Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts

31-51 21 STREET, QUEENS, NY 11106 · Queens · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 30Q126

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 532 (of 1500)

Niche: 322 (of 1516)

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S. 234 P.S. 122 Mamie Fay P.S. 166 Henry Gradstein P.S. 085 Judge Charles Vallone P.S. 017 Henry David Thoreau P.S. 070 P.S. 171 Peter G. Van Alst

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: 91.5%

72% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

57.7%(citywide avg: 62.2%)

ELA avg. rating

3.17 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.18 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

57.2%(citywide avg: 55.9%)

Math avg. rating

3.09 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.09 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

58.5%

Grade 6 Math

49.6%

Grade 7 ELA

59.1%

Grade 7 Math

70.5%

Grade 8 ELA

55.3%

Grade 8 Math

53%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

28.6%(citywide avg: 39.5%)

English Language Learners -- Math

37.5%(citywide avg: 39.2%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

21.7%

Students with disabilities -- Math

28.8%

Asian students -- ELA

79.1%(citywide avg: 80.5%)

Asian students -- Math

81.3%(citywide avg: 78.7%)

Black students -- ELA

31.9%(citywide avg: 36.7%)

Black students -- Math

34.8%(citywide avg: 33.1%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

47.6%(citywide avg: 52.5%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

44.4%(citywide avg: 43.3%)

White students -- ELA

66.7%(citywide avg: 68.5%)

White students -- Math

68.4%(citywide avg: 65.7%)

"% 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

470 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 79.6%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

27.4%

Black

14.3%

Hispanic or Latino

43%

White

12.1%

Multiracial

1.3%

Native American

1.9%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

15.5%

English Language Learners

9.1%

Living in poverty

80%

Female

46.8%

Male

53.2%

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)

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Screened

51 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 students and residents of District 30

~100% admitted

There were about 60 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~118% 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

~100% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~18% 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)