Middle · New York

IS 230

Free meals for all

IS 230, a public middle school in Jackson Heights, New York: grades 6–8, 949 students, 12.6 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
949
Teachers (FTE)
75.6
Students per teacher
12.6
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 88% of middle schools in New York

Median 10.1 · 780 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 70% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 88% of middle schools in New York

Median 447 · 790 schools compared

Larger than 88% 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%

61%proficient

+4.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 74% of middle schools in New York

Median 47% · 788 middle schools compared

835 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%

58%proficient

+2.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 65% of middle schools in New York

Median 49% · 788 middle schools compared

572 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
73-10 34TH Ave, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Phone
(718)335-7648
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
IS 145 Joseph PulitzerFree meals for all
6–81,39713.447%47%
IS 227 Louis ArmstrongFree meals for all
5–81,55516.179%78%
6–81,20311.857%50%
IS 10 Horace GreeleyFree meals for all
6–859611.557%56%
MS 429Free meals for all
6–725214.472%73%
5–1056111.268%78%

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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