📍 121-10 Rockaway Blvd, South Ozone Park, Queens County, 11420
Jhs 226 Virgil I Grisson is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in South Ozone Park, Queens County. The school has 789 pupils enrolled. It is part of the New York City Geographic District #27 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 62.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Jhs 226 Virgil I Grisson enrolls 789 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 62.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 31% Black or African American, 24% Asian and 23% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 241 | 31% |
| Asian | 191 | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 178 | 23% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 138 | 17% |
| White | 18 | 2.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 14 | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
684 of the school's 789 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 637 qualify for free lunch and 47 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Jhs 226 Virgil I Grisson is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY-50, state senate district 10, state house district 31.
Jhs 226 Virgil I Grisson is one of 63 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, based in OZONE PARK, New York. The district serves 41,868 students district-wide and employs 2,975 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 789 students, Jhs 226 Virgil I Grisson is larger than the district average of about 665 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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