Our World Neighborhood Charter School

This school performs above the District 30 average on both ELA (68.1% vs. ~61%) and math (66.3% vs. ~62%), and earns an overall score of 2.69/4 versus a district average near 2.46. The real story is the trajectory: ELA proficiency has climbed from 48.1% in 2016 to 68.1% in 2025, and math from roughly 51% to 66%. Older students tend to outperform younger ones — Grade 8 hit 80.6% in ELA and 76.9% in math last year — suggesting instruction builds well over time. The math dip in 2022 (48.5%) looks like a pandemic-era bounce-back that the school has since recovered from.

Teachers clearly like working here. Teacher-principal trust sits at 96%, collegial trust at 94%, and teacher-reported safety is essentially perfect at 100% — all above district averages. Families are mostly positive too, with 92% parent-teacher trust and 90% parent-principal trust, though overall parent satisfaction (86%) runs below the district average of 93%. The day-to-day feel from the staff side reads as cohesive and supportive. One number parents should weigh carefully: chronic absenteeism is reported at 78.5%, which is strikingly high and means roughly three-quarters of students miss 10% or more of the school year. Attendance itself is fine at 93%, but the chronic absence figure is worth asking about directly.

The student body of about 724 students is notably diverse — Hispanic students make up the largest group at 41%, followed by White (29%), Asian (19%), Black (5%), with smaller multiracial and Native American shares. This mirrors the surrounding neighborhood unusually well: Astoria is a mixed-income, multi-ethnic community where roughly 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree and median household income clears six figures. About 12% of students have IEPs, and the economic need index of 56.1 puts the school in a middle band — not the highest-need in the district, but with real economic diversity.

Central Astoria is a densely populated, middle-to-upper-middle-income neighborhood where most adults hold a bachelor's degree and median household income sits around $104,000. Housing leans heavily rental rather than owner-occupied, and the neighborhood has long been a landing spot for immigrant and working-professional families. Households with children make up about 11.5% of the area, suggesting a mix of young families and adult-only households. The poverty rate of 10.5% is low by NYC standards.

Three subway stations are within walking distance: Steinway St (M, R) about 4 minutes away, 36 Av (N, W) about 6 minutes, and 36 St (M, R) about 8 minutes — giving families multiple route options for getting here from across Queens or into Manhattan.