Newtown High School

Overview written by the school: We are devoted to building a community of critical thinkers. We embrace diversity as an aid to learning and to the development of strong community spirit. We strive to produce graduates with a solid intellectual and ethical foundation. Our proud history of serving the community and our student body provides a school tradition that inspires and cultivates hard work and success. We are a Small Learning Communities school with communities in Business, Arts and Media, Engineering, Forensics, International, and a Freshmen Success Academy.

Diplomaendorsements: Arts, NYS Seal of Biliteracy

School Performance

Graduation Rate: 72.000003% (at the end of the school year before last, the percent of students who graduated "on time" by earning a diploma four years after they entered 9th grade).
Daily Attendance Rate: 88.999999% of the school's students in the school year before last.
Percentage of Students Enough Variety: 89.999998% students feel that this school offers a wide enough variety of programs, classes, and activities to keep them interested in school.
College Career Rate: 60.000002% of students enroll in college or career programs within 6 months.
Percentage of Students Safe: 86.000001% students feel safe in the hallways, bathrooms, locker room and cafeteria. (Student opinions on school safety, as reported on the NYC School Survey.)

Programs offered

Program 1: Business Institute
Code: Q34A
Program description: Electronic Information Processing, Desktop Publishing, Web Page Design, e-commerce, and Microsoft Office certification training.
Interest: Business
Method: Ed. Opt.

Seats 9 GE: 91
Grade 9 GE filled flag: N
Grade 9 GE applicants: 286
Grade 9 GE applicants per seat: 3
Seats 9 SWD: 17
Grade 9 SWD filled flag: Y
Grade 9 SWD applicants: 80
Grade 9 SWD applicants per seat: 5
Eligibility: Open only to Queens students or residents

Seats 10: 1

Activities

Extracurricular Activities
Extracurricular activities and clubs offered by the school that do not fall under one of the Sports categories (PSAL Sports or School Sports): All Booked Up - Book Club, Art in Action Club, Business and Investing Club, Cheerleading/Step, Chinese Club, Comic Con Club, Dance Club, Drama Club, Filipino club, Friends of the Earth / Green Team, Girl Chat, Key Club, K-Pop Club, Leadership Organization, Multicultural Club, Newspaper Club, Robotics, Science Club, Table Games Club, Taekwondo Club, Tolerance Task Group, Yearbook Club
PSAL Sports Boys
Male PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball
PSAL Sports Girls
Female PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: Basketball, Cross Country, Handball, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Volleyball
PSAL Sports Coed
Co-ed PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: Cricket
School Sports
Sports offered by the school outside PSAL (Public School Athletics League): Boys' Cross Country, Boys' Junior Varsity Basketball, Boys' Varsity Basketball, Boys' Varsity Soccer, Boys' Varsity Tennis, Boys' Varsity Volleyball, Cricket, Girls' Cross Country, Girls' Junior Varsity Volleyball, Girls' Softball, Girls' Varsity Handball, Girls' Varsity Tennis, Girls' Varsity Volleyball, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track And Field, Varsity Baseball
Flag for female only school: No data
Flag for male only school: No data

Other info

Total students: 1,657
Start time: 8:00am
End time: 3:30pm

Final grades: 9 to 12
ELL programs: Transitional Bilingual Education: Spanish
Language classes: French, Italian, Mandarin, Spanish
Advancedplacement courses: AP Statistics, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP Human Geography, AP U.S. Government and Politics, AP English Language and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP Biology, AP Chinese Language and Culture, AP World History: Modern, AP Drawing, AP English Literature and Composition, AP 2-D Art and Design, AP Calculus BC, AP Spanish Literature and Culture, AP Computer Science Principles
Additional info: 10th Grade Seats Available,Career and Technical Education (CTE),College Trips,Extended Day Credit Recovery,Extended Day Program,Extended Day Tutoring,Health Center,Internships Available,Multi-Session School,Online Grading System,Orientation,Summer Internships,Summer Orientation,Weekend Programs

School accessibility description: Not Accessible
Flag for schools that offer 10th grade seats: Y

More info

Borough: Queens
NTA: Elmhurst
Neighborhood: Elmhurst
Campus name: Newtown Educational Campus
School Number: Q455
Shared space: Yes
Community board: 404
Council district: 25
Census tract: 461
BIN: 4045629
BBL: 4018490001

About Newtown High School

Contacts

Address: 48-01 90th Street, Elmhurst NY 11373 (40.740824,-73.874129)
Latitude: 40.741122
Longitude: -73.874721
Phone number: 718-595-8400
Fax number: 718-699-8584
School email: [email protected]
Website: www.newtownhighschool.org
Subway lines near the school: M, R to Grand Ave-Newtown
Bus lines near the school: Q11, Q21, Q29, Q38, Q52-SBS, Q53-SBS, Q58, Q59, Q60, Q72, Q88, QM10, QM11, QM40

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