Robert H. Goddard High School of Communication Arts and Technology

The school's academic identity is built around AP courses alongside a deep math and science core, and the program catalog leans heavily into STEM and media: Advanced Robotics, Computer Coding, a Technology Club, an Audio-Visual Club, plus Creative Writing and World Languages. ELL Support and Spanish round out a fairly complete offering for a school this size. Program richness is scored at a perfect 100/100, which is rare and worth noting—this isn't a school bolting electives onto a generic curriculum. The school-specific proficiency data was not available in this profile.

Zero suspensions across an enrollment of nearly 600 students is the headline—and it's striking for a high school. Parent satisfaction sits at 95% (well above the district's 92.6%) and parent-teacher trust at 96%, with parent-principal trust even higher at 97%. Teachers rate the quality of instruction at a perfect 100%, though teacher-to-principal trust is a more modest 82%—still solid, and worth watching. The day-to-day feel here, by every available measure, is orderly, trusting, and academically serious.

The student body is Hispanic-majority (46%) with a sizable Asian population (25%) and a meaningful mix of White (14%) and Black (9%) students. About 18% have IEPs and the economic need index of 64.1 reflects significant need despite the school's middle-class Ozone Park surroundings. The neighborhood itself is older and more settled than many parts of Queens—22.8% of households have kids, homeownership sits at 58%, and over a quarter of adults have a bachelor's degree. This is a school that draws from its neighborhood and from a wider swath of Queens families willing to compete for an ed-opt seat.

Ozone Park is a working- and middle-class residential pocket in southern Queens where most families own their homes rather than rent, and the median home value around $696K signals a stable, multigenerational neighborhood. Roughly a quarter of adults hold a bachelor's degree, and nearly a quarter of households include children—the kind of demographic mix that tends to feed a small, sought-after high school well. The block-to-block feel is residential Queens: low-rise, family-run, transit-connected.

The school is a 10-to-15-minute walk from any of three A-line stops—Aqueduct Racetrack, Rockaway Blvd, and 88 St—so most families are busing or driving rather than walking to school.