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MATH/SCIENCE RESEARCH/TECH MAGNET

CAMBRIA HEIGHTS · NY · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 · Public

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📖9 AP courses

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 9 AP courses offered — Strong
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: 61th percentile nationally
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 46% by test-taker volume
  • 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 72% (Bottom 16% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How MATH/SCIENCE RESEARCH/TECH MAGNET compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

  • StatewideAP rigor at the 61th percentile nationally with 9 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: HEALTH ARTS ROBOTICS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL, INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS AT CAMBRIA HEIGHTS, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HS-FIN INFO TECH and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🎓 Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses

61th percentile nationally

50th 90th ↑ this school
Less rigorMore rigorMost rigor
AP courses offered
9
Science ✓
Advanced math classes
2
0 calculus · 2 advanced
Lab science classes
4
1 physics · 3 chemistry
Other rigor signals
No dual-enrollment or gifted program reported

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 · 2020-21

Bottom 46% by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
58
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
11.5
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

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 16% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
72%
Range: 70–74%
4-year cohort size
111
Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years
Compared against
17,988
US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

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

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
34.6%
Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
16.3%
Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

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

82.4%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥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.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
22.3%
Elevated above the national average (~16%). Worth understanding — chronic absence compounds into dropout risk, transfer-out risk, and revenue loss.
Students absent 15+ days
113
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
219:1
Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.
Counselor FTE
2.3
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
29
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

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

Grade 12 went from 70 in 2021 to 128 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+82.9%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +11.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 506 students:

2025
564
2027
701
2029
872

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
HEALTH ARTS ROBOTICS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS
Public 0.0 624 +39.0%
INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS AT CAMBRIA HEIGHTS
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS
Public 0.0 464 +2.0%
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HS-FIN INFO TECH
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS
Public 0.0 373 -7.4%
PATHWAYS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL
SAINT ALBANS
Public 0.6 466 +33.9%
ELMONT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
ELMONT
Public 1.5 1,005 -4.6%
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY
HOLLIS
Public 1.6 358 +0.8%
The Wellspring Schools
Hollis
Private 1.6 256 +151.0%
EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN III
JAMAICA
Public 1.8 317 +34.3%

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