Bayside High School (Queens)

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Bayside High School
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Bayside High School (Queens)
32-24 Corporal Kennedy Street, Bayside, NY 11361-1061

New York City
,
New York

United States
Coordinates 40°46′17″N73°46′51″W / 40.77139°N 73.78083°W / 40.77139; -73.78083
Information
Type Public high school
MottoAnchored in Excellence
EstablishedMarch 16, 1936 [1]
School board New York City Public Schools
School number26Q495
NCES School ID360009901917 [2]
PrincipalTracy Martinez
Faculty185.5 FTEs [2]
Grades 912
Enrollment3,025 (as of 2021–22) [2]
Student to teacher ratio16.3:1 [2]
CampusUrban
Color(s)Blue   and Orange  
MascotCommodore
NewspaperThe Baysider

Bayside High School is an American public high school located in the Bayside neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. It is administered by the New York City Department of Education.

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Performance

Bayside is one of the Highest performing schools in the New York City Department of Education. Its students are admitted into six newly updated programs: [3] Digital Art & Design, Music Performance & Production, Environmental Engineering & Technology, Humanities & Non-Profit Management, Computer Programming & Web Design, and Sports Medicine & Management. [4] These programs offer students the opportunity to earn college credits, [3] participate in industry internships and learn more about careers in the field. [4]

The school has a 98.6% four-year graduation rate, the highest of any large open-admissions high school in the NYC DOE. The school has pioneered Whole Child Guidance practices and is further improving curriculum through the additions of internships and of numerous college-accredited courses. Bayside High School has been recognized for "closing the achievement gap" for minority students, English language learners (ELL) and students with special needs. [5] The school offers their students to graduate early if they earn the proper amount of credits.

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 3,025 students and 185.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.3:1. There were 2,049 students (67.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 159 (5.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. [2]

History

Bayside High School, Samuel J. Tilden High School, Abraham Lincoln High School, John Adams High School, Walton High School, Andrew Jackson High School, and Grover Cleveland High School were all built during the Great Depression from one set of blueprints, in order to save money. Bayside and Andrew Jackson HS were the final two schools to be completed. [1] [6] [7] [8] The design was based on Kirby Hall in Gretton, Northamptonshire, England. [9] The schools were designed as small campuses to provide a "somewhat collegiate atmosphere". [8] The design of Bayside High School and the other schools, created by architect Walter C. Martin, was considered to be "a modern adaptation of the Adams, Lincoln, and Tilden High Schools", which had all been completed by 1929. [8] Bayside High School was also the first school building in the city to be constructed using Federal funds, built by the Public Works Administration from 1934 to 1936 at the cost of $2.5 million (equivalent to $54.9 million in 2023). [9] [10]

Bayside opened its doors on March 16, 1936, taking in 2,300 students who had previously attended Flushing High School. [10]

In 1978 the Bayside High School music program, then under department chairman Sidney Lovett and teacher John Benza, was among the first secondary schools in the nation to purchase and teach music synthesis on a synthesizer, the Roland System 100.

Notable alumni

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