At a Glance
A Queens-wide home instruction program serving students who can't attend a traditional classroom
Best suited for
Families whose children need instruction outside a traditional school building due to medical or other serious circumstances, where continuity of education is the priority rather than a typical school experience.
What stands out
- Serves grades 6 through 12, one of the wider grade spans in the DOE system
- Borough-wide program rather than a zoned neighborhood school
- Class size of 24.5 matches the district average despite the non-traditional instructional model
- Designed for students who can't attend a traditional classroom, often for medical reasons
Things to consider
- Not a school families apply to through the regular process — students are referred based on specific circumstances
- Standard performance metrics like test scores and parent surveys aren't reported, so comparing it to other schools isn't possible
- The administrative office is in a car-dependent part of Queens with no nearby subway access
- Parents navigating this program are typically doing so around a specific situation — a child's illness, hospitalization, or other serious circumstance — rather than weighing school choice
Based on 2023-24 data
School SummaryDistrict 28
Home Instruction programs are specialized DOE services, not traditional schools, so they don't sit on the same spectrum as P.S. 196 or the Academy for Excellence through the Arts. Within District 28, this isn't a peer to the typical elementary and middle schools — it's a parallel service for a very different student population.
Academics
No proficiency scores are reported for this school, which makes sense given that students here are taught individually or in small groups outside a traditional school setting, often while managing medical or other circumstances that keep them out of the classroom. Standardized testing doesn't capture what this program does. With class sizes averaging 24.5, essentially identical to the district average of 24.5, individual attention is built into the model.
Culture
No survey scores, attendance figures, or suspension data are reported — traditional climate metrics don't really apply to a home instruction program where students aren't walking the halls of a school building each day. What's reported is a class size of 24.5, right at the district average, suggesting the program maintains a reasonable student-to-teacher ratio despite its non-traditional structure.
Community
School-level demographic data isn't provided, which fits a program that draws students from across Queens rather than a defined attendance zone. The program covers grades 6 through 12, an unusually wide span that lets it follow students from middle school through high school graduation. The surrounding Baisley Park neighborhood is a middle-income, homeowner-heavy area, but the program's reach is far broader than this single neighborhood.
Neighborhood
Baisley Park is a stable, middle-class residential pocket of southeast Queens where roughly 63% of households own their homes and median household earnings sit in the low-$80Ks, well above the citywide median. About one in five adults here holds a bachelor's degree, and close to 18% of households include children — a family-rooted, owner-occupied area. It's a quieter, more suburban-feeling part of Queens, though that tranquility comes with some isolation from the rest of the city.
There are no subway stations within a 20-minute walk of the address — this part of southeast Queens is car-dependent.
How to get in, step by step
Home Instruction - Queen is a District 75 school, part of the city's network of programs for students with significant disabilities. There's no application to file: a child is placed here when their IEP recommends a District 75 setting.
- 1Talk with your child's IEP team about the setting the IEP recommends.
- 2If it recommends a District 75 program, the DOE offers the seat — ask the team which programs they're considering and visit them.
District 75 is the city's citywide district for students with significant disabilities. In the DOE's words, it provides “highly specialized instructional support” for students with challenges such as autism, significant cognitive delays, emotional disabilities, sensory impairments and multiple disabilities.
Its classes run in schools where every student has an IEP, as special classes inside District 1–32 schools, in general education classrooms, and in agencies, hospitals and at home. The IEP team, which includes you, recommends the program and class size.
From NYC Public Schools' District 75 page, read October 17, 2026.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Home Instruction - Queen a good school?
- Published quality ratings aren't available for Home Instruction - Queen yet on Motley. It's a public school serving grades 6 to 12 in Baisley Park.
- What grades does Home Instruction - Queen serve?
- Home Instruction - Queen serves grades 6 to 12.
- How do students get into Home Instruction - Queen?
- Home Instruction - Queen is a District 75 school, part of the city's citywide district for students with significant disabilities. There's no application: a child is placed here when their IEP team recommends a District 75 setting.
- Is Home Instruction - Queen public, charter, or private?
- Home Instruction - Queen is a public school in District 75, the city's citywide special education district.
- What neighborhood is Home Instruction - Queen in?
- Home Instruction - Queen is in Baisley Park, Queens.