William Cullen Bryant High School
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4810 31st Avenue Long Island City, New York United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°45′28″N 73°54′38″W / 40.75778°N 73.91056°WCoordinates: 40°45′28″N 73°54′38″W / 40.75778°N 73.91056°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1889 |
| School district | NYC Geographic District 30 |
| Principal | Namita Dwarka |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,652 |
| Website | www.wcbryanths.org |
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William Cullen Bryant High School |
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William Cullen Bryant High School, or William C. Bryant High School, and Bryant High School for short, is a secondary school in Queens, New York City, United States serving grades 9 through 12.
It is named in honor of William Cullen Bryant, an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. He is most known for his work as one of the creators of Central Park in Manhattan, New York.
The school has 2,652 students enrolled; the ethnic make-up of the school is 48.3% Hispanic, 27.7% Asian, 2.5% White, and 19.7% African American. The school has a four-year graduation rate of 69% and an attendance rate of 91%. In 2010, New York City Department of Education gave it a letter grade of C.
The school was founded in 1889. A new building was erected in 1902-4 in the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City on 41st Ave. This building became Long Island City High School when Bryant moved to its current site on 31st Ave in 1930.
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