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Old 04-04-2015, 09:42 PM
 
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Are all the schools in District 26 pretty good?
Elementary
Middle
I see that all high schools have the same score (3 vs 6 vs 9-10).
Does it matter which town you live in even though you are living in School Disrtict 26?
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Old 04-05-2015, 02:13 PM
 
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Are all the schools in District 26 pretty good?
Elementary
Middle
I see that all high schools have the same score (3 vs 6 vs 9-10).
Does it matter which town you live in even though you are living in School Disrtict 26?
Pretty much all the elementary and middle schools are top notch. If you view the daily new failing schools report from last month, you'll notice that as you filter through the passing rates you'll find that the top two zoned elementary schools in NYC are in district 26 and the only two zoned schools to have a >= 90% passing rate on the common core math section. They also happen to be among the top performing zoned elementary schools in the entire New York state as well.

NYC Schools in Crisis: Interactive District Map - New York Daily News

High school is another story. Since the late 90s the high schools have all been un-zoned. Since district 26 is the top feeder district to the specialized high schools, all the kids that didn't make it wind up in the local high schools. However that didn't stop Cardozo from being a top 100 nationally rank high school in the nation in the 90s. What killed the academic performance and the ranking was the influx of failing students from Southeast Queens after the un-zoning. You'll find that the high schools in district 26 probably has more kids skewed towards the opposite ends of the academic spectrum than anywhere else in the country because of this. This skewing results in a rarely seen bimodal distribution of grades. So long as your kid is on the right side of that distribution they'll be alright.

It does matter which town you're in within district 26 since the elementary and middle schools are zoned. You'll need to look up the school that an address is zoned for.
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Old 04-05-2015, 07:48 PM
 
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Thank you!
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Old 04-05-2015, 07:54 PM
 
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So it means when our child is ready for high school, it doesn't matter if which part of district 26 we live in when it's un-zone.....Like we don't have to purchase a house in Great Neck to get into Great Neck North or South High?
How does a child get into a better school such as Cardozo vs not-as-good school: Queens High School of Teaching Liberal Arts and Sci?

Thanks in advance....your answers are super helpful for us!
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Old 04-05-2015, 11:25 PM
 
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^^Here's the 2014-2015 NYC Department of Education High School Directory. It goes into some detail about the application process and has a profile for each high school in the City. It's a very helpful resource: http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/...lDirectory.pdf As you will see, there are some high schools that, through the application process, give priority to students who live within a certain district before opening up seats to other residents of that particular borough and/or citywide.
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Old 04-06-2015, 06:31 AM
 
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So it means when our child is ready for high school, it doesn't matter if which part of district 26 we live in when it's un-zone.....Like we don't have to purchase a house in Great Neck to get into Great Neck North or South High?
How does a child get into a better school such as Cardozo vs not-as-good school: Queens High School of Teaching Liberal Arts and Sci?

Thanks in advance....your answers are super helpful for us!
Pretty much what the other posted said, they give preference to district 26 students, but accept a ton of kids outside the district. In particular students designated for high schools that were shut down by Blomberg over ten years ago in southeast queens.

In addition there are also a few special programs offered at Cardozo. Look at the special programs section below:
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School
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