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Irwin Altman Middle School 172

26Q172

06,07,08 - Queens, District 26

81-14 257 STREET (get directions)

$35.70/student (PTA & enrollment SY2024-25)

825 students (SY2025-26)

FY@budget.Year budget $1,232,369 ($1,494/student)

Attendance: 93.8%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 98.1%

Math Course Pass Rate: 96.6%

Overview

Irwin Altman Middle School 172 is a junior high-intermediate-middle school (grades 06,07,08) in Queens, Community School District 26.

Enrollment & demographics

School year	Total enrollment
2013-14	968
2014-15	959
2015-16	988
2016-17	993
2017-18	978
2018-19	979
2019-20	1,009
2020-21	974
2021-22	884
2022-23	788
2023-24	829
2024-25	798
2025-26	825

% female: 49.1% (2025-26)

% poverty: 58.1% (2025-26)

% students with disabilities: 18.9% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 8% (2025-26)

Data year

Mixed years. Each share is the newest year this school published it, shown next to the number.

Race / ethnicity

DOE reports race and ethnicity. It does not publish country of nationality.

Asian: 59.8% (2025-26)

Black: 8.7% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 18.5% (2025-26)

White: 7.8% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 2.9% (2025-26)

Native American: 2.3% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: 0.50 (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

Attendance: 93.8%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 98.1%

Math Course Pass Rate: 96.6%

Year	Metric	Value
2024	Attendance	93.8%
2024	ELA course pass rate	98.1%
2024	Math course pass rate	96.6%
2023	Attendance	93.8%
2023	ELA course pass rate	99.1%
2023	Math course pass rate	97.1%
2022	Attendance	93.9%
2022	ELA course pass rate	99.6%
2022	Math course pass rate	99.1%
2021	Attendance	94.3%
2021	ELA course pass rate	99.8%
2021	Math course pass rate	99.2%
2020	Attendance	94%
2020	ELA course pass rate	99.7%
2020	Math course pass rate	99.9%
2019	Attendance	96.5%
2019	ELA course pass rate	100%
2019	Math course pass rate	98.8%
2018	Attendance	96.2%
2018	ELA course pass rate	98.9%
2018	Math course pass rate	98.6%
2017	ELA course pass rate	99.4%
2017	Math course pass rate	99.2%
2016	ELA course pass rate	99.5%
2016	Math course pass rate	99.1%
2015	ELA course pass rate	99.2%
2015	Math course pass rate	98.9%

See the full report on DOE's site for every metric this dataset publishes.

State tests

Mean scale score on the New York State test for the grades this school serves. The percent is students at level 3 or 4, not a percentile rank. Scores from 2023 on use the current standards and are not comparable to earlier years. High school SAT section scores stay in Academic / quality.

Year	Grade	Test	Mean scale score	Level 3+4	Tested
2026	6	ELA	453	65.1%	278
2026	6	Math	457	63.9%	280
2026	7	ELA	460	70%	240
2026	7	Math	472	76.4%	237
2026	8	ELA	461	68.6%	236
2026	8	Math	453	55.4%	139
2026	8	Science	449	49.2%	132
2025	6	ELA	458	70.4%	243
2025	6	Math	460	63.3%	240
2025	7	ELA	458	67.5%	252
2025	7	Math	470	71.2%	257
2025	8	ELA	462	76.7%	223
2025	8	Math	454	56.8%	125
2025	8	Science	447	41.2%	131
2024	6	ELA	450	54.6%	249
2024	6	Math	462	68.8%	250
2024	7	ELA	461	75%	236
2024	7	Math	474	78%	241
2024	8	ELA	464	73.8%	229
2024	8	Math	450	53%	115
2024	8	Science	445	39.1%	133
2023	6	ELA	457	68.9%	222
2023	6	Math	463	65.3%	225
2023	7	ELA	464	71.9%	256
2023	7	Math	470	76%	258
2023	8	ELA	468	80.9%	230
2023	8	Math	449	47.8%	115
2022	6	ELA	613	75.9%	257
2022	6	Math	606	56.5%	253
2022	7	ELA	618	77%	265
2022	7	Math	611	60.6%	269
2022	8	ELA	613	76.4%	292
2022	8	Math	600	29%	131
2019	6	ELA	609	73.1%	312
2019	6	Math	609	65.2%	313
2019	7	ELA	611	63.5%	299
2019	7	Math	609	61.1%	301
2019	8	ELA	611	68.8%	317
2019	8	Math	604	38%	166
2018	6	ELA	608	66%	297
2018	6	Math	604	57%	298
2018	7	ELA	613	69.3%	322
2018	7	Math	611	67.5%	323
2018	8	ELA	612	73.1%	320
2018	8	Math	603	39.9%	188

Specialized high school offers

Share of 8th graders in high-school admissions who received an offer to a testing specialized high school. A cell of 0-5 is DOE's suppression for a small count, so that year has no percent.

Year	In HS admissions	Took SHSAT	Offers	Offer rate
2025	256	127	26	10.2%
2024	282	140	29	10.3%
2023	265	138	29	10.9%
2022	318	164	22	6.9%

School budget (Galaxy)

Allocated school budget from DOE Galaxy. Fair Student Funding is the main flexible allocation. This is the budget, not dollars already spent. Per student uses the latest enrollment, which can be a different year than the fiscal year. Figures as of 2026-10-10.

Fiscal year	Total budget	Fair Student Funding	Per student
FY 2027	$1,232,369	not reported	$1,494
FY 2026	$1,067,307	not reported	$1,294

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
C4E Class Size Reduction Planning	$354,891
Class Size Reduction Planning	$353,688
Contract for Excellence FY 09	$122,847
Contract for Excellence FY 2024	$86,749
OASAS Sub Abuse	$83,907
TL C4E FSF	$69,781
TL CB School Staff	$43,628
Title I STH for Non Title I Schools	$34,640
IDEA RS IEP Para	$26,244
Title III LEP	$12,465
TL CB School Staff SAPIS	$10,075
OASAS County Initiative Prevention	$8,889
Title IV Safe Healthy Counseling Summer Rising	$7,027
Title III Translation Services	$4,543
TL Computer Maintenance	$4,292
High Need Support for Title I STH	$2,773
Title III LEP Carryover	$2,480
Private PTA Grant 03	$2,000
Private Grant 30	$500
OASAS Sub Abuse OTPS	$500
Private Grnt 36-URBAN ADV MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTRY	$450

PTA funding (LL171)

$35.70/student (PTA & enrollment SY2024-25)

PTA/PA fundraising per enrolled student - higher generally means a more active parent fundraising community, not a DOE quality signal.

School year	Beginning balance	Total income	Total expenses	Ending balance
2024-25	$9,138	$28,488	$31,212	$6,414

Sources & methodology

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Data from NYC Department of Education and NYC Open Data. Free and public - no accounts, no paid ranking data.