John Adams High School (27Q480) 
101-01 Rockaway Boulevard, Queens, NY 11417, Queens
Phone: 718-322-0500
Email: Dgega@schools.nyc.gov
Hours: 8:15am - 2:29pm
Principal: Pedro Cubero
School Website: https://www.Johnadamsnyc.org
NYCDOE Website: https://www.myschools.nyc/en/schools/high-school/48180
Admissions Information: https://www.johnadamsnyc.org/admissions
Quality Snapshot: https://tools.nycenet.edu/snapshot/2022/27Q480/HS/
Subway: A to 104th St-Oxford Av
Bus: Q11, Q112, Q21, Q37, Q41, Q52-SBS, Q53-SBS, Q7, Q8, QM15
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Program Details
Health Professions, Science & Math
The PRE-MED Academy is a dynamic academic community in which students explore the various opportunities within the world of health and medicine. The 4 year course load provided to our PRE-MED students equips them with knowledge, skills, and competencies to be successful in a premedical program at a university. PRE-MED students have the ability to be tracked as an IB (international baccalaureate) student where they can earn up to 30 college credits OR they can be tracked as a Medical Assisting Student where they will prepare to take a medical assisting licensing exam. Alongside the PRE-MED electives; Healthcare CORE, First Aid/CPR, Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology, Intro to Medical Assisting, and Medical Assisting 1 and 2, the PRE-MED students also have the ability to take AP, College Now, and other college accredited courses. Both Medical Terminology and Anatomy and Physiology are college accredited via our partnership with both SUNY Farmingdale and St. John's University
- (Group 1) Open to New York City residents
Student & Admissions Statistics
GE Applicants / Seats:
SWD Applicants / Seats:
This data was gathered from various NYC DOE reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/information-and-data-overview
About the School
John Adams High School is proud to offer several nationally renowned programs. John Adams believes for students to perform successfully, they need both a rigorous academic curriculum and safe environment. John Adams High School offers a world renowned International Baccalaureate (IB) program, screened STEM, Future Educator and Pre-med programs. Our students have the opportunity to participate in thirty-one sports teams, over twenty Advanced Placement (AP) and College Now classes We have credit-based early college partnerships with St. Johns University, SUNY Farmingdale, CUNY York college CUNY Brooklyn and CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies. John Adams has invested in state of the art career based classrooms in all small learning communities. The school has a new court room for the law academy, Zspace lab and medical training facility for premed, new graphic design art room, Virtual/Augmented reality hardware & software for our STEM/Premed Academy. John Adams also offers the Culinary Arts, Hydroponics, Airforce JROTC, Robotics, life guard certification, Mock Trial and Virtual Enterprise. Come to our open houses to see it for yourself!
Academic Highlights: Partners include: SUNY FARMINGDALE, CUNY YORK COLLEGE, BMCC, BROOKLYN COLLEGE, SCHOOL OF LAW AND LABOR STUDIES, ST. JOHNS UNIVERSITY ,AIRFORCE JROTC AND DJI DRONE PROGRAM, CTE program(s): Entrepreneurship, International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, FutureReadyNYC: Teaching & Training (P-12 Teacher)
Other Features: 10th Grade Seats Available, Career and Technical Education (CTE), College Trips, Community School, Community Service Expected, Dress Code, Extended Day, Extended Year, FutureReadyNYC School, Health Center, Internship Expected, Internships Available, Multi-Session School, Online Grading System, Orientation, Program(s) with 1 GE Applicant Per Seat, Program(s) with 2 SWD Applicants Per Seat, Saturday Programs, Student Parent Orientation, Summer Bridge, Summer Internships, Summer Orientation, Weekend Programs
English Language Learner Programs: Transitional Bilingual Education: Bengali, Spanish, Bilingual Special Education (BSE): Spanish
School Features:
Offers 10th Grade Seats
School whose primary location is co-located with another school
AP Courses, Languages & Sports
Survey Summary & Data (2023-24)
Note: Yellow bars indicate city-wide averages for the associated category
Academic Summary & Data (2022-23)
4-Year College 32.50%
Vocational Program 0.20%
Unknown 48.20%
School Demographics (2022-23)
Female 48.00%
Black 23.60%
Hispanic 37.70%
White 4.10%
Other 2.80%
Black 7.00%
Hispanic 19.30%
White 48.00%
Other 8.20%
This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's demographic snapshots: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/information-and-data-overview