J.H.S. 157 Stephen A. Halsey

63-55 102 Street, Queens, NY 11374 · Queens · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 28Q157

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 194 (of 1500)

Niche: A- · 200 (of 1507)

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S. 196 Grand Central Parkway P.S. 101 School in the Gardens P.S. 144 Col Jeromus Remsen P.S. 174 William Sidney Mount P.S. 175 The Lynn Gross Discovery School P.S. 117 J. Keld / Briarwood School P.S. 139 Rego Park P.S. 206 The Horace Harding School P.S. 013 Clement C. Moore P.S. 220 Edward Mandel P.S. 014 Fairview

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.

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

72.8%(citywide avg: 76.7%)

ELA avg. rating

3.50 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.54 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

82.7%(citywide avg: 75.9%)

Math avg. rating

3.73 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.56 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

45.1%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.77 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

74.1%

Grade 6 Math

82.9%

Grade 7 ELA

75.1%

Grade 7 Math

82.7%

Grade 8 ELA

68%

Grade 8 Math

82.3%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

30%(citywide avg: 39.8%)

English Language Learners -- Math

68.7%(citywide avg: 53.5%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

40.5%

Students with disabilities -- Math

51.3%

Asian students -- ELA

79.2%(citywide avg: 81.1%)

Asian students -- Math

86.7%(citywide avg: 82.9%)

Black students -- ELA

56.3%(citywide avg: 60%)

Black students -- Math

70.6%(citywide avg: 60.4%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

59.7%(citywide avg: 64.3%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

70%(citywide avg: 59.9%)

White students -- ELA

73.7%(citywide avg: 75.4%)

White students -- Math

86.5%(citywide avg: 76.9%)

Multiracial students -- ELA

91.7%(citywide avg: 90.8%)

Multiracial students -- Math

94.3%(citywide avg: 87.9%)

"% 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 (2024-25 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

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Demographics

1695 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 50.19%

Race & ethnicity

Asian and Pacific Islander

34.28%

Black

4.54%

Hispanic or Latino

23.3%

White

30.86%

Multiracial

6.55%

Native American

0.41%

Missing race/ethnicity data

0.06%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

15.52%

English Language Learners

9.79%

Living in poverty

49.97%

Female

49.44%

Male

50.5%

Neither female nor male

0.06%

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 DOE: Demographic Snapshot (2025-26 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

For seats starting the 2026-27 school year. NYC DOE reports these seat/applicant figures under the school year they're for, not the cycle that filled them.

Audition

23 seats

7 applicants per seat

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

1. Priority to students and residents of District 28

~17% admitted

There were about 120 applicants in this group and about 20 received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~87% 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 New York City residents

~0% admitted

There were about 40 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 (Through the 2025-26 cycle for middle school, 2024-25 for kindergarten (2025-26 kindergarten results not yet published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

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