Queens College School for Math Science & Technology (the), Flushing NY

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Queens College School for Math Science & Technology sits in Flushing, a dense, rapidly growing neighborhood in the eastern reaches of Queens. The school serves Pre-K through grade 8 and is part of New York City Geographic District 25, a public district school rather than a charter.

The academic profile reflects a school in which mathematics and English language arts proficiency is above the midpoint among the county's districts. In mathematics, proficiency rates run strongest in grades 4 and 7, where the majority of students tested score at proficient or above. Grades 5 and 6 show lower results, with roughly three-quarters of students in grade 5 reaching proficiency. English language arts proficiency is consistent across the grades, holding in the low to mid-80s for most grades; grade 3 and 5 perform strongest. Science data appear only for grades 5 and 8; grade 5 shows roughly three-quarters of students proficient. Grade 8 results exist only for a very small number of students and are suppressed. The school does not report social studies data in recent years. No state testing results are available for grade 3 in English language arts, nor for the primary grades, which are not tested under New York's assessment system.

The student body is diverse and skews distinctly toward Asian enrollment, which comprises roughly half of the school's population. Hispanic and Black students each make up a meaningful share. The school draws from a low-to-moderate-income neighborhood; about half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The overall enrollment is small for this grade band, with substantial representation in the upper elementary and middle grades.

Flushing itself is a commercial and residential mosaic anchored by one of the city's largest central business districts, where Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue form a dense, multilingual streetscape of restaurants, services, and retail. Blocks away, neighborhoods like Murray Hill and Broadway-Flushing quiet to tree-lined residential streets with single-family homes. The area has the largest Asian, Korean, Taiwanese, Thai, and Bosnian populations in New York City, and more than half its residents are immigrants. The Flushing-Main Street station, the eastern terminus of the subway 7 line and a connection to the Long Island Rail Road, anchors transit access; Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, home to the Unisphere, the Queens Zoo, and the Queens Museum, is a major civic amenity nearby. The neighborhood is on a strong growth arc, with recent large mixed-use development reshaping the skyline and population expanding faster than the rest of the city.

Housing values in the area are modestly above the state benchmark, with a year-over-year increase. Rental prices are similarly elevated relative to national benchmarks. The neighborhood's rapid growth and mixed-income character make it both a destination for families seeking walkable urban neighborhoods with strong transit and a place where housing affordability is tightening.

At the district level, a reading curriculum mandate took effect in 2023 requiring all elementary schools to adopt Into Reading, a structured phonics and science-of-reading program, ending the prior practice where principals selected their own materials. Starting with the 2023 enrollment cycle, middle school admissions screening returned to district control, allowing selective programs rather than citywide lottery. The city also overhauled its gifted and talented program, creating a G&T option in every district, including District 25, shifting from standardized testing to teacher nomination and lottery, and adding a new entry point at grade 3.

A parent considering this school may want to look into whether the math and science instruction, given the school's name, includes any distinct accelerated or project-based components, and what the pathway looks like after eighth grade.

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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	58	83.0%
Science	56	82.0%

Math

Grade 388%

School 88% · District 74% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 491%

School 91% · District 72% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 575%

School 75% · District 69% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 678%

School 78% · District 62% · ▲ 16 pts above district

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

Grade 791%

School 91% · District 74% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 385%

School 85% · District 66% · ▲ 20 pts above district

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

Grade 481%

School 81% · District 62% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 587%

School 87% · District 66% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 680%

School 80% · District 60% · ▲ 20 pts above district

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

Grade 783%

School 83% · District 65% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 887%

School 87% · District 66% · ▲ 21 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 576%

School 76% · District 57% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 5100%

School 100% · district not reported

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

Grade 892%

School 92% · district not reported

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

This schoolNEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, 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 3Lower-income78%Higher-income95%17 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income77%Higher-income86%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income93%Higher-income81%12 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income63%Higher-income94%31 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income81%Higher-income87%6 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income89%Higher-income85%4 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income78%Higher-income100%22 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income96%Higher-income86%9 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income79%Higher-income70%8 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income71%Higher-income84%13 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income91%Higher-income93%2 pp gap