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New Visions Charter High School for Advanced Math & Science IV

Grades: 9-12

Our Insights

What’s Special

Longer school day and four years of math and science

The Downside

Has a ways to go to build a trusting school culture

Opened in 2015, New Visions Charter High School Advanced Math & Sciences IV (AMS IV) is designed to offer small classes, a longer school day, and challenging academics to prepare students for college, and careers in engineering, medicine, technology and environmental science.

Advanced Math & Science IV is part of the New Visions Charter High Schools network, created by New Visions for Public Schools, a nonprofit organization that has worked to strengthen NYC public schools since 1989.

Housed in the August Martin Campus, AMS IV is modeled after a school of the same name that opened in 2011 in the John F. Kennedy Campus in the Bronx. Classes run from about 8:30 am to 4:15 pm every day. Class size, with an average of 20 students, is smaller than the typical high school class size. 

Classes are organized in three trimesters (instead of two semesters) a year, which allows students to take more courses and accumulate more credits. Advanced Placement classes include AP English Literature, and AP Statistics, as well as College Now courses at York College.

After-school students can participate in various clubs and on-campus sports teams such as basketball, football, boys’ volleyball, softball, girls’ track, and more. There is a required summer session for new 9th- and 10th-graders

Eighty-six percent of students graduated within four years in 2019, exceeding the citywide average. Students have gone on to pursue two- and four-year college degrees at various institutions such as SUNY New Paltz, SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY Albany, Buffalo State, St. John's University, Virginia State University, Smith, Fordham, Lehman, and PACE. [photo provided by New Visions]

The school has a ways to go to develop a safe and trusting culture, however. Fewer than half the students say teachers support them when they are upset, NYC School Surveys show. Students also complain of bullying. Teachers report low trust among staff. 

ADMISSIONS: All students are admitted by lottery. District 27 preference. An application must be submitted by the deadline (typically April 1st). Applications received after the deadline are automatically placed on a waitlist. Admission is ongoing until all seats are filled. Visit www.newvisions.org/admissions for more information or email charter@newvisions.org.   (Lydie Raschka, web reports and email correspondence, April 2020)

 

 

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School Stats

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

Academics

School
Citywide
How many students graduate in 4 years?
 
98%
How many students with disabilities graduate in 4 years?
 
93%
From the 2021-22 School Quality Guide and 2020-21 NYC School Survey

Students

419
Number of students
Citywide Average is 615

Race/Ethnicity


School
Citywide
Low-income students
 
76%
Students with disabilities
 
17%
Multilingual learners
 
3%
From the 2022-23 Demographic Snapshot

Safety & Vibe

School
Citywide
How many students were suspended?
 
4%
How many students say they feel safe in the hallways, bathrooms and locker rooms?
 
73%
How many students think bullying happens most or all of the time at this school?
 
52%
How many students say that some are bullied at their school because of their gender or sexual orientation?
 
39%
How many teachers say they would recommend this school to other families?
 
58%
From the 2020-21 NYC School Survey and 2019-20 NY State Report Card

Faculty & Staff

School
Citywide
How many teachers say the principal is an effective manager?
 
48%
2.0
Years of principal experience at this school
Citywide Average is 7

Teachers’ Race/Ethnicity


How many teachers have 3 or more years of experience teaching?
 
75%
From the 2020-21 NYC School Survey, 2021-22 School Quality Guide, 2019-20 Report on School-Based Staff Demographics, 2021 Guidance Counselor Report, and this school's most recent Quality Review Report

Advanced Courses

Which students have access to advanced courses at this school? Learn more

Calculus

 
12%

Computer Science

 
30%

Physics

 
28%

Advanced Foreign Language

Not offered in 2019-20

AP/IB Arts, English, History or Social Science

 
5%

AP/IB Math or Science

Not offered in 2019-20

Music

 
41%
From unpublished, anonymized data from the 2021-22 school year provided by the New York State Education Department, brought to you by

College Readiness

School
Citywide
How many students graduate with test scores high enough to enroll at CUNY without remedial help?
 
60%
How many students take a college-level course or earn a professional certificate?
 
93%
How many students who have graduated from this high school stay in college for at least 3 semesters?
 
66%
From the 2020-21 and 2021-22 School Quality Guide
How many students filled out a FAFSA form by the end of their senior year?
 
67%
From the 2022-23 FAFSA data released by Federal Student Aid, brought you by
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Contact & Location

Location

156-10 Baisley Boulevard
Queens NY 11434

Buses: Q6, Q111, Q113, Q114


Contact

Principal: Ana Cruz

Website

Other Details

Shared campus? Yes

This school shares a building with Voyages Prep HS South Queens and August Martin HS

Uniforms required? No
Metal detectors? Yes

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