Summit School (Queens)

The Summit School
The entrance to the Lower School located in the Hillcrest Jewish Center.
Address
Map
Upper School & Admissions Office[1]
187-30 Grand Central Parkway

Jamaica
,
New York
11432

United States
Coordinates40°43′17″N 73°46′37″W / 40.72139°N 73.77694°W / 40.72139; -73.77694
Information
TypeApproved private school[2]
Special education
Day school
Religious affiliation(s)Nonsectarian
Established1968 (1968)
FounderHershel Stiskin[3]
School districtQueens Community Board 8
NCES School IDBB081358[4]
DirectorAllison Edwards (Director/Upper School Principal)[5]
Karen Frigenti (Director/Lower School Principal)[5]
Teaching staff47.6 (on an FTE basis)[4]
Grades3–12
GenderCo-educational
Enrollment270[4]
Student to teacher ratio5.8[4]
AccreditationNew York State Department of Education
Board of Regents for the State of New York
NewspaperThe Summit Sun
AffiliationThe Summit School (Nyack, New York)
Websitesummitqueens.com

The Summit School is a state funding approved private, special education day school in Queens, New York, United States.[2] Established in 1968, it operates two sites near the St. John's University campus; the Lower School, which educates elementary and middle school students, utilizes space in the Hillcrest Jewish Center[6] in Utopia, and the Upper School serves high school students in Jamaica Estates.

In contrast to most private schools, which are independently operated, Summit is tuition-free[7][disputed – discuss] and accepts students from all five boroughs of New York City, as well as from Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk counties.[8]

Summit is also considered to be a well-regarded school for students with learning disabilities, and it has a highly competitive student and faculty enrollment process.[7]

  1. ^ "Contact - Contact Us". The Summit School. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "853 Programs Serving Students with Disabilities". New York State Education Department. March 10, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
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  4. ^ a b c d "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Summit School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Contact". The Summit School. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  6. ^ DuBos, Laurie; Fromer, Jana (April 2006). A Parents Guide to Special Education in New York City and the Metropolitan Area. New York: Teachers College Press. pp. 130–31. ISBN 0807746851. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
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