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Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts

Grades: 6-8
31-51 21 Street
Queens NY 11106
Phone: 718-274-8316

Our Insights

What’s Special

Gifted program for students from across district.

The Downside

Low test scores among students learning English and those with special needs.

MS 126 is a zoned neighborhood school that admits children from across District 30 to its gifted program and to an arts magnet. Also called the Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts, IS 126 offers classes in dance, theater, chorus and art.

Alvin Ailey offers dance lessons. Children study drama with a program called enACT, Inc., and learn creative writing and art with a group called the Community Word Project.

A school-run prep course for the Specialized High School Admissions Test is open to all students.

Two-thirds of the children speak a language other than English at home including Spanish, Bengali and Arabic, according to the Comprehensive Educational Plan (CEP). A focus of the CEP is improving test scores for children learning English and those with special needs.

An Alternative Learning Center (ALC) for students serving a superintendent suspension is housed in the building. The ALC operates independently of IS 126 and has a separate entrance to the building.

Admissions: Neighborhood school. For the gifted program, students from the G&T program at PS 166 are given priority. Others are admitted based on their 4th grade report cards and state test scores. The arts program admits students at random and in recent years has had room for all who apply.  (Clara Hemphill, web reports, April 2019)

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School Stats

Citywide Average Key
This school is Better Near Worse than the citywide average

Is this school safe and well-run?

From the 2022-2023 NYC School Survey

How many students say they feel safe in the hallways, bathrooms and locker rooms?
78%
78% Citywide Average
How many students think bullying happens most or all of the time at this school?
62%
59% Citywide Average
How many teachers say the principal is an effective manager?
97%
84% Citywide Average
How many teachers say they would recommend this school to other families?
88%
82% Citywide Average

From the 2019-20 NY State Report Card

How many students were suspended?
1%
4% Citywide Average

From this school's most recent Quality Review Report

Are teachers effective?

From 2023 End-of-year Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism Report

How many teachers have 3 or more years of experience teaching?
90%
80% Citywide Average
Years of principal experience at this school
15.1

How do students perform academically?

From the New York State 2022-2023 Assessment Database

How many middle school students scored 3-4 on the state math exam?
46%
46% Citywide Average
How many middle school students scored 3-4 on the state reading exam?
61%
51% Citywide Average

From the 2022-23 School Quality Guide

How many 8th-graders earn high school credit?
91%
89% Citywide Average

Who does this school serve?

From the 2022-23 Demographic Snapshot

Enrollment
391
Asian
24%
Black
14%
Hispanic
44%
White
14%
Other
4%
Free or reduced priced lunch
83%
Students with disabilities
19%
English language learners
7%

From the 2022-23 School Quality Guide

Average daily attendance
92%
91% Citywide Average
How many students miss 18 or more days of school?
31%
34% Citywide Average

From the 2020 School Directories

Uniforms required?
No

How does this school serve special populations?

From the New York State 2022-2023 Assessment Database

How many English language learners scored 3-4 on the state math exam?
15%
15% Citywide Average


For more information about our data sources, see About Our Data · More DOE statistics for this school

Contact & Location

Location

Astoria (District 30)
Trains: N Line, Q Line to Broadway
Buses: Q100, Q102, Q103, Q104, Q18, Q19, Q66, Q69

Contact

Principal
Alexander Angueira
Parent Coordinator
Rosalyn Henderson

Other Details

Shared campus?
No
This school is in its own building.
Uniforms required?
No
Metal detectors?
Yes

Zone for the 2019-2020 school year. Call school to confirm.

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