District 28 schools
District 28 (Queens) has 51 public schools: 1 pre-K center, 27 elementary schools, 8 middle schools, 5 secondary schools (grades 6–12) and 10 high schools. 37 are zoned, guaranteeing a seat to children who live in the school's zone; the rest admit by application or lottery. 5 charter schools are also located in the district.
Highest-ranked on SchoolDigger: Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, P.S. 196 Grand Central Parkway and The Academy for Excellence through the Arts.
Pre-K centers (1)
Elementary schools (27)
- David N. Dinkins School
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 46% in NY (elementary)
- Jamaica Children's School
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Lower half in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 040 Samuel Huntington
PK–6 · Zoned: elementary · Top 17% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 050 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School
PK–6 · Zoned: elementary · Lower half in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 054 Hillside
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 41% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 055 Maure
PK–6 · Zoned: elementary · Top 14% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 082 Hammond
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Lower half in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 099 Kew Gardens
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 18% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 101 School in the Gardens
PK–6 · Zoned: elementary · Top 5% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 117 J. Keld / Briarwood School
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 24% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 121 Queens
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 8% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 139 Rego Park
K–6 · Zoned: elementary · Top 25% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 140 Edward K Ellington
PK–6 · Zoned: elementary · Top 37% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 144 Col Jeromus Remsen
PK–6 · Zoned: elementary · Top 7% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 160 Walter Francis Bishop
PK–6 · Zoned: elementary · Top 29% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 161 Arthur Ashe School
PK–6 · Zoned: elementary · Top 20% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 174 William Sidney Mount
PK–6 · Zoned: elementary · Top 10% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 175 The Lynn Gross Discovery School
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 23% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 182 Samantha Smith
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Lower half in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 196 Grand Central Parkway
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 1% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 206 The Horace Harding School
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 50% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 220 Edward Mandel
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Lower half in NY (elementary)
- P.S. Q086
3–6 · Zoned: elementary · Top 31% in NY (elementary)
- PS 80 The Thurgood Marshall Magnet School of Multimedia and Communication
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 33% in NY (elementary)
- The Academy for Excellence through the Arts
PK–5 · Unzoned · Top 2% in NY (elementary)
- The Jermaine L. Green STEM Institute of Queens
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 50% in NY (elementary)
- The Queens School for Leadership and Excellence
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 46% in NY (elementary)
Middle schools (8)
- Catherine & Count Basie Middle School 72
6–8 · Zoned: middle · Lower half in NY (middle)
- J.H.S. 008 Richard S. Grossley
6–8 · Zoned: middle · Lower half in NY (middle)
- J.H.S. 157 Stephen A. Halsey
6–9 · Zoned: middle · Top 13% in NY (middle)
- J.H.S. 190 Russell Sage
6–8 · Zoned: middle · Top 26% in NY (middle)
- J.H.S. 217 Robert A. Van Wyck
6–8 · Zoned: middle · Lower half in NY (middle)
- M.S. 358
6–8 · Zoned: middle · Top 29% in NY (middle)
- Redwood Middle School
6–8 · Zoned: middle · Lower half in NY (middle)
- The Emerson School
6–8 · Zoned: middle · Lower half in NY (middle)
Secondary schools (grades 6–12) (5)
- Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School
6–12 · Top 46% in NY (middle)
- Queens Collegiate: A College Board School
6–12 · Top 35% in NY (middle)
- Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School
7–12 · Top 4% in NY (middle)
- York Early College Academy
6–12 · Top 43% in NY (middle)
- Young Women's Leadership School, Queens
7–12 · Lower half in NY (middle)
High schools (10)
- Forest Hills High School
9–12 · Zoned: high · Lower half in NY (high)
- High School for Community Leadership
9–12 · Top 9% in NY (high)
- High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Hillcrest High School
9–12 · Zoned: high · Lower half in NY (high)
- Hillside Arts & Letters Academy
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Queens High School for the Sciences at York College
9–12 · Top 1% in NY (high)
- Queens Metropolitan High School
9–12 · Zoned: high · Lower half in NY (high)
- Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity
9–12
- Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School
9–12 · Top 43% in NY (high)
Charter schools located in District 28 (5)
Independently run public schools, admitting by lottery with preference for District 28 residents. All NYC charter schools →
- Growing Up Green Charter School II
K–5 · Lower half in NY (elementary)
- New Dawn Charter High School II
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Rochdale Early Advantage Charter School
K–5 · Top 49% in NY (elementary)
- Valence College Preparatory Charter School
5–8 · Top 14% in NY (middle)
- Zeta Charter School – Queens Jamaica
K–12