At a Glance
A small, medical-themed 6–12 school in Far Rockaway where families compete for seats — but academic results have slipped behind the district
Best suited for
Families drawn to a clear medical-career pipeline who are prepared to closely track attendance and reading progress outside the building.
Overall Rating
Grades 3–8
Rating = average of NY State ELA + math proficiency, grades 3–8
High school
Rating = average of 4-year graduation, English Regents college-ready and Regents completion · DOE 2025 report
Bands are Motley's thresholds on a 0–100 scale, not New York State performance levels.
How this is scored→What stands out
- Themed around medical and health careers, with HOSA, clinical internships, and Saturday Academy built into the program
- Program richness score of 100/100 — robotics, coding, AP, world languages, and a deep extracurricular menu for a school of 670
- Selective admissions: roughly 10% offer rate across both tracks, meaning families actively choose this school
- Zero suspensions reported, an unusually clean discipline record for the grade span served
- Strong internal teacher culture — 94% teacher-principal trust, 89% teacher collegial trust
Things to consider
- ELA, math, and science proficiency all trail the Queens district average by 30-plus percentage points
- ELA has declined in each of the last three years after a 2022 peak
- Chronic absenteeism at 54.9% is severe and will affect any child's progress here
- 7th-grade ELA proficiency is just 13% — a clear weak spot in the middle-school years
- Only 5% of families responded to the survey, so the parent data is thinner than the numbers suggest
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 27
Among its District 27 peers, the school sits well below the middle. Charter and prep schools like Peninsula Preparatory and Scholars' Academy post overall scores in the mid-80s out of 100, while this school's most recent overall score is 0.9 out of 4 — meaningfully below the district average of about 2.27.
Academics
ELA proficiency at 23.1% and math at 22% are roughly 30+ percentage points below the district averages of about 56% ELA and 57% math — students here are far behind their peers across Queens. Science proficiency is even lower at 7.7%. The trajectory isn't encouraging: ELA peaked at 37.1% in 2022 and has dropped every year since, while math swung wildly from 4.5% in 2022 to 33.2% in 2024 before falling back to 22% in 2025. The pain is concentrated in 7th grade, where ELA proficiency is just 13%.
Culture
Day-to-day trust inside the building looks healthy: 94% of teachers trust their principal and 89% of teachers say instruction is strong, which is essentially at the district average. Parents are markedly less enthusiastic — parent satisfaction is 84% versus a district average of 93%. The big warning sign is chronic absenteeism at 54.9%, meaning more than half of students miss enough school to qualify as chronically absent; overall attendance (89%) is just a hair below the district's 90%. On the upside, the school reported zero suspensions, which is genuinely notable for a middle-high combo.
Community
About 670 students attend, and the building is overwhelmingly Hispanic (54%) and Black (35%), with small slices of Asian, White, and multi-racial students. The economic need index of 84.6% means most students come from low-income households, and 17% have IEPs. That mix reflects the surrounding Far Rockaway-Bayswater neighborhood, where the median household income is in the high $60,000s and roughly a quarter of adults hold a bachelor's degree — a community where a selective themed school is a real draw for families wanting a medical-career path.
Neighborhood
Far Rockaway-Bayswater is a working-class, family-rooted stretch of the Rockaway peninsula. Most households rent rather than own, the median home value is around $625,000, and about 22% of households include children. A little over a quarter of adults here have a bachelor's degree, which is lower than the citywide norm but consistent with neighborhoods where trade and civil-service careers anchor many families. The A train is the neighborhood's main subway lifeline.
The school is about a four-minute walk from the Beach 25 St A stop, with Beach 36 St and Far Rockaway–Mott Av (A) each about a ten-minute walk away.
Academic Performance
ELA Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State ELA exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Math Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State Math exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Science Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State Science exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Historical Trends
The dashed line marks 2023, when New York changed its grades 3–8 state tests. Scores before and after it aren’t directly comparable.
2020–2021 data unavailable due to COVID-19
Source: NYC DOE School Quality Reports
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 27 families responded (5% rate)
Programs & Activities
Admissions Demand
Our program offers students a broad cross-section of academic and experiential programs that help students transition into college, the professional world, and beyond. All of our student leave our schools college and career ready.
This program is a partnership with Plaza College where our best and brightest students are offered the opportunity to pursue credit at the college level. The program is geared toward dedicated students with a desire to succeeded. The course work is rigorous and requires students to commit to an advanced course of study in the field of medicine. Students are challenged but provided with the skills to be college- and career-ready.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Discipline
NYSED Student & Educator Database
Economic Need & Special Populations
How to get in, step by step
Middle school (6th grade)
Middle school is one citywide application, made in 5th grade. We don't have Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School's program list, so read how each of its programs admits on MySchools before you rank it.
Middle school application
- Opened
- Wed, Oct 14
- Closes
- Fri, Dec 11
- Offers
- Wed, Apr 7
The DOE’s published dates.
- 1Apply on MySchools during the middle school application, in 5th grade.
- 2Rank programs in true preference order — the match places your child in the highest-ranked one that offers a seat.
High school (9th grade)
High school is one citywide application, made in 8th grade. Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School admits through 2 programs, and each one has its own admissions method:
- Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board SchoolLimited UnscreenedEvent priority81 seats
- Medical ScholarsEd. Opt.
High school application
- Opened
- Tue, Oct 6
- Closes
- Fri, Dec 4
- Offers
- Wed, Mar 3
The DOE’s published dates.
- 1Apply on MySchools during the high school application, in 8th grade.
- 2Programs marked “Event priority” put families who attended an open house, tour or information session first — sign in when you go.
- 3Educational Option programs fill in equal shares across three reading levels, half by the school's ranking and half by lottery.
- 4Rank programs in true preference order — the match places your child in the highest-ranked one that offers a seat.
Open houses and tours
We haven’t seen open-house dates for this school yet.
A program here gives priority to families who attended an event — sign in when you go.
From the MySchools admissions calendar, checked weekly.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School a good school?
- On Motley, Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School earns an overall rating of 23/100 — the average of the school's New York State ELA and math proficiency, grades 3–8, shown out of 100. Its state test results run below the District 27 average. Its high school grades have their own rating, 51/100, from graduation and Regents results.
- What grades does Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School serve?
- Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School serves grades 6 to 12.
- How do students get into Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School?
- Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School uses the Educational Option (Ed-Opt) method, ranking applicants across performance levels so seats go to a mix of abilities.
- Is Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School public, charter, or private?
- Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School is a public school in NYC Community School District 27.
- What neighborhood is Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School in?
- Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School is in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens.