page_title: Jackson Heights, Queens
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Jackson Heights, Queens / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking southeast across 82nd Street at PS 212 on a sunny midday. One of a batch of six I forgot to edit before uploading.
context_page_description: Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the borough of Queens in New York City. Jackson Heights is neighbored by North Corona to the east, Elmhurst to the south, Woodside to the west, northern Astoria to the northwest, and East Elmhurst to the northeast. Jackson Heights has an ethnically diverse community, with half the population having being foreign-born since the 2000s. According to the 2010 United States Census, the neighborhood has a population of 108,152.
  The site of Jackson Heights was a vast marsh named Trains Meadow until 1909 when Edward A. MacDougall's Queensboro Corporation bought 325 acres of undeveloped land and farms. The Queensboro Corporation named the land Jackson Heights after John C. Jackson, a descendant of one of the original Queens families and a respected Queens entrepreneur. Further development arose through the development of transit, and "garden apartments" and "garden homes" soon became prevalent in Jackson Heights. During the 1960s, Jackson Heights' white middle-class families began moving to the suburbs, and non-white residents began moving in.
  Jackson Heights retains much of its residential character in the modern day.
context_section_description: Jackson Heights generally has a lower ratio of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018. While 27% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 30% have less than a high school education and 47% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 39% of Queens residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher. The percentage of Jackson Heights students excelling in math rose from 41% in 2000 to 65% in 2011, and reading achievement rose from 46% to 49% during the same time period.
  Jackson Heights's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is less than the rest of New York City. In Jackson Heights, 12% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year, lower than the citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 78% of high school students in Jackson Heights graduate on time, more than the citywide average of 75%.
caption: PS 212
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