High School for Arts and Business

High School for Arts and Business
Location
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105-25 Horace Harding Expressway Corona, Queens, New York 11368 United States
Coordinates	40°44′14″N 73°51′12″W / 40.737258°N 73.8532°W / 40.737258; -73.8532Coordinates: 40°44′14″N 73°51′12″W / 40.737258°N 73.8532°W / 40.737258; -73.8532
Information
Type	Public
Established	1997
School district	New York City Department of Education District 24
School number	Q550
Principal	Ana Zambrano-Burakov
Faculty	48.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9 to 12
Enrollment	767[2] (2007-08)
Student to teacher ratio	16.6[1]
Athletics conference	Public School Athletic League[3]
Mascot	Bulls[3]
Website	HSAB website
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High School for Arts and Business is a public high school in New York City, in Corona in the borough of Queens. It has an enrollment of 779. The school once belonged to the Andrew Jackson High System and was named as a offsite section in 1973.

As of May 2008, HSAB is one of the top-ranked high schools in New York City, and #219 on the list of the US's top high schools.^{[citation needed]} Serving grades 9–12, is a part of the New York City Department of Education, and has an overall 90% graduation rate, with most students continuing to college. It was #223 on Newsweek magazine's 2006 list of the country's best public high schools. It was the highest-ranked of New York City's schools, of which nine made the 1,139-school list. It is #21 in all of NYC. The rankings evaluated schools by the ratio of advanced placement exams taken by graduating students.^{[citation needed]}

Facilities[]

HSAB's building was previously a bowling alley. It was first used as a school on February 1, 1973 when it became the Jackson High School Annex. Once known as "the windowless building", it now has windows on its first and second floors. Its common areas are decorated with student work. There are no outdoor fields or gym, but physical education classes are held in a dance/aerobics room and well-equipped weight room.

Extracurricular activities[]

The schools sports are baseball for boys, track for both boys and girls, soccer for boys and girls, and handball for boys and girls.

The school is also the site for the YABC in Queens, a program to help students 17 years and older achieve diplomas from their base high schools.

References[]

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External links[]

• High School for Arts and Business website