Cambria Heights Academy

Proficiency numbers aren't published in this dataset, so test-score comparisons are off the table — but the surrounding signals are encouraging. The school offers AP coursework, ELL support, a STEM track, and language options including Spanish and Japanese, with a program richness score of 70.7/100. Teacher-reported instruction quality came in at 96%, well above the district average of 88.4%, which suggests faculty and families see meaningful academic rigor even without headline test scores to point to.

The climate data here is striking on almost every dimension: parent-teacher trust at 96%, parent-principal trust at 96%, teacher collegial trust at 98%, and teacher-reported instruction quality at 96% — all meaningfully above the district average of 88.4% for instruction. Zero suspensions across 362 students is a remarkable data point against a district suspension rate of 0.94%, though it's worth asking the school directly what their discipline philosophy looks like in practice. The honest caveat: only 28 teachers completed the survey, so the overwhelmingly positive climate picture comes from a fairly small slice of the staff.

Students at Cambria Heights Academy are predominantly Black (65%), with Hispanic (15%), Asian (11%), and Native American (5%) students rounding out the body — a student population that reflects the surrounding southeast Queens community. The economic need index sits at 62.1, indicating a working- and middle-class student body rather than a high-poverty one. About 21% of students are classified as IEPs, and the school lists ELL support among its programs, suggesting a genuinely mixed needs profile rather than a narrowly screened one.

Hollis is a stable, family-anchored southeast Queens neighborhood where roughly 53% of households own their homes and the median household income sits around $86,660. About 15% of households in the area have children, and just over a quarter of adults hold a bachelor's degree — a solidly middle-class, multigenerational profile with a low 8.7% poverty rate. The feel here is rooted and residential, the kind of place where neighbors tend to know each other across generations.

Getting here by subway means a 14-minute walk from the Jamaica-179 Street station on the F line, so most families likely rely on school buses, local buses, or a carpool rather than the train.