Editing St. Albans, Queens (section)

== Education ==
[[File:Merrick Bl Linden Bl td (2019-01-13) 11 - Eagle Academy III.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Eagle Academy III]]
St. Albans and Jamaica generally have a lower rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city {{as of|2018|lc=y}}. While 29% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 19% have less than a high school education and 51% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 39% of Queens residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|6}} The percentage of St. Albans and Jamaica students excelling in math rose from 36% in 2000 to 55% in 2011, and reading achievement increased slightly from 44% to 45% during the same time period.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web|url=http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/QN_12_11.pdf|title=Jamaica/Hollis – QN 12|date=2011|publisher=[[Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy]]|access-date=October 5, 2016}}</ref>

St. Albans and Jamaica's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is more than the rest of New York City. In St. Albans and Jamaica, 22% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per [[school year]], higher than the citywide average of 20%.<ref name=":21" />{{Rp|24 (PDF p. 55)}}<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|6}} Additionally, 74% of high school students in St. Albans and Jamaica graduate on time, about the same as the citywide average of 75%.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|6}}

=== Schools ===

==== Public ====
Public schools are operated by the [[New York City Department of Education]] (NYCDOE). St. Albans contains the following public elementary schools which serve grades PK-5 unless otherwise indicated:
* PS 15 Jackie Robinson<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813035949/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q015|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 13, 2020|title=P.S. 015 Jackie Robinson|website=New York City Department of Education|access-date=January 8, 2020}}</ref>
* PS 36 St. Albans (grades K-5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q036|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023033813/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q036|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2020|title=P.S. 036 Saint Albans School|website=New York City Department of Education|access-date=January 8, 2020}}</ref>
* PS 136 Roy Wilkins<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q136|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619153615/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q136|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 19, 2022|title=P.S. 136 Roy Wilkins|website=New York City Department of Education|access-date=January 8, 2020}}</ref>

The following public middle schools serve grades 6–8:
* IS 59 Springfield Gardens<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q059|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619090035/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q059|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 19, 2022|title=I.S. 059 Springfield Gardens|website=New York City Department of Education|access-date=January 8, 2020}}</ref>
* IS 192 The Linden<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q192|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021171440/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q192|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 21, 2020|title=I.S. 192 The Linden|website=New York City Department of Education|access-date=January 8, 2020}}</ref>

Eagle Academy for Young Men III, a combined public middle and high school, serves grades 6–12.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q327|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026171418/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q327|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 26, 2020|title=Eagle Academy for Young Men III|website=New York City Department of Education|access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref>

==== Private and charter ====
There are three charter schools:
* Riverton Street Charter School St. Albans
* Success Academy Springfield Gardens
* Achievement First Legacy Elementary School

Private schools include:
* St. Albans Christian Academy
* True Deliverance Christian School
* St. Catherine of Sienna Catholic School (opened 1929, closed 2009,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dioceseofbrooklyn.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Chronological-List-of-Queens-Parishes-and-Schools-4.pdf | title=List of Queens RC Parishes & Schools | access-date=June 19, 2013}}</ref> now site of Riverton Street Charter School)

=== Library ===
The [[Queens Public Library]] operates the {{sic|hide=y|St.Albans}} branch at 191{{hyphen}}05 Linden Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web | title=Branch Detailed Info: St. Albans | website=Queens Public Library | url=https://www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/locations/St.Albans/ | access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>