I.S. 237

46-21 COLDEN STREET, QUEENS, NY 11355 · Queens · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 25Q237

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 392 (of 1500)

Niche: 257 (of 1516)

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S. 163 Flushing Heights P.S. 162 John Golden P.S. 024 Andrew Jackson P.S. 173 Fresh Meadows P.S. 022 Thomas Jefferson P.S. 165 Edith K. Bergtraum P.S./M.S. 200 - The Magnet School of Global Studies and Leadership P.S. 020 John Bowne P.S. 201 The Discovery School for Inquiry and Research P.S. 219 Paul Klapper P.S. 120 Queens P.S. 107 Thomas A Dooley

Academic quality

ELA = English Language Arts (reading and writing). Math and Science are self-explanatory.
NY State tests ELA and Math every year in grades 3-8, and Science once, in grade 8 -- a school's numbers below only reflect whichever of those grades it actually serves (no social studies/history state test exists at this level).
"Avg. rating" is DOE's average student score on a 1.0-4.5 scale (higher is better) -- shown here as "value / 4.5" alongside the citywide average for the same metric as a benchmark for what's typical.

Attendance: 95.5%

85.5% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

56.8%(citywide avg: 64.5%)

ELA avg. rating

3.09 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.23 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

71.1%(citywide avg: 74.7%)

Math avg. rating

3.43 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.53 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

53.7%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.95 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

50.7%

Grade 6 Math

63.2%

Grade 7 ELA

59.7%

Grade 7 Math

77.5%

Grade 8 ELA

59.3%

Grade 8 Math

71.6%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

30.7%(citywide avg: 42.2%)

English Language Learners -- Math

61%(citywide avg: 67.5%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

29.3%

Students with disabilities -- Math

29.2%

Asian students -- ELA

64.2%(citywide avg: 68.2%)

Asian students -- Math

80.8%(citywide avg: 82.7%)

Black students -- ELA

25.9%(citywide avg: 35.2%)

Black students -- Math

43.5%(citywide avg: 46.7%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

29.9%(citywide avg: 40.3%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

31.9%(citywide avg: 41.7%)

White students -- ELA

53.3%(citywide avg: 58.5%)

Small sample (15 students) -- treat as directional.

White students -- Math

46.7%(citywide avg: 50.1%)

Small sample (15 students) -- treat as directional.

"% proficient" is the share of students scoring Level 3 or 4 on the state test. Citywide comparisons are the average across schools of the same type. Grades and groups with very few tested students are flagged since a handful of kids can swing the percentage a lot; groups too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy -- that's also why Science, tested only once, shows up far less often than ELA/Math.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2023-24 school year)

See full grade-by-grade test results (ELA, Math, Science) →

Demographics

1198 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 75.6%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

74.7%

Black

Hispanic or Latino

18.6%

White

1.3%

Multiracial

0.8%

Native American

0.3%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

12%

English Language Learners

19.6%

Living in poverty

76.5%

Female

48.1%

Male

51.9%

Economic Need Index is DOE's estimate of the share of students facing economic hardship, based on eligibility for public assistance, temporary housing status, and household income relative to the poverty line. Some very high values are reported by DOE only as "Above 95%" for student privacy and are shown here as 95%.Source: NYC Open Data: Demographic Snapshot (2021-22 school year)

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Zone Priority

363 seats

1 applicants per seat

Not all seats filled last year

Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.

1. Priority to applicants whose sibling(s) will be enrolled in this school next year

~100% admitted

There were about 40 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~11% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

2. Then to residents of the middle school zone

~100% admitted

There were about 190 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~52% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

3. Then to District 25 and 28 students and residents

~100% admitted

4. Then to New York City residents

~100% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~2% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

Estimates derived from NYC DOE's own wording, which rounds and fuzzes small numbers for privacy. Each group's applicant count is independent of the others -- schools are usually oversubscribed, so applicant counts across groups often add up to more than the total seats. That's expected, not an error.Source: NYC DOE MySchools Admissions Data (2025-26 admissions cycle)