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Queens High School for the Sciences at York College

  
94-50 159 Street Queens , NY 11451
Phone: (718) 657-3181  Fax: (718) 657-2579
Website   Map 		Principal: Jie Zhang
Parent Coordinator: Robinetta Murray (347) 563-4363
WHAT'S SPECIAL: Small class size and challenging curriculum on a college campus
DOWNSIDE: School doesn't have its own building; few team sports.
 
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 17-30
Enrollment: 415
Ethnicity %:
  13 W; 17 B; 9 H; 61 A
4 year graduation rate: 96.0%
 District 28
HS Supt: Bonnie Laboy
Admissions: competitive exam
Neighborhood: Jamaica
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One of three small specialized high schools to open on college campuses in 2002, Queens High School for the Sciences at York College offers a refuge from the jam-packed classrooms and impersonal environment at most of the borough's over-burdened schools. Entrance to the school is based on the same exam as that used for Stuyvesant and Bronx Science, and all the kids are high-achievers. There is an unusually warm rapport between students and teachers. Grown-ups and kids seem to have fun together. For example, teachers and students. . .

 

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Dec 15, 2009

Queens High School for the Sciences at York is one of the 12 NYC high schools that placed in the top 100 in read more

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Dec 5, 2008

The Daily News read more

Sep 24, 2007 "Sure, the school has its drawbacks, being a small school, but that's exactly what makes it so special!" writes a student. "We have a great staff who cares for each of us. And the college... read more


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