Forest Hills High School

Public 5-12

 67-01 110th St
       Forest Hills, NY  11375


(718) 268-3137

District: New York City Geographic District #28

SchoolDigger Rank:
680th of 1,228 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,746 Help


Feeder schools for Forest Hills High School:

Elementary:    Ps 139 Rego Park
    Ps 175 Lynn Gross Discovery School (The)
    Ps 206 Horace Harding School (The)
    Ps 220 Edward Mandel
Middle:    Junior High School 157 Stephen A Halsey

Student/teacher ratio:  15.3 Help
Number of students:  3,429

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
38.2%
White:
24.1%
Asian:
24.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  72.3% Help


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Compare Details Forest Hills High School ranks worse than 55.4% of high schools in New York. It also ranks 8th among 14 ranked high schools in the New York City Geographic District #28. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 45.54. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Forest Hills High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Forest Hills High School has the largest high school student body size in the New York City Geographic District #28. Student population at Forest Hills High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (38.2%), White (24.1%), Asian (24%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 72.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Forest Hills High School is 15.3. 10 high schools in the New York City Geographic District #28 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Forest Hills High School is $13,746. 11 high schools in the New York City Geographic District #28 spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Forest Hills High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Forest Hills High School 680th of 1228 New York public high schools. (See Forest Hills High School in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #28:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #28 403rd of 866 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Forest Hills High School

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Rank History for all students at Forest Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 50.62 586th 935 37.3%
2006 53.74 557th 986 43.5%
2007 51.56 593rd 1002 40.8%
2008 49.93 628th 1027 38.9%
2009 53.39 583rd 1086 46.3%
2010 57.08 520th 1117 53.4%
2011 56.39 579th 1165 50.3%
2012 49.86 681st 1198 43.2%
2013 60.40 549th 1217 54.9%
2014 54.41 592nd 1237 52.1%
2015 57.41 525th 1255 58.2%
2016 51.11 628th 1255 50.0%
2017 53.58 586th 1221 52.0%
2018 53.86 614th 1210 49.3%
2019 52.50 648th 1207 46.3%
2022 49.68 630th 1190 47.1%
2023 45.54 680th 1228 44.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Forest Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.31 77th 157 51.0%
2019 47.64 102nd 165 38.2%
2022 57.51 93rd 212 56.1%
2023 67.64 78th 272 71.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Forest Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.26 118th 546 78.4%
2019 64.66 134th 565 76.3%
2022 66.50 87th 481 81.9%
2023 54.53 203rd 583 65.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Forest Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.40 401st 1095 63.4%
2019 50.86 489th 1132 56.8%
2022 51.07 425th 1038 59.1%
2023 49.05 486th 1130 57.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Forest Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.65 472nd 1154 59.1%
2019 56.19 500th 1179 57.6%
2022 52.74 491st 1101 55.4%
2023 48.13 571st 1155 50.6%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Forest Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.91 102nd 498 79.5%
2019 71.37 85th 493 82.8%
2022 74.14 42nd 389 89.2%
2023 59.92 127th 531 76.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Forest Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.24 602nd 1176 48.8%
2019 54.40 613th 1193 48.6%
2022 48.82 627th 1155 45.7%
2023 46.41 667th 1197 44.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Forest Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.08 607th 1176 48.4%
2019 48.82 658th 1190 44.7%
2022 49.28 608th 1154 47.3%
2023 44.82 669th 1191 43.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Forest Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.50 228th 426 46.5%
2019 51.13 259th 447 42.1%
2022 48.97 226th 386 41.5%
2023 43.93 264th 424 37.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Forest Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.78 207th 679 69.5%
2019 64.94 198th 686 71.1%
2022 64.19 172nd 593 71.0%
2023 63.42 191st 671 71.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Forest Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.98 325th 791 58.9%
2019 52.39 356th 815 56.3%
2022 47.90 365th 760 52.0%
2023 42.18 452nd 851 46.9%
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Rank History for Native American students at Forest Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.52 10th 43 76.7%
2019 50.95 22nd 46 52.2%
2022 50.75 15th 28 46.4%
2023 28.24 35th 41 14.6%
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Rank History for White students at Forest Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.25 538th 765 29.7%
2019 37.19 569th 793 28.2%
2022 34.56 551st 738 25.3%
2023 27.67 616th 776 20.6%
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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Forest Hills High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 1194 423 499 324 4 n/a n/a 0 2444
1990 1319 349 492 356 1 n/a n/a 0 2517
1991 1335 308 545 474 0 n/a n/a 0 2662
1992 1371 291 683 557 9 n/a n/a 0 2911
1993 1485 274 738 648 6 n/a n/a 0 3151
1994 1634 288 812 709 5 n/a n/a 0 3448
1995 1641 317 781 700 6 n/a n/a 0 3445
1996 1641 317 781 700 6 n/a n/a 0 3445
1997 1698 295 847 717 11 n/a n/a 0 3568
1998 1651 297 811 735 17 n/a n/a 0 3511
1999 1594 304 806 763 9 n/a n/a 0 3476
2000 1544 342 781 711 7 n/a n/a 0 3385
2001 1479 378 755 709 4 n/a n/a 0 3325
2002 1453 372 724 695 11 n/a n/a 0 3255
2003 1453 372 724 695 11 n/a n/a 0 3255
2004 1506 388 778 806 11 n/a n/a 0 3489
2005 1525 373 837 928 11 n/a n/a 0 3674
2006 1518 396 819 942 14 n/a n/a 0 3689
2007 1477 401 851 1033 15 n/a n/a 0 3777
2008 1364 369 823 1075 15 n/a n/a 0 3646
2009 1313 352 875 1084 17 n/a n/a 0 3641
2010 1399 361 937 1146 17 n/a n/a 0 3860
2011 1369 346 1022 1146 19 0 0 0 3902
2012 1319 332 993 1159 19 14 0 0 3836
2013 1304 336 968 1181 17 23 3 0 3832
2014 1196 346 970 1222 21 0 38 0 3793
2015 1153 362 944 1292 25 0 53 0 3829
2016 1130 344 956 1296 30 0 85 0 3841
2017 1124 326 926 1351 36 27 105 0 3895
2018 1119 309 880 1313 32 23 108 0 3784
2019 1118 271 889 1351 32 16 115 0 3792
2020 1083 247 879 1379 35 19 109 0 3751
2021 1031 241 907 1434 32 19 102 0 3766
2022 929 225 919 1442 33 20 84 0 3652
2023 825 201 823 1311 27 21 221 0 3429

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Forest Hills High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 2444 133.1 18.3 n/a
1990 2517 134.7 18.6 n/a
1991 2662 137.9 19.3 n/a
1992 2911 136.4 21.3 n/a
1993 3151 147.9 21.3 n/a
1994 3448 166.1 20.8 n/a
1995 3445 148.0 23.3 n/a
1996 3445 148.0 23.3 n/a
1997 3568 156.3 22.8 20
1998 3511 167.2 21.0 18.3
1999 3476 178.4 19.5 18.6
2000 3385 172.4 19.6 14.8
2001 3325 165.7 20.1 50.8
2002 3255 n/a n/a n/a
2003 3255 n/a n/a n/a
2004 3489 n/a n/a n/a
2005 3674 n/a n/a 0
2006 3689 184.0 20.0 26.5
2007 3777 176.5 21.4 26.8
2008 3646 181.4 20.1 27.2
2009 3641 176.8 20.6 40.2
2010 3860 172.1 22.4 n/a
2011 3902 176.9 22.0 50.6
2012 3836 180.9 21.2 56.2
2013 3832 186.3 20.5 6.4
2014 3793 188.0 20.1 63.5
2015 3829 185.0 20.6 63.8
2016 3841 184.0 20.8 61.7
2017 3895 190.5 20.4 66
2018 3784 200.0 18.9 73.4
2019 3792 204.0 18.5 78
2020 3751 216.7 17.3 75.1
2021 3766 218.1 17.2 72.4
2022 3652 229.0 15.9 73.5
2023 3429 223.9 15.3 72.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Forest Hills High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 2444 133.1 18.3 n/a
1990 2517 134.7 18.6 n/a
1991 2662 137.9 19.3 n/a
1992 2911 136.4 21.3 n/a
1993 3151 147.9 21.3 n/a
1994 3448 166.1 20.8 n/a
1995 3445 148.0 23.3 n/a
1996 3445 148.0 23.3 n/a
1997 3568 156.3 22.8 20
1998 3511 167.2 21.0 18.3
1999 3476 178.4 19.5 18.6
2000 3385 172.4 19.6 14.8
2001 3325 165.7 20.1 50.8
2002 3255 n/a n/a n/a
2003 3255 n/a n/a n/a
2004 3489 n/a n/a n/a
2005 3674 n/a n/a 0
2006 3689 184.0 20.0 26.5
2007 3777 176.5 21.4 26.8
2008 3646 181.4 20.1 27.2
2009 3641 176.8 20.6 40.2
2010 3860 172.1 22.4 n/a
2011 3902 176.9 22.0 50.6
2012 3836 180.9 21.2 56.2
2013 3832 186.3 20.5 6.4
2014 3793 188.0 20.1 63.5
2015 3829 185.0 20.6 63.8
2016 3841 184.0 20.8 61.7
2017 3895 190.5 20.4 66
2018 3784 200.0 18.9 73.4
2019 3792 204.0 18.5 78
2020 3751 216.7 17.3 75.1
2021 3766 218.1 17.2 72.4
2022 3652 229.0 15.9 73.5
2023 3429 223.9 15.3 72.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Immunization Rates

Forest Hills High School

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YearCompletely Immunized
201599.1%

Data source: New York State Department of Health
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Forest Hills High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $459 (4.2%) $10,363 (95.8%) $10,822
2020 $505 (4.6%) $10,591 (95.4%) $11,096
2021 $601 (5.2%) $11,067 (94.8%) $11,668
2022 $1,653 (12.0%) $12,093 (88.0%) $13,746

Data source: New York Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Forest Hills High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 648th of 1207 High schoolsRanks 680th of 1228 High schools
 1.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Forest Hills High School)65.353.3
 12%
   End of Course Algebra I (New York City Geographic District #28)66.759.7
 7%
   End of Course Algebra I (New York)71.164.6
 6.5%
End of Course Chemistry (Forest Hills High School)77.758.8
 18.9%
   End of Course Chemistry (New York City Geographic District #28)7157.1
 13.9%
   End of Course Chemistry (New York)73.165.2
 7.9%
End of Course Algebra II (Forest Hills High School)80.750.6
 30.1%
   End of Course Algebra II (New York City Geographic District #28)69.257.2
 11.9%
   End of Course Algebra II (New York)82.764.1
 18.5%
End of Course English (Forest Hills High School)8883.9
 4%
   End of Course English (New York City Geographic District #28)86.379.8
 6.5%
   End of Course English (New York)83.976.9
 6.9%
End of Course Geometry (Forest Hills High School)77.844.3
 33.5%
   End of Course Geometry (New York City Geographic District #28)68.239.1
 29.2%
   End of Course Geometry (New York)70.153.2
 17%
End of Course Earth Science (Forest Hills High School)60.841.5
 19.3%
   End of Course Earth Science (New York City Geographic District #28)67.451.2
 16.2%
   End of Course Earth Science (New York)68.965
 3.9%
End of Course Global History and Geography (Forest Hills High School)8173.6
 7.4%
   End of Course Global History and Geography (New York City Geographic District #28)83.373.6
 9.8%
   End of Course Global History and Geography (New York)78.873.6
 5.2%
End of Course Living Environment (Forest Hills High School)70.761.7
 9%
   End of Course Living Environment (New York City Geographic District #28)72.360.7
 11.5%
   End of Course Living Environment (New York)73.265.7
 7.5%
End of Course Physics (Forest Hills High School)74.840.7
 34.1%
   End of Course Physics (New York City Geographic District #28)77.149.2
 27.9%
   End of Course Physics (New York)81.668.1
 13.5%
End of Course U.S. History and Government (Forest Hills High School)77.676.6
 1%
   End of Course U.S. History and Government (New York City Geographic District #28)79.178
 1.1%
   End of Course U.S. History and Government (New York)76.979.7
 2.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students37923429
 9.6%
African American271201
 25.8%
American Indian3227
 15.6%
Asian889823
 7.4%
Hispanic13511311
 3%
Pacific Islander1621
 31.3%
White1118825
 26.2%
Two or More Races115221
 92.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients78%72.3%
 5.7%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 3,429 students attended Forest Hills High School.

Students at Forest Hills High School are 38% Hispanic, 24% White, 24% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 6% African American.

Forest Hills High School ranks 680th of 1228 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department. Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.

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