Is Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker a good school?

Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker ranks 243 rd of 1504 New York middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,469 students attended Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker.

What is the racial makeup of Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker?

Students at Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker are 59% Asian, 32% Hispanic, 7% White, 2% African American.

What high school do graduates of Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker attend?

Students who attend Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker usually go on to attend Flushing High School

Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker

Summary:

Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker is a public magnet middle school located in Flushing, New York, serving grades 6-8 with an enrollment of 1,392 students. This standout school consistently performs above the district and state averages on New York State Assessments, with exceptional results on Regents exams and strong performance across diverse student subgroups.

The school's academic prowess is evident in its consistently high performance. In the 2023-2024 school year, Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker had 60.89% of 6th graders, 72.04% of 7th graders, and 64.3% of 8th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the New York City Geographic District #25 averages of 56.65%, 65.99%, and 63.4%, respectively. In math, the school had 70.69% of 6th graders, 76.33% of 7th graders, and 47.66% of 8th graders proficient or better, compared to the district averages of 63.91%, 73.25%, and 40.09%. The school's Regents exam performance is also exceptional, with 100% proficiency in Living Environment, U.S. History and Government, and Algebra I.

The school's ability to support the academic success of diverse student populations, including English Language Learners, students with disabilities, and those from low-income backgrounds, is a notable strength. Additionally, the school's proximity to other high-performing middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #25, such as IS 25 Adrien Block and Junior High School 216 George J Ryan, suggests a concentration of educational resources and expertise in the local area, which could present opportunities for collaboration and sharing of best practices.

Detail:

Public, Magnet 6-8

147-26 25th Dr
Flushing, NY 11354

(718) 445-3232

District: New York City Geographic District #25

SchoolDigger Rank:
243^rd of 1,504 New York Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $26,759

Students who attend Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker usually attend:

High:

Flushing High School

Feeder schools for Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker:

Elementary:	Ps 21 Edward Hart
	Ps 214 Cadwallader Colden

Student/teacher ratio: 12.9

Number of students: 1,469

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

58.5%

Hispanic:

31.9%

White:

6.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 77.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker ranks better than 83.8% of middle schools in New York. It also ranks 3^rd among 8 ranked middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #25. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 79.6. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker has the largest middle school student body size in the New York City Geographic District #25. Racial makeup is: Asian (58.5%), Hispanic (31.9%), White (6.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 77.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker is 12.9, which is the 3^rd best among 8 middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #25. (See more...)

Compare Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker employs 113.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker is $26,759. 5 middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #25 spend more per student. (See more...)

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker:

SchoolDigger ranks Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker 243^rd of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #25:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #25 320^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	56.94	552^nd	1095	49.6%
2007	58.58	566^th	1123	49.6%
2008	63.49	543^rd	1185	54.2%
2009	62.23	608^th	1224	50.3%
2010	67.91	457^th	1243	63.2%
2011	70.48	406^th	1295	68.6%
2012	71.79	392^nd	1337	70.7%
2013	82.29	189^th	1373	86.2%
2014	86.31	123^rd	1401	91.2%
2015	85.32	139^th	1407	90.1%
2016	86.61	129^th	1429	91.0%
2017	87.21	146^th	1455	90.0%
2018	84.84	170^th	1438	88.2%
2019	82.27	209^th	1439	85.5%
2021	79.29	181^st	1242	85.4%
2022	83.79	183^rd	1479	87.6%
2023	80.68	233^rd	1500	84.5%
2024	79.60	243^rd	1504	83.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	83.88	24^th	503	95.2%
2019	70.68	52^nd	473	89.0%
2021	66.98	22^nd	118	81.4%
2022	78.92	32^nd	581	94.5%
2023	60.15	121^st	591	79.5%
2024	70.19	76^th	615	87.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	75.83	125^th	1170	89.3%
2019	63.55	222^nd	1139	80.5%
2021	66.33	99^th	522	81.0%
2022	69.10	218^th	1283	83.0%
2023	72.02	209^th	1307	84.0%
2024	65.87	272^nd	1303	79.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	89.07	90^th	1245	92.8%
2019	88.42	110^th	1241	91.1%
2021	84.82	88^th	935	90.6%
2022	87.81	97^th	1306	92.6%
2023	85.62	125^th	1288	90.3%
2024	85.93	116^th	1296	91.0%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	73.37	69^th	457	84.9%
2019	80.75	37^th	392	90.6%
2021	77.27	6^th	49	87.8%
2022	79.91	59^th	487	87.9%
2023	71.32	93^rd	543	82.9%
2024	69.13	119^th	594	80.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	84.29	161^st	1353	88.1%
2019	83.85	181^st	1370	86.8%
2021	74.49	194^th	1066	81.8%
2022	83.93	170^th	1454	88.3%
2023	79.52	243^rd	1463	83.4%
2024	81.08	213^th	1465	85.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	83.62	177^th	1352	86.9%
2019	79.83	225^th	1366	83.5%
2021	80.24	149^th	1071	86.1%
2022	81.85	201^st	1455	86.2%
2023	79.47	240^th	1464	83.6%
2024	76.15	257^th	1464	82.4%

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Rank History for Asian students at Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	67.97	126^th	374	66.3%
2019	67.48	122^nd	369	66.9%
2021	60.49	100^th	236	57.6%
2022	67.67	122^nd	381	68.0%
2023	71.48	109^th	388	71.9%
2024	72.21	104^th	396	73.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	69.69	191^st	810	76.4%
2019	51.14	349^th	826	57.7%
2021	36.88	280^th	449	37.6%
2022	51.42	387^th	914	57.7%
2023	47.95	453^rd	943	52.0%
2024	47.70	472^nd	953	50.5%

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Rank History for White students at Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	63.29	274^th	763	64.1%
2019	66.70	236^th	716	67.0%
2021	73.62	136^th	614	77.9%
2022	69.05	202^nd	748	73.0%
2023	58.77	308^th	772	60.1%
2024	59.58	296^th	778	62.0%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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by a student
Thursday, July 1, 2021

A school for many memorable memories Close Quote

by a parent
Friday, August 25, 2017

it's a great school.My both son s are going this school . I'm very happy with their performance. Close Quote

by a student
Monday, August 16, 2010

It was the best School i have ever had. I Liiked all the Teacher ,Nurses, and the Staffs in that School. It was the best School Close Quote

Enrollment information for Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	510	89	100	166	0	n/a	n/a	865
1990	520	116	103	163	0	n/a	n/a	902
1991	541	103	125	208	0	n/a	n/a	977
1992	530	118	131	206	6	n/a	n/a	991
1993	462	127	178	260	7	n/a	n/a	1034
1994	442	96	207	282	1	n/a	n/a	1028
1995	390	91	257	310	3	n/a	n/a	1051
1996	390	91	257	310	3	n/a	n/a	1051
1997	353	79	240	283	3	n/a	n/a	958
1998	312	84	244	273	4	n/a	n/a	917
1999	273	73	219	257	1	n/a	n/a	823
2000	292	86	231	266	0	n/a	n/a	875
2001	287	74	265	248	0	n/a	n/a	874
2002	211	58	331	284	1	n/a	n/a	885
2003	211	58	331	284	1	n/a	n/a	885
2004	209	80	390	344	0	n/a	n/a	1023
2005	145	71	348	312	1	n/a	n/a	877
2006	124	68	394	270	0	n/a	n/a	856
2007	141	43	362	258	0	n/a	n/a	804
2008	190	43	444	332	0	n/a	n/a	1009
2009	170	49	489	328	0	n/a	n/a	1036
2010	202	61	481	326	0	n/a	n/a	1070
2011	189	87	533	325	3	0	0	1137
2012	210	102	597	340	5	0	0	1254
2013	202	110	710	376	6	3	2	1409
2014	209	96	813	396	6	0	3	1523
2015	181	65	826	443	9	0	2	1526
2016	192	54	838	443	7	0	4	1538
2017	186	36	820	446	4	4	5	1501
2018	173	40	841	453	3	6	7	1523
2019	149	27	874	451	3	2	8	1514
2020	125	27	886	419	1	3	12	1473
2021	124	24	843	384	3	5	12	1395
2022	124	20	765	382	2	4	12	1309
2023	101	22	789	455	3	2	20	1392
2024	102	23	860	469	3	0	12	1469

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 Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	865	60.9	14.2	n/a
1990	902	66.9	13.4	n/a
1991	977	65.1	15.0	n/a
1992	991	60.1	16.4	n/a
1993	1034	63.1	16.4	n/a
1994	1028	63.0	16.3	n/a
1995	1051	58.9	17.8	n/a
1996	1051	58.9	17.8	n/a
1997	958	57.0	16.8	49.8
1998	917	57.0	16.1	47.8
1999	823	52.0	15.8	46.8
2000	875	55.2	15.9	62.1
2001	874	53.1	16.5	58
2002	885	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	885	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1023	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	877	n/a	n/a	0
2006	856	53.0	16.2	81.1
2007	804	56.0	14.4	78.6
2008	1009	61.0	16.5	78
2009	1036	64.0	16.2	82.8
2010	1070	62.9	16.9	n/a
2011	1137	64.0	17.7	82.8
2012	1254	71.2	17.5	71.5
2013	1409	70.1	20.0	75.4
2014	1523	87.9	17.3	74.7
2015	1526	90.0	16.9	75.6
2016	1538	93.0	16.5	75.4
2017	1501	88.4	16.9	76.3
2018	1523	93.9	16.2	77
2019	1514	89.9	16.8	73.8
2020	1473	95.5	15.4	73.8
2021	1395	94.9	14.6	76.8
2022	1309	103.9	12.5	72.9
2023	1392	102.3	13.5	75.9
2024	1469	113.2	12.9	77.4

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 Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	865	60.9	14.2	n/a
1990	902	66.9	13.4	n/a
1991	977	65.1	15.0	n/a
1992	991	60.1	16.4	n/a
1993	1034	63.1	16.4	n/a
1994	1028	63.0	16.3	n/a
1995	1051	58.9	17.8	n/a
1996	1051	58.9	17.8	n/a
1997	958	57.0	16.8	49.8
1998	917	57.0	16.1	47.8
1999	823	52.0	15.8	46.8
2000	875	55.2	15.9	62.1
2001	874	53.1	16.5	58
2002	885	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	885	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1023	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	877	n/a	n/a	0
2006	856	53.0	16.2	81.1
2007	804	56.0	14.4	78.6
2008	1009	61.0	16.5	78
2009	1036	64.0	16.2	82.8
2010	1070	62.9	16.9	n/a
2011	1137	64.0	17.7	82.8
2012	1254	71.2	17.5	71.5
2013	1409	70.1	20.0	75.4
2014	1523	87.9	17.3	74.7
2015	1526	90.0	16.9	75.6
2016	1538	93.0	16.5	75.4
2017	1501	88.4	16.9	76.3
2018	1523	93.9	16.2	77
2019	1514	89.9	16.8	73.8
2020	1473	95.5	15.4	73.8
2021	1395	94.9	14.6	76.8
2022	1309	103.9	12.5	72.9
2023	1392	102.3	13.5	75.9
2024	1469	113.2	12.9	77.4

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.

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