📍 100-00 Beach Channel Dr, Rockaway Park, Queens County, 11694
Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Rockaway Park, Queens County. The school has 209 pupils enrolled. It is part of the New York City Geographic District #27 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.2:1. 65% of students are proficient in reading. 55% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 72%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability enrolls 209 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 66% male and 34% female. A teaching staff of 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Black or African American, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 8.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 96 | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 69 | 33% |
| White | 18 | 8.6% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 8.6% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 1.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
178 of the school's 209 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 172 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability 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 15, state house district 23.
Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability 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 209 students, Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability is smaller 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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