LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL
LONG ISLAND CITY · NY · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 · Public
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MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS → ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL → AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL → WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL → QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL → ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIES → ATLAS → FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL →📋 At a glance
- 📚 15 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 5 calculus classes · 4 physics · 13 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 90th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 82th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 77% (Bottom 25% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL compares for families
Standout academic depth by national standards.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 10% nationally with 15 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyNY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS, ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL, AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
90th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2182th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 25% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
Stony Brook University
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $18,784/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
💰 Pay for college in New York
New York's public scholarships
New York's Excelsior Scholarship makes SUNY and CUNY tuition-free for middle-income families — there's no GPA or test gate, but you commit to staying in New York after you graduate.
Tuition-free SUNY/CUNY for NY families under $125k AGI — no GPA or test gate, but you must stay on track and live in New York after graduating. (Stay on-track (30 credits/yr); live & work in NY afterward for the years you received it.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -6.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,639 students:
≈ 455 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS NEW YORK |
Public | 2.0 | 1,656 | +6.8% |
| ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK |
Public | 1.8 | 1,485 | -2.5% |
| AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY |
Public | 1.6 | 1,923 | +4.9% |
| WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY |
Public | 1.3 | 1,986 | +0.1% |
| QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY |
Public | 1.7 | 1,286 | -11.2% |
| ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIES LONG ISLAND CITY |
Public | 0.9 | 1,206 | +2.3% |
| ATLAS LONG ISLAND CITY |
Public | 1.0 | 1,159 | +59.2% |
| FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK |
Public | 2.8 | 2,251 | -5.5% |