Francis Lewis High School

Francis Lewis High School is a high school in Fresh Meadows, NY that enrolls 4,265 students in grades 9-12, putting it among the larger public campuses in the New York City Geographic District #26. That headcount is above the 843-student average for schools in the district.

EDFacts assessment data puts 51% of students at or above grade level in combined math and reading, a little above the national midpoint where roughly half of tested students clear the bar. That tracks the 49% district average closely, within a few points either way. Against the 47% New York statewide average, the school sits 4 points higher.

Over the last three reported years the district proficiency rate this school inherits has risen by about 25 points. As a high school, it reports a 72% adjusted-cohort graduation rate, the share of first-time ninth-graders who earn a regular diploma within four years.

The student-teacher ratio is 17.5 to 1, close to the U.S. average of about 16 to 1. 70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a majority-low-income enrollment. It receives Title I federal funding, which flags a higher share of low-income students rather than measuring school quality.