John Adams High School (H.S. 480; often referred to locally as John Adams) is a

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in the Ozone Park neighborhood of

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. Planning for the school began in 1927 and classes commenced in September 1930. At around the same time the city built several other high schools from the same plans, including

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, Abraham Lincoln High School, Bayside High School, and Grover Cleveland High School. As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,622 students and 169.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 15.5:1. There were 2,061 students (78.6% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 251 (9.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for John Adams High School

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. Accessed December 12, 2016.

Facilities

John Adams has three floors and a basement. The basement contains the

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s, weight-training room, a

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, numerous classrooms, and a Northwell-LIJ School Based Health Center that opened in 2015. The campus of John Adams is roughly six by three

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s, with baseball, tennis, track, and football fields behind the school. The school also has three gymnasiums. There is also a library, an auditorium, a Virtual Enterprise Room which is a simulated business class, and several

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and science labs throughout all three floors.

Academics

* Grade levels: 9 to 12 * Ethnicity: **4% White 28% Black 37%

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28% Asian/

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. * Gender %: 52.8 Male, 47.2 Female * Attendance: 79.9% * Graduation rate: 53.6%. * 6-year graduation rate: 67.2% as of 2009–2010. * College enrollment: 42.8% * Current School Grade: John Adams recently received a from the Board of Education. - 2009–2010."School Progress Report"
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Special programs

* The school offers specialized programs in vision care as well as medical and dental technology. * Taking single sessions of math and English also frees up more time for students to enjoy electives and

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courses. * The school offers ''College Now'', a program run by

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offering accredited college courses on site at the high school. * The school has "collaborative team teaching" (CTT) classes, where two teachers work with a group of special- and general education students. (Laura Zingmond, October 2005) * All incoming freshman may take classes the summer before and after the 9th grade, which means that they can start the 10th grade with as many as 19 of the 44 credits required for graduation. * For older students who are at risk of dropping out, there is the PM program—an afternoon session designed to deliver instruction of core subjects in a single classroom environment. * The school offers day and nighttime GED ( General Equivalency Diploma) programs and

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. Vocational training is handled off-site. * The school offers special ed for those with learning challenges.

Notable people

Alumni

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n and gay activist. He attended from 1962 until dropping out in 1964, largely because of the bullying that he had faced at the school. *

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and the

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on the

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commissioner, law professor and tax attorney *

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Former teachers

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References

External links

John Adams High School
at schools.nyc.gov {{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, John High School Public high schools in Queens, New York * Ozone Park, Queens

Facilities

Academics

Special programs

Notable people

Alumni

Former teachers

See also

References

External links