John Bowne High School

63-25 MAIN STREET, QUEENS, NY 11367 · Queens · High school

DBN: 25Q425

High school

Zoned: High

SchoolDigger: 850 (of 1234)

Niche: 543 (of 1406)

Academic quality

Graduation rate -- share of a cohort who earned a diploma within 4 (or 6) years of starting 9th grade.
College/career readiness -- DOE's stricter bar: graduated AND met at least one benchmark (course credits, exam scores, etc.) showing they're on track for college or a career.
Regents pass rate -- share of students who took that exam this year and scored 65+, NY State's passing threshold.

Attendance: 86.9%

65.9% attend 90%+ of days

Graduation & college readiness

4-year graduation rate

79.4%(citywide avg: 88.3%)

6-year graduation rate

86.6%(citywide avg: 91.6%)

4-year college/career readiness

53.5%(citywide avg: 52.6%)

6-year college/career readiness

48.6%(citywide avg: 49.6%)

Regents exam pass rates (scored 65+)

English

63.7%

Algebra I

35.5%

Living Environment (Biology)

63.5%

Global History

68.1%

US History

73.3%

Citywide comparisons are the average across high schools. Small cohorts are flagged since a handful of students can swing a percentage a lot; cells too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2023-24 school year)

Demographics

3063 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 76.8%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

27.7%

Black

17.5%

Hispanic or Latino

46.4%

White

5.1%

Multiracial

0.5%

Native American

Other groups

Students with disabilities

17%

English Language Learners

19.8%

Living in poverty

75.6%

Female

48.8%

Male

51.2%

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)