High · Career and technical · Grades 9 to 12

Thomas a Edison Career and Technical Education High School, Jamaica, NY

CEP schoolThomas a Edison Career and Technical Education High School is a public high school in Jamaica, part of New York City Geographic District #28. It enrolled 2,146 students in 2024-25, with 15.4 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 2,146
Teachers (FTE): 139.0
Students per teacher: 15.4
Grades: 9 to 12

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.0. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.4

District15.0

New York11.4

United States15.3

School details

Address: 165-65 84th Ave, Jamaica, NY 11432
Phone: (718)297-6580
District: New York City Geographic District #28
County: Queens County
Level: High
Type: Career and technical
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 360010002881

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 1,543
Reduced-price lunch: 125
Free or reduced-price lunch: 1,66877.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in New York City Geographic District #28

Forest Hills High School 3,394 students
Hillcrest High School 2,298 students
Queens Metropolitan High School 1,068 students
Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School 837 students
Queens Collegiate - a College Board School 711 students
Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School 679 students
York Early College Academy 596 students
Young Women'S Leadership School-Queens 544 students
High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety 535 students
Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences 531 students
High School for Community Leadership 497 students
Queens High School for the Sciences at York College 495 students

High schools elsewhere in Jamaica

August Martin High School New York City Geographic District #27
Eagle Academy for Young Men III New York City Geographic District #29
Queens Transition Center NYC Special Schools - District 75
New Dawn Charter High School II New Dawn Charter High School II
United Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science IV United Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science IV
Voyages Prep-South Queens New York City Geographic District #27

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.