John Adams High School (27Q480)

101-01 Rockaway Boulevard, Queens, NY 11417, Queens
Phone: 718-322-0500
Hours: 8:15am - 2:29pm
School Website: https://www.Johnadamsnyc.org
NYCDOE Website: https://www.myschools.nyc/en/schools/high-school/27Q480/
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School Leader: Pedro Cubero (pcubero@schools.nyc.gov)
Parent Coordinator: Warren Kaufman (wkaufman@schools.nyc.gov)
Parent Coordinator: Usri Paul (upaul2@schools.nyc.gov)
Respect for All Liaison: David Gega (dgega@schools.nyc.gov)
Sexual Harassment Prevention Liaison: Jennifer Marsella (jmarsel2@schools.nyc.gov)
504 Coordinator: Cynthia Morisset (cmorisset@schools.nyc.gov)
504 Coordinator: Anamaria Castro (acastro42@schools.nyc.gov)
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About

John Adams High School is proud to offer several nationally renowned programs. John Adams believes for students to perform successfully, they need both a rigorous academic curriculum and safe environment. John Adams High School offers a world renowned International Baccalaureate (IB) program, screened STEM, Future Educator and Pre-med programs. Our students have the opportunity to participate in thirty-one sports teams, over twenty Advanced Placement (AP) and College Now classes We have credit-based early college partnerships with St. Johns University, SUNY Farmingdale, CUNY York college CUNY Brooklyn and CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies. John Adams has invested in state of the art career based classrooms in all small learning communities. The school has a new court room for the law academy, Zspace lab and medical training facility for premed, new graphic design art room, Virtual/Augmented reality hardware & software for our STEM/Premed Academy. John Adams also offers the Culinary Arts, Hydroponics, Airforce JROTC, Robotics, life guard certification, Mock Trial and Virtual Enterprise. Come to our open houses to see it for yourself!

School Budget: View financial budget

Teachers with more than 3 years of experience: 84%

Academic Highlights: Partners include: SUNY FARMINGDALE, CUNY YORK COLLEGE, BMCC, BROOKLYN COLLEGE, SCHOOL OF LAW AND LABOR STUDIES, ST. JOHNS UNIVERSITY ,AIRFORCE JROTC AND DJI DRONE PROGRAM, CTE program(s): Entrepreneurship, International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, FutureReadyNYC: Teaching & Training (P-12 Teacher)

Other Features: 10th Grade Seats Available, Career and Technical Education (CTE), College Trips, Community School, Community Service Expected, Dress Code, Extended Day, Extended Year, FutureReadyNYC School, Health Center, Internship Expected, Internships Available, Multi-Session School, Online Grading System, Orientation, Program(s) with 1 GE Applicant Per Seat, Program(s) with 2 SWD Applicants Per Seat, Saturday Programs, Student Parent Orientation, Summer Bridge, Summer Internships, Summer Orientation, Weekend Programs

English Language Learner Programs: Transitional Bilingual Education: Bengali, Spanish

School Features:

  • CTE Endorsement
  • Offers 10th Grade Seats
  • School whose primary location is co-located with another school
  • Guidance Counselors, Social Workers, Bilingual Guidance Counselors

AP Courses, Languages, Sports, Art
AP Courses
Algebra II (Advanced Math), AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP Spanish Literature and Culture, AP United States Government and Politics, AP United States History, Arts (College Course [Credited]), Biology (College Course [Credited]), Chemistry (Advanced Science), Econ/Gov (College Course [Credited]), ELA (College Course [Credited]), IB Biology HL, IB English HL, IB History SL, IB Mathematics HL, IB Spanish HL, IB Spanish SL, IB Visual Arts SL, Math (College Course [Credited]), Other (College Course [Credited]), Physics (Advanced Science), Science (College Course [Credited]), Social Studies (College Course [Credited]), World Languages (Advanced World Languages)
Languages Offered
Spanish
ELL Programs
Transitional Bilingual Education: Bengali, Spanish
Diploma Endorsements
CTE, International Baccalaureate, NYS Seal of Biliteracy
Boys PSAL Sports
Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Football, Handball, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball
Girls PSAL Sports
Badminton, Basketball, Bowling, Flag Football, Golf, Indoor Track, Lacrosse, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Volleyball
Co-ed PSAL Sports
Cricket
Other Sports
Badminton, Bowling, Cheerleading, Dance, Fitness, Handball, Soccer, Swimming
Clubs
Creative writing, Debate Club, Drama Club/Musical Production, Emerge video game club, Equity Club, Gardening/Recycling Club, Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA), Global Kids, Guitar Club, Library Club, Moot Court Mock Trial, Mural Club, National Honor Society, Northwell Health Clinic Art Group, Robotics, Science Olympiad, Spardance, St.Johns Liberty Partnership Tutoring, Student Government and Prom committee, Weight Room, Yearbook
Art
The Visual Arts Department at John Adams High School offers a diverse and challenging curriculum that allows our Art students the opportunity to master techniques, explore concepts, and gain insight into themselves as student artists as they move throughout our program. Our current courses are Studio Art, Computer Art, Photography, International Baccalaureate Visual Arts, Yearbook ,College Now Drawing, Painting and Photography. Within these courses, students learn about the history of art and how to apply it to their own authentic artwork. We offer beginner Studio Art and Computer Art courses where students learn the basics in all art mediums and are prepared to continue on to higher level courses within their high school careers. College Now Painting, Drawing and Photography courses are offered to juniors and seniors through York College and Farmingdale College. Students receive 3 college credits that can be transferred to colleges they will be attending. The International Baccalaureate Visual Arts course is also available to our Juniors and Seniors, which requires students to create a full portfolio and exhibition. This is a great opportunity to develop a body of artwork when applying to art colleges as well. Not only do our students get exposure to various art courses, but they also have opportunities to visit art museums throughout the school year. The Art department plans many field trips to broaden the arts education outside of the classroom and show students how art is important within the community.
Program Details
Media and Fine Arts Academy(Q10D)
Film/Video, Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design

The Media and Fine Arts Academy is a learning community that prepares students for careers in communications, visual and performing arts with a blend of music production, video production studio art, media, graphic design and professional photography. Students will be exposed to rigorous curricula designed to expand their minds and challenge them to design the school yearbook, participate in specialty classes, and participate in dual enrollment programs for college credit through our partnership with SUNY Farmingdale and CUNY York College. The Media and Fine Arts academy specializes in providing an arts education while also challenging their students with a college level curriculum. All Media students can enroll in various prestigious programs such as IB, Advanced Placement and additional college credit bearing classes through. The Media Academy continuously exposes our students to extracurricular activities and projects like the John Adams Fashion show, the theater arts program, photo shoots, paint nights, and musicals. The students in the graphic arts program have an opportunity to obtain the Adobe certified associate certification. Our program has revamped all specialty classes to include state of the art art rooms, technology, cameras, and lighting, and musical instruments so that our students experience top of the line equipment fully funded by John Adams High School.

10th Grade seats available

Method:
Requirement:
Ed. Opt. programs admit students across all academic levels. Students are grouped into Low, Middle, and High categories based on a composite of their academic data. One-third of offers are made to students in each category.
Priority:
  • (Group 1) New York City residents

Applicant Analysis
2023-242022-23
GE applicants/seats:51 / 85 (0.60)56 / 85 (0.66)
SWD applicants/seats:17 / 17 (1.00)21 / 17 (1.24)
Rank Avg: 5.93
OffersOffers - Waitlist
School Student & Admissions Statistics
School Year
2023-24
2022-23
2021-22
Total Students Across All Grades
2,431
2,379
2,327
    Grade 12 Students
553
561
521
    Grade 11 Students
559
578
600
    Grade 10 Students
634
605
586
    Grade 9 Students
685
635
620
Avg. Class Size
23.5
17.0
Safety Comp. / Susp. / NYPD
54 / 190 / 70
55 / 177 / 30
54 / 138 / 52
Attendance %
87%
87%
82%
Graduation %
86%
87%
84%
College %
52%
45%
48%
Total Applicants / Seats
Total Offers
2,490 (480) / 636
644
2,080 (447) / 672
657
2,144 / 506
683
Survey Summary & Data (2023-24)
Student Responses
Academic Rigor 
  74.29%
Academic Engagement 
  68.46%
Safety 
  68.88%
Bully Prevention 
  62.38%
Inclusivity 
  86.20%
Mental Support 
  70.44%
Environment 
  66.88%
Post-School Support 
  81.33%
Teacher Responses
Academic Rigor 
  77.60%
School Satisfaction 
  86.75%
Student Behavior 
  64.25%
Student Support 
  90.00%
School Leadership 
  89.00%
Instructional Clarity 
  83.33%
Instructional Development 
  86.60%
Post-School Support 
  96.80%
Family Responses
Education 
  90.00%
Teacher Support 
  84.43%
Safety 
  86.33%
School Community 
  76.22%
School Leadership 
  90.00%
Post-School Support 
  89.00%
IEP Support 
  88.00%

Note: Yellow bars indicate city-wide averages for the associated category

View Full NYC DOE Survey Results:

This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's yearly school surveys: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/nyc-school-survey

Academic Summary & Data (2023-24)
Academic Proficiency
4-Year Grad. %
  87.30%
CC Regents
  63
Non-CC Regents
  67
Impact Score
  0.53
Performance Score
  0.53
College Aptitude
CCR
  46.60%
SAT Math
  413
SAT R/W
  430
Postsecondary
2-Year College 19.40%
4-Year College 36.60%
Other Postsecondary 1.60%
Vocational Program 1.10%
Unknown 41.30%

View Full Academic Data:

This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's yearly quality reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/school-quality-reports-and-resources

School Demographics (2023-24)
Student Population:
Male 51.50%
Female 48.50%
English Language Learners:
  16.10%
Students with Disabilities:
  14.90%
Economic Need Index: 
  78.70%
Student Ethnicity:
Asian 29.30%
Black 22.40%
Hispanic 39.00%
White 3.70%
Other 5.60%
Teacher Ethnicity:
Asian 16.30%
Black 7.60%
Hispanic 24.40%
White 46.50%
Other 5.20%
IEP Statistics (2023-24)
IEP Services
Students with IEPs
  15.10%
Students with SETSS
  0.50%
Students with ICT
  7.40%
Students with SC
  4.20%
Has all programs
  97.00%
Has all services
  91.00%
Has some services
  4.00%
Has no services
  5.00%
IEP Student Performance
Regents English
  66
Regents Gl. Hist.
  66
Regents US Hist.
  66
Regents Algebra I
  62
Regents Living Env.
  57
4-Year Grad. Rate
  91
IEP Movement
Good
IEP Support 
  88.00%
Special Education Programs & Services (2023-24)
ProgramFully ReceivingPartially ReceivingNot Receiving
Integrated Co-Teaching Services202 (100%)<=5 (?)<=5 (?)
SETSS20 (100%)0 (0%)0 (0%)
Special Class110 (93%)8 (7%)0 (0%)
ServiceFully ReceivingPartially ReceivingNot Receiving
Counseling Services78 (92%)N/A (N/A)7 (8%)
Counseling Services Bilingual<=5 (?)0 (0%)<=5 (?)
Hearing Education Services<=5 (100%)N/A (N/A)0 (0%)
Occupational Therapy>5 (89%)N/A (N/A)<=5 (11%)
Physical Therapy<=5 (100%)N/A (N/A)0 (0%)
Speech-Language Therapy>5 (99%)N/A (N/A)<=5 (1%)
Speech-Language Therapy Bilingual<=5 (?)9 (90%)<=5 (?)
TransportationNumber Receiving
Curb to School30 (94%)
Stop to School<=5 (?)
Unassigned<=5 (?)

This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's Special Education Reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/government-reports/special-education-reports

ELL Performance (2023-24)
Regents English
  66
Regents Gl. Hist.
  67
Regents US Hist.
  66
Regents Algebra I
  63
Regents Living Env.
  59
4-Year Grad. Rate
  72
ELL Progress
  73
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