Bayside High School, Bayside NY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Bayside High School

Bayside High School is a large comprehensive high school serving Grades 9 through 12 in a residential, tree-lined neighborhood in northeastern Queens. The school enrolls a diverse student body, with a substantial majority drawn from Asian backgrounds, alongside meaningful Hispanic, Black, and White representation. The enrollment spans roughly three-thousand students, with attrition visible from ninth to twelfth grade as typical of large urban high schools.

A striking feature of the enrollment is that a large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure of economic need. This reflects both the city's program structure and the economic reality of families living in this area of Queens, many of whom are working-class or service-sector employed despite living in a neighborhood publicly characterized as upper-middle-class and owner-occupied. The school serves that real, lived student body.

Bayside sits in District 26, one of the first clusters of districts citywide to participate in the NYC Solves math-curriculum mandate, meaning high school math instruction here follows a standardized curriculum model rather than school-by-school choice. Additionally, the district was an early adopter of the phonics-based NYC Reads literacy standards now system-wide, though this applies chiefly to elementary grades and does not directly affect high school instruction. The district has also undertaken substantial capital investment to relieve overcrowding in northeast Queens, including new school seats added through recent years, which shapes enrollment pressure and class-size conditions.

The school offers a range of clubs and activities spanning arts, culture, gaming, academics, and identity-based organizations such as the Animation Club, Astronomy Club, Debate, and clubs organized around cultural heritage including Filipino, Chinese, and other affinity communities. This breadth suggests that the school provides extracurricular pathways that allow students to build identity, skills, and peer networks beyond core classes.

State testing data, graduation rates, chronic absenteeism measures, and other academic performance metrics were not available for this profile, so an assessment of proficiency levels and outcomes cannot be drawn from this record. Program offerings such as AP coursework, dual-enrollment pathways, or career and technical education are also not documented here. A parent or student interested in those details would need to consult the school directly via its website or a direct visit.

The neighborhood context is helpful to understand. Bayside is a stable, built-out residential area with a defined town center along Bell Boulevard, home to Queensborough Community College, the LIRR Bayside station, and a working retail and dining corridor. Housing values are above both state and national benchmarks, reflecting ownership demand and relative stability, though rental values have risen modestly in recent quarters. The area has been down-zoned to prevent oversized single-family construction and to preserve its character as a community of one- and two-family homes mixed with low-rise multifamily buildings and co-ops. Waterfront parks, jogging paths, and the bay itself frame daily life. A new Queens Public Library branch reopened in 2024 after renovation, adding a teen room and community spaces. For a large urban high school, Bayside operates in a neighborhood with real civic anchors and residential identity, not an isolated institutional setting.

Data gaps on academic performance and program depth mean that evaluating whether this school will meet a particular family's needs requires direct outreach. The school is a mainstream comprehensive public high school, not a selective, magnet, or alternative program, and serves the neighborhood where it sits.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=99%Cohort of 625 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Advanced Placement & IB

26 subjects offered · 2023-24

Each card is one AP or IB subject. The headline number is the share of students scoring 3 or higher on the exam — the threshold for college credit at most universities. The bar below each rate shows the underlying distribution across performance levels.

Score:12· no credit345· extremely well qualified

Math and Computer Science

Calculus AB

112 tested

59.8%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

52 tested

65.4%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

17 tested

11.8%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

56 tested

69.6%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

94 tested

75.5%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

46 tested

87.0%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

179 tested · Grade 10

25.7%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

45 tested

57.8%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

66 tested

50.0%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Comparative Government and Politics

161 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

62.7%

scored 3 or higher

European History

28 tested

42.9%

scored 3 or higher

Human Geography

54 tested · Grade 10

33.3%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

172 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

34.3%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

146 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

43.8%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Chinese Language and Culture

84 tested

89.3%

scored 3 or higher

French Language and Culture

3 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Japanese Language and Culture

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

66 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

69.7%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Art History

58 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

31.0%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art Drawing

3 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

203 tested · Grade 10

52.2%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

64 tested

75.0%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

16 tested

62.5%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

162 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

63.0%

scored 3 or higher

World History

93 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

51.6%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

4 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Ela	888	80.0%
Math	667	59.0%
Social Studies	634	73.0%
Science	225	44.0%

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.