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The 30th Avenue School, also known as Q300 is a Citywide Gifted and Talented (G&T) K-8 School located in Astoria, New York City. Q300 is known for it's selective admission process.
Students previously had to take the G&T test and score in the 99th percentile (97th if you already had a sibling in the program) to get into any Gifted and Talented school. New York City announced the phasing out of its Gifted and Talented program, including the admissions test, in October 2021 under then mayor Bill de Blasio, effectively abolishing the G&T test in the city..[1] Currently, the school uses a lottery system for admissions. Many students and parents have criticized the lottery system, because it was diminishing the prestige of G&T schools. This lead to a reform in 2023 by mayor Eric Adams[2]
The school was originally founded in 2014, replacing the STEM Academy, a smaller G&T program that opened in 2009. [3]The original principal of the school conceived it on a base of "project and inquiry based learning". This meant that Q300 was different from other schools in a number of ways, including little to no homework, and seating around a table for group work.
Q300 is a very small school with just 513 students across 9 grades, or an average of 57 students per grade. Each grade has only two classes in it.
Q300, despite being a small school, is split across two buildings, with the Upper Division (Grades 5-8) being on the fifth floor of a building on 21 St with I.S. 126 Albert Shanker, and the Lower Division (Grades K-4) being on the fourth floor of a building on 30 Avenue (The namesake for the school) sharing with P.S. 17 Henry David Thoreau. There have been some attempts at unifying the school into one building, but so far, all have failed.[4]
The school has a chess, math, and debate team. [5] It has all the subjects required by the DOE, with Technology class in all grades. There is also the occasional addition of subjects/electives such as architecture, origami, mindfulness or robotics in some grades.
Q300 has some of the best specialized high school acceptance rates in the city, with high state test scores, consistently above the district and city averages, between 90% and 100% proficiency, depending on grade and subject.[6] Generally, between 50 and 60% of students get into specialized high schools.
Despite these high test scores, the curriculum is not accelerated, and is similar to the rest of the NYC DOE.
As of 2025, the school's principal is Sonita Ramkishun.
References
[edit]- ^ Ahmed, Eishika (2023-10-18). "Advancing Equity in NYC Education by Rethinking Gifted and Talented Programs". The Century Foundation. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ^ "New York City turns gifted education into a glorified lottery, disregarding research". The Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ^ "The 30th Avenue School - District 30 - InsideSchools". insideschools.org. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ^ "From the Principal". ps300q.org. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ^ "Math Team". ps300q.org. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ^ "2023 | 30TH AVENUE SCHOOL - Report Card | NYSED Data Site". data.nysed.gov. Retrieved 2025-03-10.