United Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science lV

No state ELA, Math, or Science proficiency rates were provided for this school, so a direct comparison to the district averages of roughly 56% ELA and 57% Math isn't possible from this data set. Class size matches the district average of about 23 students. Teachers rate their own instructional quality very highly at 95% — well above the district average of about 91% — which suggests the classroom experience is strong even though hard outcome data isn't available here.

Parent survey numbers are strong — 88% parent satisfaction, 94% trust in teachers, 92% trust in the principal — though only 14% of families responded, which likely means you're hearing from the most engaged households. The bigger signal is inside the building: teachers rate instructional quality at 95%, but only 68% trust the principal, a noticeable gap from the 92% parents give. Teacher-to-teacher collegial trust sits at 74%, suggesting staff function well together even when leadership trust is shaky. Attendance and discipline numbers aren't available, so the day-to-day feel is harder to pin down.

Three-quarters of students here are Black (74%), with Hispanic students making up 17%, and small Asian and Native American populations. The school draws from a middle-income Queens pocket — median household income around $74,500, with about 19% of households including children — so the family base is working- and middle-class rather than affluent. The economic need index of 58.3 indicates a meaningful share of students come from households facing financial pressure, but it's not a high-poverty concentration. The school's 45% diversity index reflects how demographically concentrated the student body is relative to NYC as a whole.

Springfield Gardens and Rochdale Village are classic middle-class Southeast Queens neighborhoods, with a homeownership rate of 37% and a median home value near $386,000. About a quarter of neighborhood adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits at 11%. Roughly one in five households includes children, so families are a real presence on the block but not the majority. It's a car-oriented part of Queens — the kind of place where most families have a vehicle and drive to school, errands, and appointments.

This school is beyond walking distance of the subway; families will need a car, school bus, or local bus route to get here.