At a Glance
A citywide G&T draw in Astoria where test scores sit near the ceiling and the discipline file is empty.
Best suited for
Families who test into the G&T program, prioritize rigorous academics, and live within reasonable reach of the N or W lines — or are willing to commute to Astoria for the academic ceiling this school provides.
Overall Rating
Rating = average of NY State ELA + math proficiency, grades 3–8
Bands are Motley's thresholds on a 0–100 scale, not New York State performance levels.
How this is scored→What stands out
- Citywide G&T admissions pull students from across NYC, making this an option for ambitious families regardless of zone.
- Zero suspensions for three straight years is genuinely unusual at this enrollment size.
- PTA fundraising around $540 per student — roughly seven times the district average — funds programming beyond what most public schools can offer.
- An extracurricular menu unusually deep for an elementary-through-middle school, including Debate, Math Team, Science Olympiad, Lego Robotics, Chess, and Coding.
- Teacher-reported safety of 98% and instruction quality of 96% signal a classroom-first culture.
Things to consider
- Admissions are screened — getting in requires hitting G&T eligibility thresholds, so it isn't a default neighborhood option.
- Teacher-principal trust sits at 69%, meaningfully below the otherwise high climate numbers; worth probing during a school visit.
- The student body skews Asian and White with relatively low representation of Black and Hispanic students, reflecting the G&T pipeline more than the local neighborhood.
- Average class size of 23.6 is the same as the district average — don't expect the small-class upside that some screened programs offer.
- Grade 8 math proficiency (88.5%) lags the rest of the building's near-perfect scores, which is mild but real.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 30
Within District 30, only the Baccalaureate School for Global Education scores higher in the peer set; The 30th Avenue School sits clearly in the top tier and well ahead of the district's average overall score of 2.46/4.
Academics
Proficiency rates of 98% in ELA and 96% in math are exceptional even among G&T programs, and the upward trajectory is real — ELA moved from 88% in 2016 to 98% in 2025, with math following a similar climb. Grade-by-grade results stay remarkably tight, though Grade 8 math (88.5%) is the relative soft spot compared to the rest of the building. Compared to the District 30 averages around 61% ELA and 62% math, this school sits in a different league.
Culture
Day-to-day, the school feels orderly and academically serious: zero suspensions for three consecutive years, 96% attendance, and 98% of teachers describing their school as safe. Parent satisfaction (93%) matches the district average, parent-teacher trust is high at 97%, but the teacher-to-principal trust score is a noticeably lower 69% — worth asking about at a tour. With both parent and teacher surveys returning strong numbers on instruction quality (96%), the classroom experience is the clear strength, even if staff sentiment toward leadership is more mixed.
Community
The student body is 52% Asian, 27% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black — heavily weighted toward families who knew to seek out the G&T pipeline and had the resources to navigate it. With an economic need index of just 28.3% and only 6% of students on IEPs, this is a far more affluent and less needs-diverse population than a typical neighborhood school, a product of citywide screened admissions rather than anything about the surrounding area. About 483 students attend, drawing well beyond the immediate Astoria catchment.
Neighborhood
Central Astoria is a renter-heavy, college-educated pocket of western Queens — median household income around $104,000, a poverty rate near 10%, and over 60% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. Only about 11% of households here have children, so the school bus and subway platforms on weekday mornings lean more commuter than kid. The trade-off is exactly the kind of transit-rich, amenity-dense setting that working parents tend to like.
Three subway options cover the school: 30 Av (N, W) is about a 3-minute walk, Astoria Blvd (N, W) around 6 minutes, and Broadway (N, W) roughly 10 minutes — easy for families coming from Queens or transferring from Manhattan.
Academic Performance
ELA Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State ELA exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Math Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State Math exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Historical Trends
The dashed line marks 2023, when New York changed its grades 3–8 state tests. Scores before and after it aren’t directly comparable.
2020–2021 data unavailable due to COVID-19
Source: NYC DOE School Quality Reports
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 446 families responded (86% rate)
Programs & Activities
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
PTA Fundraising
Source: DOE Local Law 171 disclosure
Discipline
NYSED Student & Educator Database (2023-24)
Economic Need & Special Populations
How to get in, step by step
Kindergarten
The 30th Avenue School (G&T Citywide) doesn't have an attendance zone of its own, so living nearby doesn't guarantee a seat here. Families apply on MySchools, and seats go to the school's priority groups first, then by random lottery.
Kindergarten application
- Opens
- Wed, Dec 9
- Closes
- Fri, Jan 22
- Offers
- Tue, Mar 30
The DOE’s published dates.
- 1Apply on MySchools during the kindergarten application.
- 2Rank this school with your zoned school, if you have one, and any others you'd take — in true preference order.
Middle school (6th grade)
Middle school is one citywide application, made in 5th grade. The 30th Avenue School (G&T Citywide) admits through one program, and each one has its own admissions method:
- Q300Screened62 seats
Middle school application
- Opened
- Wed, Oct 14
- Closes
- Fri, Dec 11
- Offers
- Wed, Apr 7
The DOE’s published dates.
- 1Apply on MySchools during the middle school application, in 5th grade.
- 2Screened programs rank 4th-grade course grades, so last year's report card is the one that counts.
- 3Rank programs in true preference order — the match places your child in the highest-ranked one that offers a seat.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is The 30th Avenue School (G&T Citywide) a good school?
- On Motley, The 30th Avenue School (G&T Citywide) earns an overall rating of 97/100 — the average of the school's New York State ELA and math proficiency, grades 3–8, shown out of 100. Its state test results run above the District 30 average.
- What grades does The 30th Avenue School (G&T Citywide) serve?
- The 30th Avenue School (G&T Citywide) serves grades K to 8.
- How do students get into The 30th Avenue School (G&T Citywide)?
- The 30th Avenue School (G&T Citywide) is a screened school — it admits by application, ranking applicants on their course grades (4th grade for middle school, the 7th-grade core-course average for high school); a few schools add an assessment, writing sample, or interview.
- Is The 30th Avenue School (G&T Citywide) public, charter, or private?
- The 30th Avenue School (G&T Citywide) is a public school in NYC Community School District 30.
- What neighborhood is The 30th Avenue School (G&T Citywide) in?
- The 30th Avenue School (G&T Citywide) is in Astoria (Central), Queens.