Young Women's Leadership School, Queens

ELA proficiency of 48.4% sits well below the district average of about 63%, and math is even further behind at 37% versus the district's roughly 63%. The trajectory is clearly downward — both subjects peaked around 2018–2019 (ELA 82%, math 73.6%) and have fallen almost every year since. Science proficiency at 10.5% is strikingly low.

Average daily attendance of 91.6% is right at the district average, but chronic absenteeism is a real concern at 69.4% — more than two-thirds of students missed significant school. Discipline is a bright spot: zero suspensions is unusual for a middle-high school of this size. Parents express high trust in teachers (91%) and the principal (93%), though teacher trust in the principal is notably lower at 68%, suggesting staff and family views of leadership aren't fully aligned.

The student body is 42% Asian and 34% Black, with Hispanic students making up 14% and small White, multi-racial, and Native American slices — a fairly representative slice of diverse Queens. An economic need index of 63.1% means most students come from lower-income households, and 16% are students with IEPs. As an all-girls school, it offers a single-gender environment that is genuinely rare in NYC public schools.

The school is in Jamaica, a working-class Queens neighborhood where median household income is about $61,800 and roughly a quarter of households include children. About 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree and homeownership is low at 24%, indicating a largely renter population. The area is densely settled and well-served by transit, which makes it accessible for families coming from across the borough.

A 2-minute walk to the F at Parsons Blvd makes commuting easy, with the F at Sutphin Blvd about 9 minutes away and the E, J, and Z at Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer about 10 minutes away.