At a Glance
A tiny transfer high school in Elmhurst where 97% of parents say they're heard and no student was suspended last year
Best suited for
Teens who left or struggled at a larger high school and need a smaller, more personal environment — especially families who value tight communication with staff over a wide course catalog.
What stands out
- Zero suspensions over the reporting period, an exceptional discipline record for a school of any size.
- 97% parent satisfaction and 99% parent-principal trust, both notably above the district average.
- Enrollment of just 227 students allows genuine individual attention that's hard to find in larger high schools.
- Serves grades 9, 11, and 12 — a configuration that suggests it's built for students arriving after a disruptive year elsewhere.
- Located in Elmhurst, where the surrounding immigrant community often sees schools like this one as a second chance rather than a fallback.
Things to consider
- No grade 10 is offered, so this is almost certainly not a student's first stop out of middle school — most enrollees arrive having transferred in.
- No state ELA, math, or science proficiency data is reported, making academic outcomes hard to evaluate from the outside.
- With only 227 students, the elective catalog, AP offerings, and extracurricular range will be far smaller than at a comprehensive high school.
- 20% of students have IEPs, so the quality of special education staffing and supports is worth asking about directly.
- Parent survey response rate was only 20%, so the glowing trust numbers reflect a self-selected subset of engaged families.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 24
Parent satisfaction and the zero-suspension record both clear the District 24 averages by comfortable margins, and the school's small-scale model stands apart from most of its peers. Within the surrounding district landscape, VOYAGES reads less like a typical zoned high school and more like a focused option for students who need a different setting.
Academics
No state proficiency data was reported for VOYAGES Preparatory, which makes academic outcomes hard to gauge from outside. Given the small enrollment, the grade configuration (9, 11, 12 — no tenth grade), and the high economic need index of 84%, this school likely serves a transfer or re-engagement population whose test scores don't always map neatly to the accountability system. Parents rate the instruction 100% on the survey, but that's a climate signal, not an achievement measure.
Culture
Zero suspensions out of 227 students is the headline number here, especially in a school where 84% of students qualify as economically needy — that's a discipline climate most larger schools would envy. Parents report near-perfect trust in the principal (99%) and teachers rate instruction quality at 100%, though only 17 teachers responded, so treat those numbers as directional. Teacher-principal trust sits at 91% and collegial trust at 84%, both healthy, pointing to a staff that works well together.
Community
Three-quarters of students identify as Hispanic, with another 15% Black and small Asian, White, and multiracial slices rounding out the body. That profile tracks closely with Elmhurst's identity as a working-class, immigrant-heavy neighborhood where many families rent and nearly a quarter of households include children. The 84% economic need index and 20% IEP rate both signal that this school serves a population navigating real financial and developmental pressures.
Neighborhood
Elmhurst is one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in New York City, with a median household income around $68,000 and a homeownership rate under 30%, meaning most families rent. About a quarter of households have children, and just over 11% of residents live below the poverty line — modest numbers that belie the dense immigrant networks woven into the block-by-block life here. Getting to school from anywhere in the neighborhood is straightforward on transit.
Families have three subway choices — the 7 at Junction Blvd or 90 St-Elmhurst Av, each about a 9-minute walk, or the M/R at Grand Av-Newtown, about 11 minutes on foot.
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 30 families responded (20% rate)
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
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. We don't have VOYAGES Preparatory's program list, so read how each of its programs admits on MySchools before you rank it.
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.
- 2Rank 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 VOYAGES Preparatory a good school?
- Published quality ratings aren't available for VOYAGES Preparatory yet on Motley. It's a public school serving grades 9 to 12 in Elmhurst.
- What grades does VOYAGES Preparatory serve?
- VOYAGES Preparatory serves grades 9 to 12.
- Is VOYAGES Preparatory public, charter, or private?
- VOYAGES Preparatory is a public school in NYC Community School District 24.
- What neighborhood is VOYAGES Preparatory in?
- VOYAGES Preparatory is in Elmhurst, Queens.