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Townsend Harris High School (Top 100, #45)

New York City Public Schools School District
Queens County

149-11 Melbourne Avenue
Flushing, New York
(718)575-5580

Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index:	3.18
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap:	47.0
College Readiness Index	72.2

For more information on this school, visit the SchoolMatters website.

Grades Served	9-12
Magnet School	No
Charter School	No
Admissions Type	Application-Merit Selection
NCES Locale Type	Large City
Receives Title I Funding	No

Enrollment	1,048
Minority Enrollment (% of total)	19.0%
Disadvantaged Student Enrollment (% of total)	37.6%

State Test Performance Index	144.3
Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index	3.18

Disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate	100.0
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap	47.0
Non-disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate	100.0
Current State Test Achievement Gap	0.0

AP Participation Rate	80.6%
Quality-Adjusted AP Participation Rate	69.4%
Exams Per Test Taker	2.1
Quality-Adjusted Exams Per Test Taker	2.0
AP Pass Rate	81.8%
College Readiness Index	72.2

Criteria for Medals

Gold Medal

Top 100 schools nationally based on College Readiness Index

Silver Medal

all other schools with a college-readiness index of at least 20, but that are not in the top 100 nationally

Bronze Medal

either do not offer AP, or do not achieve a college readiness index of at least 20, but successfully meet other two key performance indicator criteria

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