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Is 237

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Is 237 ranks 392 nd of 1500 New York middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

392^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,500 New York Middle Schools

Better than 74% of New York middle schools

Summary

Is 237 is a public middle school located in Flushing, New York, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 1,278 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #25, which is ranked 327 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Is 237 consistently performs above the New York City Geographic District #25 and New York state averages in various state assessments and Regents exams. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, Is 237 had significantly higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math compared to the district and state. The school also excels in supporting the academic achievement of several student subgroups, ranking highly in the state for English Language Learners, Special Education students, and Low Socioeconomic Status students, often outperforming the district and state averages. Is 237 students demonstrate exceptional performance on Regents exams, with proficiency rates often reaching 100% in subjects like U.S. History and Government, Algebra I, and Life Science Biology.

Over the past 10 school years, Is 237 has consistently ranked in the top 20% of New York middle schools, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. This consistent high performance sets the school apart from many of its peers, including Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker and Is 25 Adrien Block, which also demonstrate strong academic results. Despite serving a student population with a high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, Is 237 is able to achieve excellent results, likely due to its relatively high per-student spending and low student-teacher ratio.

1,313

Students ?

15.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$26,438

Per pupil spending ?

83.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

46-21 Colden St
Flushing, NY 11355

(718) 353-6464

District: New York City Geographic District #25

Feeder schools for Is 237:

Elementary:	Ps 120
	Ps 163 Flushing Heights
	Ps 24 Andrew Jackson

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

74.6%

Hispanic:

19.8%

African American:

2.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 80th percentile in 2015 → 74th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (66% vs 56% meeting standards)

✓Above the New York median (74th percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 6 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school66%

District avg64%

New York avg56%

392^nd of 1,500

New York public middle schools ?

Top 26%▼ down 6 pts since 2015

From top 20% (2015) to top 26% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 8Middle Schools in the New York City Geographic District #25

327^th of 874New York City Geographic District #25 among New York districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	69.3	392 of 1500	73.9%	★★★★☆
2024	76.8	275 of 1504	81.7%	★★★★☆
2023	77.6	283 of 1500	81.1%	★★★★☆
2022	83.6	186 of 1479	87.4%	★★★★☆
2021	74.6	240 of 1242	80.7%	★★★★☆
2019	81.3	230 of 1439	84.0%	★★★★☆
2018	77.5	269 of 1438	81.3%	★★★★☆
2017	80.4	221 of 1455	84.8%	★★★★☆
2016	79.9	216 of 1429	84.9%	★★★★☆
2015	73.9	288 of 1407	79.5%	★★★★☆
2014	69.0	344 of 1401	75.4%	★★★★☆
2013	69.1	346 of 1373	74.8%	★★★★☆
2012	58.5	611 of 1337	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2011	56.4	645 of 1295	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2010	54.7	671 of 1243	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2009	54.6	733 of 1224	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2008	53.2	700 of 1185	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2007	51.6	660 of 1123	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2006	45.1	703 of 1095	35.8%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	44.6	366 of 676	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.5	422 of 705	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	66.5	190 of 696	72.7%	★★★★☆
2022	59.1	227 of 706	67.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	30.9	462 of 653	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	44.5	342 of 663	48.4%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	49.7	232 of 406	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	58.1	186 of 396	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	54.6	201 of 388	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	57.8	177 of 381	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	41.9	163 of 236	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	56.0	175 of 369	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	50.2	218 of 374	41.7%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	71.5	78 of 646	87.9%	★★★★☆
2024	74.4	54 of 615	91.2%	★★★★★
2023	68.6	88 of 591	85.1%	★★★★☆
2022	86.1	13 of 581	97.8%	★★★★★
2021	71.3	19 of 118	83.9%	★★★★☆
2019	72.5	42 of 473	91.1%	★★★★★
2018	81.1	30 of 503	94.0%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	68.3	405 of 1457	72.2%	★★★★☆
2024	76.9	277 of 1465	81.1%	★★★★☆
2023	74.7	309 of 1463	78.9%	★★★★☆
2022	83.8	171 of 1454	88.2%	★★★★☆
2021	71.9	217 of 1066	79.6%	★★★★☆
2019	81.2	218 of 1370	84.1%	★★★★☆
2018	74.5	305 of 1353	77.5%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	28.9	749 of 965	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.7	750 of 953	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.4	674 of 943	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	45.5	455 of 914	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	23.0	381 of 449	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.2	413 of 826	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	53.5	348 of 810	57.0%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	61.4	182 of 603	69.8%	★★★★☆
2024	71.8	97 of 594	83.7%	★★★★☆
2023	76.9	74 of 543	86.4%	★★★★☆
2022	78.8	63 of 487	87.1%	★★★★☆
2021	53.6	21 of 49	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	81.3	33 of 392	91.6%	★★★★★
2018	75.2	62 of 457	86.4%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	77.5	216 of 1283	83.2%	★★★★☆
2024	85.4	123 of 1296	90.5%	★★★★★
2023	86.7	118 of 1288	90.8%	★★★★★
2022	90.1	80 of 1306	93.9%	★★★★★
2021	83.8	94 of 935	89.9%	★★★★★
2019	87.5	116 of 1241	90.7%	★★★★★
2018	85.1	121 of 1245	90.3%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	68.8	379 of 1455	74.0%	★★★★☆
2024	75.1	273 of 1464	81.4%	★★★★☆
2023	78.0	255 of 1464	82.6%	★★★★☆
2022	81.3	211 of 1455	85.5%	★★★★☆
2021	73.8	213 of 1071	80.1%	★★★★☆
2019	80.7	216 of 1366	84.2%	★★★★☆
2018	79.1	224 of 1352	83.4%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	61.5	97 of 235	58.7%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	61.1	327 of 1298	74.8%	★★★★☆
2024	60.6	332 of 1303	74.5%	★★★★☆
2023	70.9	220 of 1307	83.2%	★★★★☆
2022	69.2	215 of 1283	83.2%	★★★★☆
2021	75.5	57 of 522	89.1%	★★★★☆
2019	81.8	100 of 1139	91.2%	★★★★★
2018	81.9	87 of 1170	92.6%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2022	52.7	339 of 748	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	38.2	496 of 763	35.0%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)88th percentile+14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)83rd percentile+9 vs school

Special Education (2025)75th percentile~ school

Male (2025)74th percentile~ school

Female (2025)72nd percentile~ school

Homeless (2025)70th percentile-4 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)59th percentile-15 vs school

White (2022)55th percentile-33 vs school

African American (2025)46th percentile-28 vs school

Asian (2025)43rd percentile-31 vs school

Hispanic (2025)22nd percentile-51 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

U.S. History and Government100%+25 vs state

Life Science Biology100%+42 vs state

Algebra I98%+42 vs state

Earth and Space Sciences97%+41 vs state

Math67%+15 vs state

English Language Arts57%+6 vs state

Science54%+11 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Regents U.S. History and Government (2025)	Regents Algebra I (2025)	Regents Life Science Biology (2025)	Regents Geometry (2025)	Regents Earth and Space Sciences (2025)	NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2025)			NY State Assessments Math (2025)			NY State Assessments Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Regents U.S. History and Government End of Course	Regents Algebra I End of Course	Regents Life Science Biology End of Course	Regents Geometry End of Course	Regents Earth and Space Sciences End of Course	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 6th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 7th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Is 237	Public	6-8	46-21 Colden St	Flushing	11355	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 353-6464	1,313	87	15.1	83.5%	17 (1.3%)	33 (2.5%)	260 (19.8%)	979 (74.6%)	7 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	15 (1.1%)	69.3	392^nd of 1500 public middle schools	73.9%		76.8	275^th of 1504 public middle schools	81.7%	117	100.0	98.3	100.0		96.7	51.1	59.5	59.5	63.7	77.6	51.9	54.0	$26,438	$2,173	$24,265
Junior High School 189 Daniel Carter Beard	Public	6-8	144-80 Barclay Ave	Flushing	11355	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 359-6676	603	55	10.8	84.6%	13 (2.2%)	18 (3.0%)	245 (40.6%)	316 (52.4%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	54.1	664^th of 1500 public middle schools	55.7%		49.3	731^st of 1504 public middle schools	51.4%	67		98.3	91.4			39.5	51.3	48.0	59.9	73.4	43.5	43.6	$32,085	$3,036	$29,049
Junior High School 216 George J Ryan	Public, Magnet	6-8	64-20 175th St	Flushing	11365	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 358-2005	1,516	86	17.6	71.6%	165 (10.9%)	47 (3.1%)	206 (13.6%)	1,059 (69.9%)	19 (1.3%)	2 (0.1%)	18 (1.2%)	91.1	119^th of 1500 public middle schools	92.1%		91.3	119^th of 1504 public middle schools	92.1%			100.0	99.4	100.0	95.7	77.3	79.1	79.8	79.2	84.8	81.7	61.2	$24,311	$1,936	$22,374
Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker	Public, Magnet	6-8	147-26 25th Dr	Flushing	11354	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 445-3232	1,516	111	13.6	77.2%	84 (5.5%)	22 (1.5%)	480 (31.7%)	913 (60.2%)	5 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (0.8%)	85	189^th of 1500 public middle schools	87.4%		79.6	243^rd of 1504 public middle schools	83.8%	54	98.9	100.0	99.4			64.6	71.9	71.8	72.1	83.1	65.5	67.5	$27,560	$2,136	$25,425
Is 250 Robert F Kennedy Community Middle School (The)	Public, Magnet	6-8	158-40 76th Rd	Flushing	11366	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 591-9000	254	26	9.5	83.5%	14 (5.5%)	62 (24.4%)	115 (45.3%)	56 (22.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	18.6	1329^th of 1500 public middle schools	11.4%		27.5	1154^th of 1504 public middle schools	23.3%	175		82.1	67.9			30.8	26.8	43.5	25.0	36.8	16.4	23.8	$36,290	$2,266	$34,024
Is 25 Adrien Block	Public	6-8	34-65 192nd St	Flushing	11358	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	No	(718) 961-3480	1,023	72	14.1	70.5%	75 (7.3%)	10 (1.0%)	297 (29.0%)	613 (59.9%)	10 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	16 (1.6%)	83	214^th of 1500 public middle schools	85.7%		84.2	189^th of 1504 public middle schools	87.4%	25	91.5	73.2	95.8			68.3	66.3	74.8	65.7	77.0		64.5	$27,915	$2,172	$25,743
Junior High School 157 Stephen A Halsey	Public	6-8	63-55 102nd St	Rego Park	11374	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	No	(718) 830-4910	1,611	102	15.8	52.2%	531 (33.0%)	80 (5.0%)	387 (24.0%)	512 (31.8%)	6 (0.4%)	4 (0.2%)	90 (5.6%)	84.6	194^th of 1500 public middle schools	87.1%		84	192^nd of 1504 public middle schools	87.2%	2	96.3	98.8	97.7			74.2	74.7	68.0	83.4	83.1	33.7	44.8	$26,353	$1,434	$24,919
Ps 419	Public	6-8	111-10 Astoria Blvd	Flushing	11369	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(332) 262-2861	602	49	12.2	95.0%	2 (0.3%)	13 (2.2%)	572 (95.0%)	14 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13.8	1380^th of 1500 public middle schools	8.0%		20.3	1301^st of 1504 public middle schools	13.5%	79		84.4	73.3			19.8	31.3	31.0	20.0	36.2	23.1	20.6	$28,201	$2,372	$25,829
Is 61 Leonardo Da Vinci	Public	6-8	98-50 50th Ave	Corona	11368	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 760-3233	2,131	172	12.4	95.6%	16 (0.8%)	30 (1.4%)	2,001 (93.9%)	76 (3.6%)	5 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	21	1294^th of 1500 public middle schools	13.7%		25.5	1200^th of 1504 public middle schools	20.2%	94	85.1	89.8	78.9			26.8	30.2	39.7	29.3	35.3	24.5	36.1	$30,812	$2,562	$28,250
Corona Arts And Sciences Academy	Public	6-8	98-11 44th Ave	Corona	11368	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 507-3820	761	81	9.3	95.7%	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	747 (98.2%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	16.2	1364^th of 1500 public middle schools	9.1%		15.5	1375^th of 1504 public middle schools	8.6%	11	61.3	51.6	71.0			30.6	33.6	32.1	25.5	23.3	28.2	23.4	$31,238	$2,312	$28,926

Frequently Asked Questions about Is 237

What is the racial makeup of Is 237?

Students at Is 237 are 75% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 3% African American, 1% White, 1% Two or more races.

Is Is 237 a good school?

Is 237 ranks 392^nd of 1500 New York middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Is 237 in?

New York City Geographic District #25

How many students attend Is 237?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,313 students attended Is 237.

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