High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety

The school does not have publicly reported ELA or math proficiency figures to benchmark against the district average of roughly 63% in each subject, so academic standing has to be read from other signals. Its AP coursework and college and career mentoring suggest a college-going orientation, and the program richness score of 90 out of 100 indicates a notably broad offering for a school this size. Average class size of 24.5 sits right at the district average, so students are not getting smaller cohorts than they would elsewhere in District 28.

The day-to-day feel here leans calm and structured. Zero suspensions for the year is a striking data point and well below the district average suspension rate of roughly 0.37%, which is unusual for a screened high school and suggests a culture where behavior expectations are clear. Teacher-principal trust at 92% and collegial trust at 93% are strong, meaning adults here generally work well together. The softer signal is on the family side: parent satisfaction at 88% and parent-teacher trust at 90% both trail the district averages of 92.6% and the broader norms, and only 10% of families returned the survey, so the picture from home is thin.

The student body is majority Black at 52%, with Hispanic students making up 24% and Asian students 16%, alongside a 23% IEP population and an economic need index of 77.3% indicating a largely low-income enrollment. The diversity index of 68% reflects meaningful variety across several groups rather than a two-group split. This is a different mix from the surrounding Baisley Park neighborhood, where 62.8% of households are homeowners and the median household income sits at $83,548, so many families who send their children here come from a wider swath of southeast Queens than the immediate census tract.

Baisley Park is a working- and middle-class residential pocket of southeast Queens where most residents own their homes and median household income is $83,548, well above the citywide poverty line but below wealthier Queens neighborhoods. About 17.7% of households here have children under 18, and the homeownership rate of nearly 63% gives the area a settled, long-term-resident feel. With a 20.3% poverty rate and a bachelor's-or-higher rate of 20.5%, it is a neighborhood of mostly high school graduates, trade workers, civil servants, and small-business owners rather than college-degree professionals.

There are no subway stations within a 20-minute walk of the school, so families rely on cars, school buses, or local bus routes to get here; this is not a commute-friendly school for students coming from other parts of the city.