At a Glance
A selective, STEM-forward ed-opt high school in the heart of Long Island City, where one of Queens' most program-rich curricula meets a citywide student body.
Best suited for
Queens and Brooklyn families — especially those new to the city or working through ELL needs — who want a program-rich, STEM-forward high school with a calm disciplinary climate and are willing to take their chances through the ed-opt application.
Overall Rating
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
- A perfect 100/100 program richness score, meaning every program category the district tracks is in active use here.
- Zero suspensions — a remarkably calm disciplinary climate for a school serving a high-need population.
- A 14.3% offer rate from 1,281 seekers, making this one of the harder ed-opt seats to land in Queens.
- STEM depth (robotics, hackathons) balanced by real arts offerings including band, drama, and studio art.
- 96% parent-principal trust, among the higher figures in the district and a quiet sign of stable leadership.
Things to consider
- PTA fundraising works out to about $4 per student — roughly 5% of the district average of $78 — so parent dollars aren't a meaningful resource here.
- The 36% family survey response rate is decent but not enthusiastic, so the high satisfaction numbers reflect a fair sample rather than a unanimous one.
- No school-level proficiency data was provided, so academic outcomes can't be verified from the numbers alone.
- An economic-need index of 81 means resources are stretched, even though the surrounding neighborhood is one of Queens' wealthiest.
- Ed-opt admissions are a lottery-with-criteria — there's no guarantee of a seat, and the high application volume makes timing and preparation matter.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 30
District 30 includes some of Queens' most sought-after programs, including the Baccalaureate School for Global Education, and Information Technology HS sits comfortably among the district's stronger options with above-average parent satisfaction and the maximum program richness score. It flies under the radar compared to BSGE but offers real breadth for families who want a STEM-and-arts combo without the zone hassle.
Academics
School-level proficiency data wasn't included in this dataset, so direct comparisons to the district's roughly 61% ELA and 62% math averages aren't possible here. What stands in for test scores is the program's depth: a perfect 100/100 program richness score covering AP courses, STEM pathways with robotics and hackathons, ELL support, arts, and world languages. The signal is that administrators have built a curriculum designed to serve a wide range of learners — including the 18% of students with IEPs and the ELL population — rather than a narrow college-prep track.
Culture
Day-to-day life here reads as unusually calm: zero suspensions, against a district average of about 0.3% per school, is the headline number and worth taking at face value. Parent trust in the principal runs at 96%, parent-teacher trust at 94%, and parent satisfaction at 94% — all slightly above the district's already-solid averages. Among adults, teacher-principal trust at 85% and collegial trust at 76% suggest staff generally get along, though the collegial figure hints that teacher-to-teacher relationships aren't as tight as the upward-facing numbers.
Community
Information Technology's student body is 65% Hispanic and 18% Asian, with smaller Black, White, and Native American shares — a mix that doesn't look much like its surrounding census tract at all. The neighborhood around the school reports a median household income near $159,000 and a bachelor's-degree rate over 80%, but the school's economic-need index of 81 says the kids who actually attend come from far more working-class circumstances, courtesy of citywide ed-opt admissions. With 18% of students classified IEP and active ELL programming, this is genuinely a school built to support a wide spread of learners.
Neighborhood
Long Island City-Hunters Point is a fast-changing, well-educated slice of western Queens where high-income professionals, waterfront redevelopment, and old industrial blocks share the same zip code. About one in five households includes children, and four out of five adults hold a bachelor's degree — a neighborhood that skews educated and relatively affluent. Families who live locally are an obvious fit, but the school's ed-opt admissions mean plenty of students commute in from across Queens and Brooklyn.
Transit access is excellent — Court Sq-23 St (E, F) is about a 2-minute walk, Court Sq (7) about 3 minutes, and Court Sq (G) about 4 minutes, putting three lines within a few steps of the door.
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 276 families responded (36% rate)
Programs & Activities
Admissions Demand
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
PTA Fundraising
Source: DOE Local Law 171 disclosure
Discipline
NYSED Student & Educator Database
Economic Need & Special Populations
How to get in, step by step
High school (9th grade)
High school is one citywide application, made in 8th grade. Information Technology High School admits through one program, and each one has its own admissions method:
- Information TechnologyEd. 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.
- 2Educational Option programs fill in equal shares across three reading levels, half by the school's ranking and half by lottery.
- 3Rank programs in true preference order — the match places your child in the highest-ranked one that offers a seat.
Open houses and tours
Open house
Thu, Nov 5, · 7:00 PM · Virtual
From the MySchools admissions calendar, checked weekly.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Information Technology High School a good school?
- On Motley, Information Technology High School earns an overall rating of 67/100 — the average of the school's four-year graduation rate, the share of its students scoring college-ready (70+) on the English Regents, and its Regents completion rate, shown out of 100.
- What grades does Information Technology High School serve?
- Information Technology High School serves grades 9 to 12.
- How do students get into Information Technology High School?
- Information Technology High School uses the Educational Option (Ed-Opt) method, ranking applicants across performance levels so seats go to a mix of abilities.
- Is Information Technology High School public, charter, or private?
- Information Technology High School is a public school in NYC Community School District 30.
- What neighborhood is Information Technology High School in?
- Information Technology High School is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens.