Middle · New York

Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts

Free meals for all

Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts, a public middle school in Long Island City, New York: grades 6–8, 382 students, 10.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New York City Geographic District #30.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
382
Teachers (FTE)
37.3
Students per teacher
10.2
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 50% of middle schools in New York

Median 10.1 · 780 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 90% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 58% of middle schools in New York

Median 447 · 790 schools compared

Smaller than 66% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on New York's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

New York: 53%

59%proficient

−2.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 72% of middle schools in New York

Median 47% · 788 middle schools compared

356 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

New York: 55%

53%proficient

+3.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 57% of middle schools in New York

Median 49% · 788 middle schools compared

310 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with New York City Geographic District #30.

Location

Address
31-51 21ST St, Long Island City, NY 11106
Phone
(718)274-8316
City or town
New York

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
6–8504.011%36%
IS 204 Oliver W HolmesFree meals for all
6–83849.443%46%
IS 10 Horace GreeleyFree meals for all
6–859611.557%56%
6–825012.586%90%
East Side Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–842412.984%86%
MS 429Free meals for all
6–725214.472%73%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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