Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community College (24Q520) 
45-35 Van Dam Street, Queens, NY 11101, Queens
Phone: 718-392-3330
Hours: 8:00am - 2:20pm
School Website: https://www.mchslic.org/
NYCDOE Website: https://www.myschools.nyc/en/schools/high-school/24Q520/
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School Leader: Socrates Ortiz Jr (sortiz4@schools.nyc.gov)
Parent Coordinator: Kristy Brito (kbrito6@schools.nyc.gov)
Respect for All Liaison: Kim Tramontozzi (ktramontozzi@schools.nyc.gov)
Sexual Harassment Prevention Liaison: Kim Tramontozzi (ktramontozzi@schools.nyc.gov)
504 Coordinator: Kim Tramontozzi (ktramontozzi@schools.nyc.gov)
504 Coordinator: Laura Pawson (lpawson@schools.nyc.gov)
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About
Our mission is to offer students opportunities to achieve success by providing a small personalized environment on a college campus. We provide tangible experiences that help students connect to the next stages of their academic and social lives as well as their careers. There is open access to the campus of LaGuardia Community College and students may enroll in college classes as part of their high school instructional program. All students are expected to graduate with a minimum of 24 college hours.
Reports: School Budget | PTA Financials | Room Utilization
Teachers with more than 3 years of experience: 88%
Academic Highlights: Performance-Based Assessment Tasks (PBATs)
Other Features: College Courses On Site, Early College, Paid Internships
School Features:
Performance Assessment School, which base graduation requirements on the successful completion of performance assessments in major subject areas in lieu of one or more Regents exams
Offers 10th Grade Seats
School whose primary location is co-located with another school
Guidance Counselors, Social Workers
AP Courses, Languages, Sports, Art
This school is part of a PSAL team comprised of the following schools:
International High School at LaGuardia Community College (24Q530)
Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community College (24Q520)
Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology (24Q560)
Programs
Humanities & Interdisciplinary
Portfolio-based assessment, five year early college program and out-of-school internships.
10th Grade seats available
- (Group 1) Queens students or residents
- (Group 2) New York City residents
School Student & Admissions Statistics
Total Offers
This data was gathered from various NYC DOE reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/information-and-data-overview
Survey Summary & Data (2024-25)
Note: Yellow bars indicate city-wide averages for the associated category
Academic Summary & Data (2023-24)
School Demographics (2024-25)
Female 61.10%
Black 4.60%
Hispanic 75.10%
White 9.10%
Other 1.20%
White 51.90%
Other 22.20%
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
IEP Statistics (2023-24)
This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's yearly quality reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/school-quality-reports-and-resources
Special Education Programs & Services (2024-25)
| Program | Fully Receiving | Partially Receiving | Not Receiving |
| Integrated Co-Teaching Services | 42 (95%) | <=5 (?) | <=5 (?) |
| SETSS | 35 (97%) | <=5 (?) | <=5 (?) |
| Service | Fully Receiving | Partially Receiving | Not Receiving |
| Counseling Services | >5 (97%) | N/A (N/A) | <=5 (3%) |
| Counseling Services Bilingual | 14 (88%) | <=5 (?) | <=5 (?) |
| Hearing Education Services | 27 (100%) | N/A (N/A) | 0 (0%) |
| Speech-Language Therapy | >5 (98%) | N/A (N/A) | <=5 (2%) |
| Transportation | Number Receiving |
| Curb to School | 20 (95%) |
| Stop to School | <=5 (?) |
| Unassigned | <=5 (?) |
This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's Special Education Reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/government-reports/special-education-reports
ELL Performance (2023-24)
This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's yearly quality reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/school-quality-reports-and-resources
