Forest Hills High School, Forest Hills NY

Original Research by School Decision on Forest Hills High School

Forest Hills High School is a regular public high school serving grades 9 through 12 in a densely residential, tree-lined neighborhood in central Queens. The school enrolls a mid-sized cohort of students drawn from the surrounding area, which is known for a predominantly upper-middle-class identity, tree-lined streets, Tudor-style homes, and mid-century garden co-ops alongside newer luxury residential construction.

The student body is diverse. Hispanic students form the largest group by ethnicity, followed closely by Asian and white students, with smaller populations of Black, Native American, Hawaiian, and multiracial students. A substantial majority of the enrollment qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting both the broader economic diversity of Queens and the family financial circumstances of the students the school serves. Specific data on English learners or students receiving special education services was not available from the school's reporting.

State assessment results were not provided in the school's data, so a reader cannot see how proficiency compares to other Queens schools or the state. Similarly, the school's four-year graduation rate was not reported, so performance on that measure is not available here. The school does not report chronic absenteeism rates. These gaps mean a parent seeking performance benchmarks would need to request that information directly from the school or the district office. The school does sit within Geographic District 28, which recently underwent a citywide literacy curriculum mandate affecting all elementary schools and now is rolling that toward middle schools; this systemwide change shapes the instructional environment families enter.

Forest Hills High School is located at 67-01 110th Street, within the dense, transit-rich neighborhood itself rather than on a separate campus. The immediate context is highly walkable, with a Walk Score of 92, centered on the Austin Street commercial corridor a short walk away and Queens Boulevard nearby. The school sits within reach of two major parks—Forest Park and Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, both with trails, fields, and cultural anchors. Public transit is immediate and extensive: the E, F, M, and R subway lines at Forest Hills-71st Avenue connect directly to Midtown Manhattan, the Long Island Rail Road serves Penn Station and beyond, and multiple bus routes serve the neighborhood.

The neighborhood itself is experiencing active residential development. Recent and ongoing projects include luxury condominiums, mixed-use buildings, and significant affordable housing commitments, such as The Perennial, an intergenerational affordable development converting the former Parkway Hospital. Property values have been trending upward, and rents are rising year-over-year. Healthcare, centered on Long Island Jewish Forest Hills (Northwell Health), and retail and service employment along Austin Street and Queens Boulevard form the local economy.

For families choosing Forest Hills High School, the immediate question is whether to seek out state testing data and graduation rate information from the school or district directly, since those figures do not appear in this record. Beyond that, the school serves students in a neighborhood with good transit access, an active rental and ownership market, and a cosmopolitan, family-focused character where four-year high school enrollment sits at a scale typical for an urban district secondary school.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

91.0%Cohort of 897 students · Class of 2021

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

22 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

84 tested

63.1%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

19 tested

89.5%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

48 tested

81.3%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

29 tested · Grade 10

55.2%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

45 tested

53.3%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

83 tested

57.8%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

62 tested

53.2%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

87 tested

40.2%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

38 tested

21.1%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Comparative Government and Politics

94 tested

69.1%

scored 3 or higher

Macroeconomics

35 tested

45.7%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

194 tested · Grade 10

47.4%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

160 tested

58.1%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Chinese Language and Culture

28 tested · Grade 10

82.1%

scored 3 or higher

French Language and Culture

19 tested

26.3%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

80 tested · Grade 10

90.0%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Literature and Culture

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Art History

17 tested

35.3%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

104 tested

59.6%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

109 tested

67.9%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

94 tested

70.2%

scored 3 or higher

World History

207 tested · Grade 10

52.7%

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	881	78.0%
Math	830	45.0%
Social Studies	639	70.0%
Science	266	40.0%

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.