NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Forest Hills, NY

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10 public K-12 schools in Forest Hills from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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10
Schools
10,057
Students
35.6/100
Avg Resource Index
14.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Large system with a dominant campus

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Forest Hills has more public-school enrollment than 80% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Forest Hills sits near the top of the national city distribution by public-school enrollment, while Forest Hills High School alone enrolls 33.7% of local students. The city total therefore does not describe a uniform market: one large campus materially shapes the aggregate, and the remaining schools operate at a different scale. Read the ranked table alongside each campus profile rather than treating the city mean as a typical school.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

8 of Forest Hills's 10 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 30-point gap between Ps 196 Grand Central Parkway and Queens Metropolitan High School shows the range hidden by Forest Hills's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 20%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
27th percentile
Teacher staffing
58th percentile

Forest Hills High School accounts for 33.7% of all Forest Hills public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Forest Hills-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Forest Hills school enrollment varies 6.6× across entities

Forest Hills school enrollment ranges from 514 students (lowest) to 3,394 students (highest), a spread of 2,880 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Forest Hills reports 52.2% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Forest Hills student-teacher ratio is 14.7:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Forest Hills is typically wider than the Forest Hills-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Ps 196 Grand Central Parkway 50
2. Ps 101 School in the Gardens 50
3. Academy for Excellence Through the Arts (the) 43
4. Ps 233 40
5. Forest Hills High School 39
6. Ps 144 Col Jeromus Remsen 39
7. Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School 26
8. Ps 220 Edward Mandel 25
9. Jhs 190 Russell Sage 24
10. Queens Metropolitan High School 20

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Forest Hills

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Ps 233 73.9/100
  2. 2 Ps 144 Col Jeromus Remsen 73.4/100
  3. 3 Ps 220 Edward Mandel 73.2/100
  4. 4 Jhs 190 Russell Sage 73.1/100
  5. 5 Ps 101 School in the Gardens 73.0/100

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Which Forest Hills school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Ps 196 Grand Central Parkway has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Forest Hills schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Forest Hills, NY? ▼

Forest Hills has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,057 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.7:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.