Andrew Jackson High School (Queens)

Andrew Jackson High School
Address
Map
207-01 116th Avenue[1][2]

Cambria Heights, Queens
,
New York
11411

United States
Coordinates40°41′53.9″N 73°44′46.2″W / 40.698306°N 73.746167°W / 40.698306; -73.746167
Information
TypePublic
OpenedMay 10, 1937 (1937-05-10)[3]
Closed1994

Andrew Jackson High School is a defunct comprehensive high school in the Cambria Heights section in southeastern Queens, New York. The school was opened in 1937,[4] and named after former United States President Andrew Jackson. However, the city closed down the school in 1994.[1][4][5] At its nadir in the late 1970s, police broke up a heroin-processing factory in the school's basement.[4]

Since its closure the building was renamed Campus Magnet High Schools (also known as Campus Magnet Educational Campus).[2] It contains several different high schools centered on various professional themes: Finance and Information Technology; Humanities and the Arts; Law, Health Professions; Mathematics, Science Research and Technology.[1][2] The 2010 graduation rate of the current schools approximated the graduation rate of the original school in 1992.[6] The multi-school campus is at 207-01 116th Avenue, at Francis Lewis Boulevard and 116th Avenue.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b c d Dillon, Sam (May 22, 1995). "Lots of Little Academics Founded With Lots of Big Ideas Produce a Variety of Results". The New York Times.
  2. ^ a b c d "2016 New York City High School Directory" (PDF). schools.nyc.gov. New York City Department of Education. 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYTimes-JacksonHS-Open-May1937 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c Barbanel, Josh (November 12, 1993). "Cortines, Citing Litany of Failure, Plans to Close 2 Big High Schools". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Holloway, Lynette (May 16, 2001). "A Small Strategy for Troubled Giants". The New York Times. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  6. ^ Pezone, Michael (2011). "School Segregation in Queens, New York: From Andrew Jackson to Law Government" (PDF). Social Science Docket. Hofstra University: 54–56.