Is 10 Horace Greeley, Long Island City NY

Original Research by School Decision on Is 10 Horace Greeley

IS 10 Horace Greeley is a regular middle school serving grades six through eight in Long Island City, a neighborhood on the East River waterfront in western Queens that has transformed rapidly over the past decade from a largely industrial zone into one of the city's fastest-growing residential areas. The school sits at the intersection of this ongoing development and the academic pathways available to families navigating New York City's public middle school system.

The school enrolls a student body that is predominantly Hispanic, with substantial Asian and white populations as well. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic profile of the neighborhood. Families choosing IS 10 are placing their children in a densely populated, transit-rich area where eight subway lines provide direct access to Manhattan and where the waterfront, parks, transit hubs, and a concentration of galleries and cultural institutions shape daily life. The neighborhood is actively being built out with new residential and commercial towers, particularly around Court Square and Queensboro Plaza, and the defining project is Hunter's Point South, a large waterfront redevelopment that has already brought two schools and hundreds of homes into the area.

Test results from the most recent state assessment show proficiency rates that fall below the midpoint among Queens County's middle schools. In mathematics, the school's sixth-grade students showed about half meeting the proficiency benchmark, rising slightly through seventh grade and reaching closer to the upper half by eighth grade. In English Language Arts, proficiency runs consistently in the mid-range across sixth through eighth grades, with eighth grade performing best. Science testing data are available only for eighth grade, where proficiency sits around the midpoint. These results position the school in the bottom quartile when measured against other middle schools in the county on overall proficiency. A parent considering IS 10 should expect that the school serves a student population with varied academic starting points and that state test performance is below the county median. The school does maintain solid participation rates on assessments, suggesting consistent engagement with the testing process.

Fifth-grade data appear in the state assessment but show no tested students, likely reflecting that the school's primary grades are grades six through eight and any fifth-grade enrollment is ungraded or transitional. Testing participation in the grades IS 10 serves is strong, hovering in the mid-to-high range across subjects.

The school operates within New York City Geographic District #30, which serves Long Island City, Sunnyside, and Woodside. In 2023, the district opened a new STEAM-focused middle school in Sunnyside, addressing years of overcrowding. District 30 has also implemented the citywide NYC Reads phonics-based curriculum mandate in elementary schools and expanded the Gifted & Talented program, though these changes apply primarily to lower grades. Information about IS 10's specific program offerings, staffing, discipline climate, or special-population services was not available in the data provided.

Long Island City itself is a walkable, mixed-use neighborhood where waterfront parks, the Hunters Point Community Library, and ground-floor retail and restaurants structure neighborhood life. The neighborhood's rapid growth, ongoing construction, and mix of residential towers, arts spaces, and established industrial sites like the Steinway piano factory and Silvercup Studios create a distinct environment. Housing values and rents in the area have risen sharply and continue to rise, and housing affordability is a pressing concern for renters, though the school draws from a student population with limited economic resources.

A parent selecting IS 10 should recognize that the school is located in a dynamic, transit-rich, rapidly changing neighborhood and that state test performance currently falls below county benchmarks. A parent may want to look into further detail with the school about how it supports students entering with varied proficiency levels and what programs or pathways the school offers beyond the core state-tested subjects.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

New York Regents Exams

2 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
Math	42	95.0%
Social Studies	42	64.0%

Math

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 59% · ▼ 59 pts below district

▼ 51 pts below state median · ▼ 60 pts below county median

Grade 649%

School 49% · District 59% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 757%

School 57% · District 64% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 861%

School 61% · District 47% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 62% · ▼ 62 pts below district

▼ 54 pts below state median · ▼ 62 pts below county median

Grade 657%

School 57% · District 62% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 754%

School 54% · District 61% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 861%

School 61% · District 63% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 49% · ▼ 49 pts below district

▼ 42 pts below state median · ▼ 44 pts below county median

Grade 852%

School 52% · District 38% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

This schoolNEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, same grade

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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income54%Higher-income83%30 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income55%Higher-income48%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income58%Higher-income77%19 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income47%Higher-income68%21 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income58%Higher-income55%3 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income59%Higher-income73%14 pp gap