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M.S. 137 America's School of Heroes

27Q137

06,07,08 - Queens, District 27

109-15 98 STREET (get directions)

PTA $ not reported

1,524 students (SY2025-26)

FY@budget.Year budget $19,368,334 ($12,709/student)

Attendance: 90.6%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 98.2%

Math Course Pass Rate: 98%

Overview

M.S. 137 America's School of Heroes is a junior high-intermediate-middle school (grades 06,07,08) in Queens, Community School District 27.

Enrollment & demographics

School year	Total enrollment
2013-14	1,918
2014-15	1,905
2015-16	1,887
2016-17	1,930
2017-18	1,890
2018-19	1,916
2019-20	1,958
2020-21	1,930
2021-22	1,774
2022-23	1,668
2023-24	1,661
2024-25	1,611
2025-26	1,524

% female: 45.4% (2025-26)

% poverty: 75.7% (2025-26)

% students with disabilities: 17.5% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 14.1% (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: 35.4% (2025-26)

Black: 4.9% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 46.5% (2025-26)

White: 3.1% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 0.7% (2025-26)

Native American: 9.4% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: 0.70 (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

Attendance: 90.6%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 98.2%

Math Course Pass Rate: 98%

Year	Metric	Value
2024	Attendance	90.6%
2024	ELA course pass rate	98.2%
2024	Math course pass rate	98%
2023	Attendance	90.7%
2023	ELA course pass rate	99.3%
2023	Math course pass rate	98.9%
2022	Attendance	90.9%
2022	ELA course pass rate	99%
2022	Math course pass rate	98.8%
2021	Attendance	90.2%
2021	ELA course pass rate	99%
2021	Math course pass rate	98.6%
2020	Attendance	92.5%
2020	ELA course pass rate	98.8%
2020	Math course pass rate	98.5%
2019	Attendance	93.8%
2019	ELA course pass rate	99.3%
2019	Math course pass rate	98.8%
2018	Attendance	93.3%
2018	ELA course pass rate	96%
2018	Math course pass rate	94.7%
2017	ELA course pass rate	96.7%
2017	Math course pass rate	95.7%
2016	ELA course pass rate	96.5%
2016	Math course pass rate	95%
2015	ELA course pass rate	96.5%
2015	Math course pass rate	95.1%

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	448	54.3%	464
2026	6	Math	455	56.5%	469
2026	7	ELA	454	57%	481
2026	7	Math	464	66.2%	491
2026	8	ELA	458	64.2%	506
2025	6	ELA	451	54.8%	471
2025	6	Math	452	48.7%	487
2025	7	ELA	452	56.8%	518
2025	7	Math	461	65.2%	535
2025	8	ELA	454	57.2%	530
2024	6	ELA	447	53%	500
2024	6	Math	451	48.5%	524
2024	7	ELA	450	54.7%	523
2024	7	Math	461	63.3%	550
2024	8	ELA	452	57.7%	555
2023	6	ELA	448	47.7%	503
2023	6	Math	448	43.8%	521
2023	7	ELA	451	54.1%	527
2023	7	Math	456	56.8%	551
2023	8	ELA	453	59%	554
2022	6	ELA	604	55.9%	537
2022	6	Math	594	30.5%	554
2022	7	ELA	608	57.1%	566
2022	7	Math	600	35.3%	587
2022	8	ELA	606	63%	597
2019	6	ELA	603	56.3%	656
2019	6	Math	603	48.9%	656
2019	7	ELA	603	45.2%	600
2019	7	Math	601	39.4%	604
2019	8	ELA	604	57%	597
2018	6	ELA	603	51.6%	607
2018	6	Math	597	34.4%	622
2018	7	ELA	604	47.9%	595
2018	7	Math	599	40.3%	608
2018	8	ELA	605	59.5%	622

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	570	161	13	2.3%
2024	592	114	17	2.9%
2023	583	127	9	1.5%
2022	625	164	12	1.9%

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	$19,368,334	$14,260,960	$12,709
FY 2026	$3,553,655	not reported	$2,332

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
TL Fair Student Funding	$14,260,960
Title I SWP	$856,551
Contract for Excellence FY 2024	$721,750
TL C4E FSF	$579,879
C4E Class Size Reduction Planning	$567,825
Class Size Reduction Planning	$565,901
TL Initial Allocation Hold Harmless FY 2027	$454,659
Contract for Excellence FY 09	$453,907
TL CB School Staff	$278,122
IDEA RS IEP Para	$220,448
TL 09 C4E ICT	$142,163
TL ELA/Math Student Support	$78,152
High Need Support for Title I	$68,568
Title I SWP STH	$36,214
TL Computer Maintenance	$31,845
Title III LEP	$23,580
Title I SWP Parent and Family Engagement	$8,566
Title IV Safe Healthy Counseling Summer Rising	$7,027
Title III LEP Carryover	$4,820
Title I SWP Translation Services	$4,498
High Need Support for Title I STH	$2,899

PTA funding (LL171)

PTA $ not reported

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	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported

Sources & methodology

A free, DOE / NYC Open Data-only tool. No paid ranking data (GreatSchools, Niche, or similar) anywhere on this site.

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