New York City Geographic District #28
Public school district based in Jamaica, New York. NCES district ID 3600100; state ID NY-342800010000.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
50
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
36,340
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
2,550.0
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
14.3
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 979 | |
| Kindergarten | 2,438 | |
| Grade 1 | 2,549 | |
| Grade 2 | 2,535 | |
| Grade 3 | 2,531 | |
| Grade 4 | 2,420 | |
| Grade 5 | 2,478 | |
| Grade 6 | 2,269 | |
| Grade 7 | 2,309 | |
| Grade 8 | 2,258 | |
| Grade 9 | 3,671 | |
| Grade 10 | 3,435 | |
| Grade 11 | 3,372 | |
| Grade 12 | 2,980 | |
| Ungraded | 116 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4.0% | |
| Asian | 29.7% | |
| Black or African American | 16.6% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 34.2% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Suppressed | |
| Two or more races | 2.8% | |
| White | 12.6% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | Suppressed | |
| Male | 100.0% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 50.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hills High School Forest Hills | 9–12 | Regular | 3,394 | 221.1 | 15.3 | City: Large |
| Hillcrest High School Jamaica | 9–12 | Regular | 2,298 | 163.0 | 14.1 | City: Large |
| Thomas A Edison Career and Technical Education High School Jamaica | 9–12 | Career and Technical | 2,146 | 139.0 | 15.4 | City: Large |
| Jhs 157 Stephen A Halsey Rego Park | 6–8 | Regular | 1,611 | 101.7 | 15.8 | City: Large |
| Jhs 217 Robert A Van Wyck Jamaica | 6–8 | Regular | 1,265 | 91.4 | 13.8 | City: Large |
| Queens Metropolitan High School Forest Hills | 9–12 | Regular | 1,068 | 72.0 | 14.8 | City: Large |
| Jhs 190 Russell Sage Forest Hills | 6–8 | Regular | 935 | 63.5 | 14.7 | City: Large |
| Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School Jamaica | PK–5 | Regular | 904 | 71.5 | 12.6 | City: Large |
| Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School Forest Hills | 6–12 | Regular | 837 | 67.7 | 12.4 | City: Large |
| Ps 182 Samantha Smith Jamaica | PK–5 | Regular | 810 | 65.6 | 12.3 | City: Large |
| Ps 117 J Keld/Briarwood School Jamaica | PK–5 | Regular | 775 | 55.8 | 13.9 | City: Large |
| Ps 144 Col Jeromus Remsen Forest Hills | PK–5 | Regular | 766 | 43.3 | 17.7 | City: Large |
| Ps 99 Kew Gardens Kew Gardens | K–6 | Regular | 758 | 53.8 | 14.1 | City: Large |
| PS 121 South Ozone Park | PK–5 | Regular | 750 | 45.1 | 16.6 | City: Large |
| Ps 196 Grand Central Parkway Forest Hills | PK–5 | Regular | 749 | 49.0 | 15.3 | City: Large |
| Queens Collegiate - A College Board School Jamaica | 6–12 | Regular | 711 | 48.7 | 14.6 | City: Large |
| Ps 175 Lynn Gross Discovery School (the) Rego Park | PK–5 | Regular | 710 | 42.7 | 16.6 | City: Large |
| PS 86 Jamaica | PK–5 | Regular | 689 | 42.7 | 16.1 | City: Large |
| Queens Gateway To Health Sciences Secondary School Jamaica | 6–12 | Regular | 679 | 45.1 | 15.1 | City: Large |
| Ps 82 Hammond Jamaica | K–5 | Regular | 674 | 50.3 | 13.4 | City: Large |
| Ps 160 Walter Francis Bishop Jamaica | PK–5 | Regular | 661 | 43.8 | 15.1 | City: Large |
| Ps 220 Edward Mandel Forest Hills | PK–5 | Regular | 616 | 40.8 | 15.1 | City: Large |
| Ps 101 School in the Gardens Forest Hills | PK–5 | Regular | 605 | 41.0 | 14.8 | City: Large |
| York Early College Academy Jamaica | 6–12 | Regular | 596 | 31.0 | 19.2 | City: Large |
| Queens School for Leadership and Excellence (the) Jamaica | PK–5 | Regular | 590 | 37.4 | 15.8 | City: Large |
| Academy for Excellence Through the Arts (the) Forest Hills | PK–5 | Regular | 573 | 32.0 | 17.9 | City: Large |
| Ps 139 Rego Park Rego Park | K–5 | Regular | 571 | 41.7 | 13.7 | City: Large |
| Ps 161 Arthur Ashe School Jamaica | PK–5 | Regular | 558 | 38.0 | 14.7 | City: Large |
| Ps 174 William Sidney Mount Rego Park | K–5 | Regular | 545 | 42.0 | 13 | City: Large |
| Young Women'S Leadership School-Queens Jamaica | 6–12 | Regular | 544 | 36.9 | 14.8 | City: Large |
| Hs for Law Enforcement and Public Safety Jamaica | 9–12 | Regular | 535 | 44.0 | 12.2 | City: Large |
| Jamaica Gateway To the Sciences Jamaica | 9–12 | Regular | 531 | 32.2 | 16.5 | City: Large |
| Jermaine L Green Stem Institute of Queens (the) Jamaica | PK–5 | Regular | 526 | 46.8 | 11.2 | City: Large |
| Ps 206 Horace Harding School (the) Rego Park | PK–5 | Regular | 522 | 41.8 | 12.5 | City: Large |
| High School for Community Leadership Jamaica | 9–12 | Regular | 497 | 45.7 | 10.9 | City: Large |
| Queens High School for the Sciences at York College Jamaica | 9–12 | Regular | 495 | 27.5 | 18 | City: Large |
| Ps 55 Maure Richmond Hill | PK–5 | Regular | 466 | 34.3 | 13.6 | City: Large |
| Ps 54 Hillside Richmond Hill | K–5 | Regular | 462 | 38.1 | 12.1 | City: Large |
| David N Dinkins School Jamaica | PK–5 | Regular | 446 | 38.7 | 11.5 | City: Large |
| Hillside Arts & Letters Academy Jamaica | 9–12 | Regular | 414 | 30.7 | 13.5 | City: Large |
| Ps 40 Samuel Huntington Jamaica | PK–5 | Regular | 399 | 30.8 | 13 | City: Large |
| Ps 80 Thurgood Marshall Magnet School of Multimedia (the) Jamaica | PK–5 | Regular | 363 | 28.8 | 12.6 | City: Large |
| Jhs 8 Richard S Grossley Jamaica | 6–8 | Regular | 354 | 28.5 | 12.4 | City: Large |
| MS 358 Jamaica | 6–8 | Regular | 345 | 21.4 | 16.1 | City: Large |
| Catherine & Count Basie Middle School 72 Jamaica | 6–8 | Regular | 329 | 31.0 | 10.6 | City: Large |
| Emerson School (the) Jamaica | 6–8 | Regular | 284 | 27.0 | 10.5 | City: Large |
| Ps 140 Edward K Ellington Jamaica | K–5 | Regular | 270 | 28.9 | 9.3 | City: Large |
| Redwood Middle School Jamaica | 6–8 | Regular | 270 | 25.0 | 10.8 | City: Large |
| Jamaica Children'S School Jamaica | K–5 | Regular | 257 | 27.0 | 9.5 | City: Large |
| Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity Jamaica | 9–12 | Regular | 187 | 4.6 | 40.7 | City: Large |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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