Frederick Douglass Academy VI High School

8-21 BAY 25 STREET, QUEENS, NY 11691 · Queens · High school

DBN: 27Q260

High school

Unzoned

SchoolDigger: 1080 (of 1234)

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: 81.1%

39.3% attend 90%+ of days

Graduation & college readiness

4-year graduation rate

78.3%(citywide avg: 72.9%)

6-year graduation rate

76.5%(citywide avg: 77.8%)

4-year college/career readiness

31.8%(citywide avg: 34.5%)

6-year college/career readiness

20.9%(citywide avg: 30.2%)

Regents exam pass rates (scored 65+)

English

64.5%

Algebra I

31.4%

Living Environment (Biology)

23%

Global History

58.8%

US History

55.1%

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

270 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 89.3%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

1.5%

Black

47%

Hispanic or Latino

47.8%

White

1.1%

Multiracial

Native American

2.6%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

24.1%

English Language Learners

28.1%

Living in poverty

78.5%

Female

49.6%

Male

50.4%

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)