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Civic Leadership Academy

Q: Is Civic Leadership Academy a good school?

Civic Leadership Academy ranks 844 th of 1234 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

844^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,234 New York High Schools

Better than 32% of New York high schools

Summary

Civic Leadership Academy is a public high school located in Elmhurst, New York, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 568 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #24, which is ranked 544 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Civic Leadership Academy has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New York high schools, maintaining a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past five years. The school struggles with the performance of several student subgroups, ranking in the bottom half for female, male, Asian, Hispanic, and low socioeconomic status students, though it performs better for African American students. Civic Leadership Academy's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated between 80.9% and 89.2%, which is below the state average, and the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 31.5% to 40.4% in recent years.

Interestingly, High School For Arts And Business, Maspeth High School, and International High School For Health Sciences are all located within a 1.3-mile radius of Civic Leadership Academy and have similar demographic and performance characteristics. Despite a significant increase in per-student spending at Civic Leadership Academy, from $12,819 in 2020-2021 to $26,919 in 2023-2024, the school's performance remains below the district and state averages.

580

Students ?

12.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$27,950

Per pupil spending ?

86.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

45-10 94th St
Elmhurst, NY 11373

(718) 271-1487

District: New York City Geographic District #24

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

86.2%

Asian:

8.3%

White:

2.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 48th percentile in 2014 → 32nd in 2025

Strengths

✓88% graduate in 4 years — above the New York average (83%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (53% vs 66% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2014

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school53%

District avg59%

New York avg66%

844^th of 1,234

New York public high schools ?

Bottom 32%▼ down 28 pts since 2015

From top 40% (2015) to bottom 32% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 12High Schools in the New York City Geographic District #24

544^th of 874New York City Geographic District #24 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	31.3	844 of 1234	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.4	850 of 1242	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.2	787 of 1228	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.5	712 of 1190	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	52.3	653 of 1207	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	53.6	616 of 1210	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2017	62.7	401 of 1221	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2016	57.8	505 of 1255	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2015	58.0	505 of 1255	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2014	50.5	644 of 1237	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2013	46.3	728 of 1217	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2012	45.3	720 of 1198	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2011	44.1	717 of 1165	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2010	38.0	759 of 1117	32.1%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2022	46.1	282 of 593	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	64.8	199 of 686	71.0%	★★★★☆
2018	75.1	111 of 679	83.7%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	51.0	220 of 413	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.4	286 of 426	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.8	294 of 424	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.6	273 of 386	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	63.2	190 of 447	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.0	232 of 426	45.5%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	36.2	448 of 669	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.2	493 of 637	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.9	396 of 583	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	58.0	140 of 481	70.9%	★★★★☆
2019	30.6	418 of 565	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.5	359 of 546	34.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	30.3	855 of 1206	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.2	914 of 1219	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.3	771 of 1197	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.4	697 of 1155	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	49.8	671 of 1193	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	55.2	593 of 1176	49.6%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	40.5	485 of 885	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.6	499 of 865	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.6	459 of 851	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	50.0	349 of 760	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	59.7	291 of 815	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	64.8	233 of 791	70.5%	★★★★☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	50.7	250 of 607	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	55.5	182 of 564	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.6	136 of 531	74.4%	★★★★☆
2022	79.3	30 of 389	92.3%	★★★★★
2019	78.9	45 of 493	90.9%	★★★★★
2018	86.4	25 of 498	95.0%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	35.7	750 of 1179	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.0	800 of 1170	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.0	706 of 1155	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.3	622 of 1101	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	58.3	460 of 1179	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.0	407 of 1154	64.7%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	35.0	789 of 1201	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.5	756 of 1211	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.8	770 of 1191	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.4	729 of 1154	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.2	608 of 1190	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	49.9	642 of 1176	45.4%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2019	32.7	136 of 165	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	44.4	100 of 157	36.3%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	49.1	493 of 1149	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	41.6	610 of 1144	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.3	499 of 1130	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.8	440 of 1038	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	44.1	601 of 1132	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	48.1	527 of 1095	51.9%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2023	57.8	315 of 776	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	32.1	619 of 793	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.1	576 of 765	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

White (2023)59th percentile+23 vs school

Homeless (2025)59th percentile+27 vs school

Special Education (2025)57th percentile+25 vs school

African American (2022)52nd percentile+12 vs school

Asian (2025)47th percentile+15 vs school

Hispanic (2025)45th percentile+14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)36th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)34th percentile+3 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)33rd percentile~ school

Female (2025)29th percentile-3 vs school

Multi-racial (2019)18th percentile-28 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Common Core English Language Arts75%~ state avg

Global History and Geography68%-8 vs state

U.S. History and Government58%-17 vs state

Algebra I56%~ state avg

Common Core Algebra II47%-28 vs state

Life Science Biology45%-13 vs state

Living Environment36%-21 vs state

Geometry31%-28 vs state

Earth and Space Sciences26%-30 vs state

Chemistry22%-42 vs state

Common Core Geometry0%-24 vs state

Earth Science0%-65 vs state

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Monday, September 22, 2014

This school is a very wonderful school. It is small class sizes and the teachers are alert of your kid if they are slipping grade, they call parent quickly. Teachers and student know each other. Its like a family in School. Close Quote

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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 Chemistry End of Course	Regents Common Core Algebra II End of Course	Regents Common Core English Language Arts End of Course	Regents Common Core Geometry End of Course	Regents Earth Science End of Course	Regents Global History and Geography End of Course	Regents Living Environment End of Course	Regents Physics End of Course	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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Civic Leadership Academy	Public	9-12	45-10 94th St	Elmhurst	11373	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 271-1487	580	46	12.5	86.6%	13 (2.2%)	10 (1.7%)	500 (86.2%)	48 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	6 (1.0%)	31.3	844^th of 1234 public high schools	31.6%		30.4	850^th of 1242 public high schools	31.6%	6	22.2	46.6	74.9	0.0	0.0	68.2	35.9		58.3	56.1	45.2	31.4	26.1	$27,950	$2,197	$25,753
Voyages Preparatory	Public	9-12	45-10 94th St	Elmhurst	11373	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 271-7851	155	16	9.6	87.7%	3 (1.9%)	15 (9.7%)	124 (80.0%)	11 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	11.1	1124^th of 1234 public high schools	8.9%		20.6	974^th of 1242 public high schools	21.6%	150			45.2			61.2	19.4		42.6	23.4	54.6	0.0		$42,194	$2,310	$39,884
Pan American International High School	Public	9-12	45-10 94th St	Elmhurst	11373	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 271-3602	482	47	10.2	99.4%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	477 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)								(n/a)			62.6							58.1				$32,607	$3,616	$28,991
Newtown High School	Public	9-12	48-01 90th St	Elmhurst	11373	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 595-8400	2,072	146	14.2	76.8%	88 (4.2%)	71 (3.4%)	1,410 (68.1%)	429 (20.7%)	13 (0.6%)	30 (1.4%)	31 (1.5%)	26.6	902^nd of 1234 public high schools	26.9%		23.8	929^th of 1242 public high schools	25.2%	27	41.7	45.8	56.4	10.6	3.2	71.1	33.8	39.3	76.7	35.3	38.8	29.8	49.4	$27,228	$2,121	$25,107
International High School For Health Sciences	Public	9-12	48-01 90th St	Elmhurst	11373	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 595-8600	292	21	13.6	89.4%	16 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	238 (81.5%)	31 (10.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)								(n/a)			72.6							70.0				$32,578	$4,959	$27,619
John F Kennedy Junior School	Public	10-12	57-12 94th St	Elmhurst	11373	Queens County	Nyc Special Schools - District 75	No	No	No	No	(718) 760-1083	514	92	5.6	93.2%	77 (15.0%)	74 (14.4%)	251 (48.8%)	94 (18.3%)	12 (2.3%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)								(n/a)														$107,254	$1,392	$105,862
High School For Arts And Business	Public	9-12	105-25 Horace Harding Expw	Corona	11368	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 271-8383	721	52	13.9	87.4%	37 (5.1%)	36 (5.0%)	568 (78.8%)	68 (9.4%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	54.5	590^th of 1234 public high schools	52.2%		45.1	706^th of 1242 public high schools	43.2%	116	22.4	93.9	75.2	50.8	15.4	97.7	51.4	3.6	98.7	81.6	43.7	58.9	50.3	$28,504	$2,290	$26,215
Maspeth High School	Public	9-12	54-40 74th St	Elmhurst	11373	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	No	(718) 803-7100	1,001	74	13.5	80.2%	164 (16.4%)	26 (2.6%)	610 (60.9%)	186 (18.6%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	10 (1.0%)	40.9	742^nd of 1234 public high schools	39.9%		45.6	697^th of 1242 public high schools	43.9%	45	36.5	55.6	79.8	7.4	42.9	84.2	29.0	24.5	76.1	48.3	55.2	44.6	25.8	$26,038	$2,068	$23,971
Forest Hills High School	Public	9-12	67-01 110th St	Forest Hills	11375	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 268-3137	3,394	221	15.3	72.6%	802 (23.6%)	242 (7.1%)	1,387 (40.9%)	847 (25.0%)	25 (0.7%)	13 (0.4%)	76 (2.2%)	46.1	697^th of 1234 public high schools	43.5%		44.5	711^th of 1242 public high schools	42.8%	14	64.4	74.0	77.6	23.5	16.7	76.7	39.9	53.2	70.1	44.6	64.5	50.9	41.1	$24,795	$1,985	$22,810
William Cullen Bryant High School	Public	9-12	48-10 31st Ave	Long Island City	11103	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 721-5404	1,996	160	12.5	87.2%	185 (9.3%)	111 (5.6%)	1,295 (64.9%)	353 (17.7%)	10 (0.5%)	17 (0.9%)	24 (1.2%)	19.3	996^th of 1234 public high schools	19.3%		16.8	1024^th of 1242 public high schools	17.6%	28	15.9	29.1	66.0	4.9	9.5	64.7	31.9	27.3	55.5	34.2	43.7	18.0	28.0	$28,716	$2,482	$26,235

Frequently Asked Questions about Civic Leadership Academy

Is Civic Leadership Academy a good school?

Civic Leadership Academy ranks 844^th of 1234 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Civic Leadership Academy in?

New York City Geographic District #24

What is the racial makeup of Civic Leadership Academy?

Students at Civic Leadership Academy are 86% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 2% White, 2% African American, 1% Two or more races.

How many students attend Civic Leadership Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 580 students attended Civic Leadership Academy.

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