 13.9:1 | 78% (467) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 33 | 17.0:1 | 85% (479) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 35 | 15.9:1 | 85% (475) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 79% (337) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA.
About YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA
Students in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, attend YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA, a mid-sized high school. There are 579 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 12.
YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, whose 53 schools enroll 35,337 students.
The biggest share of students at YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA, 44%, is Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Asian, 22% White, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Queens County overall, about 28% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
On staff are 44.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1. High schools in New York average 11.0:1, 1.9 fewer students per teacher than here. YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 76%. The average for public schools in Queens County is similar, at 77%.
Among New York public high schools, YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA outscored 68%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA is +16.9 points: 63.9% actual, 47.0% predicted.
For Queens County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 392 public schools in the county, enrolling about 268,205, YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA among them.
YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA's nearest public school is 30TH AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) (G & T CITYWIDE) (about 0.2 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA is 4th among 9 schools close by.
Federal data place YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 600 to 579, a 4% decline. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.9:1 to 12.9:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA. 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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- 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
Other schools in LONG ISLAND CITY
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- 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
Nearby schools
- 30TH AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) (G & T CITYWIDE)0.2 mi · 525
- PS 17 HENRY DAVID THOREAU0.2 mi · 610
- PS 171 PETER G VAN ALST0.2 mi · 410
- ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS0.3 mi · 50
- PS 2340.3 mi · 465
- ALBERT SHANKER SCHOOL FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS0.5 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIAHow large is YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA?
YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA enrolls approximately 579 students in grades 06-12.
Is YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA an elementary, middle, or high school?
YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA.
What is the racial breakdown of students at YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA?
At YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA, the student body is approximately 22% White, 44% Hispanic, 7% Black, 22% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA in?
YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA 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.