Academy of the City Charter School

ELA proficiency at 57.3% is a few points below the District 30 average of 60.7%, while math at 49.3% runs roughly 13 points behind the district's 62.2%. The math trajectory tells the sharper story: scores were strong from 2017 to 2019 (67–71%), collapsed to 38.8% in 2022, and have since settled in the low 50s without regaining their pre-pandemic footing. By grade, the math dip is most pronounced in 6th grade (30.8%), while ELA is more steady — though no single grade clears 70%.

This is a school of two stories. On the trust side, parent satisfaction is 94%, parent-principal trust is 96%, parent-teacher trust is 95%, and teachers report perfect safety at 100% — all of which suggest a school where adults feel respected and kids feel secure. On the outcomes side, chronic absenteeism is 70.1%, meaning roughly seven in ten students miss 10% or more of the school year, and teachers rate their own instruction quality at just 83%, well below the 91% district average — a signal that the team may feel less equipped instructionally than peers do.

The 717-student body is majority Hispanic (52%) and Asian (26%), with smaller White (12%) and Black (8%) populations, and 11% of students have IEPs. The economic need index of 61% points to a largely working-class-to-middle-class enrollment that lines up with the surrounding census tract: a neighborhood with a $79K median household income, 10% poverty, and a high share of foreign-born households. About 14% of neighborhood households include children, reinforcing that this is a family-rooted area even if most residents rent.

Astoria (East) and the northern edge of Woodside form a working- and middle-class pocket of western Queens where median household income sits around $79,000, the poverty rate is 10%, and 45.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Homeownership is low at 21%, reflecting a largely renter population, while the median home value of about $832K reflects how desirable the broader area has become. Three subway lines serve families within a 15-minute walk — Northern Blvd on the M and R (about 7 minutes), 65 St on the M and R (about 10 minutes), and 61 St-Woodside on the 7 (about 15 minutes) — making car-free drop-offs realistic for most of Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan.

Three subway options sit within a 15-minute walk: Northern Blvd (M, R) at about 7 minutes, 65 St (M, R) at about 10 minutes, and 61 St-Woodside (7) at about 15 minutes.