M.S. 137 America's School of Heroes

109-15 98 STREET, QUEENS, NY 11417 · Queens · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 27Q137

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 534 (of 1500)

Niche: 485 (of 1516)

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S. 066 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis P.S. 099 Kew Gardens P.S. 161 Arthur Ashe School P.S. 108 Captain Vincent G. Fowler P.S. 146 Howard Beach P.S./I.S. 113 Anthony J. Pranzo P.S. 254 - The Rosa Parks School P.S. 100 Glen Morris P.S. 054 Hillside S.T.A.R. Leadership Academy P.S. 65 - The Raymond York Elementary School P. S. 62 - Chester Park School P.S. 124 Osmond A Church P.S. 090 Horace Mann P.S. 273

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: 90.6%

64.8% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

56.5%(citywide avg: 59.9%)

ELA avg. rating

3.11 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.14 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

52.9%(citywide avg: 57.9%)

Math avg. rating

3.08 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.13 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

55.2%

Grade 6 Math

50%

Grade 7 ELA

56.7%

Grade 7 Math

65.6%

Grade 8 ELA

57.6%

Grade 8 Math

43.2%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

24.3%(citywide avg: 31.3%)

English Language Learners -- Math

35.3%(citywide avg: 42.1%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

26.8%

Students with disabilities -- Math

26.3%

Asian students -- ELA

62%(citywide avg: 64.8%)

Asian students -- Math

62.1%(citywide avg: 68.3%)

Black students -- ELA

52%(citywide avg: 54.9%)

Black students -- Math

41.3%(citywide avg: 45.1%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

51.4%(citywide avg: 54%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

44.3%(citywide avg: 49.1%)

White students -- ELA

61.2%(citywide avg: 63.2%)

White students -- Math

65.3%(citywide avg: 68.2%)

"% 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

1774 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 68.4%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

47.6%

Black

4.3%

Hispanic or Latino

43.1%

White

3.5%

Multiracial

0.3%

Native American

1.1%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

16.8%

English Language Learners

11.2%

Living in poverty

83.8%

Female

49.5%

Male

50.5%

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

400 seats

1 applicants per seat

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 50 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~13% 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 students residing in the zone

~100% admitted

There were about 250 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~63% 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 27 students and residents

~38% admitted

There were about 130 applicants in this group and about 50 received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~13% 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).

4. Then to New York City residents

~0% admitted

There were about 50 applicants in this group and none received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~0% 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)