Andrew Jackson High School (Queens)

The design for Andrew Jackson High School was released in 1931. The plans for the school were approved by the New York City Board of Education on September 26, 1935. Ground broke on the site, at 116th Avenue and what was then Cross Island Boulevard (now Francis Lewis Boulevard), on November 18, 1935.{{cite news|title=St. Albans School Opened: 2,500 Students Register at New Andrew Jackson High School|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/05/11/94373645.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=May 11, 1937}}

The school, along with Samuel J. Tilden High School, Abraham Lincoln High School, John Adams High School, Walton High School, Bayside High School, and Grover Cleveland High School were all built during the Great Depression from one set of blueprints, in order to save money.{{cite web|title=PLANS FOR 4 SCHOOLS APPROVED BY BOARD; New Buildings Will Provide Seats for 8,250 Children and Cost $2,500,000|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/09/26/93776907.pdf|website=The New York Times|access-date=4 June 2015|date=September 26, 1935}}{{cite web|title=FEDERAL AID ASKED FOR 2 CITY WORKS; $2,500,000 Loan Sought for Construction of Bayside High School in Queens.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/10/04/90639033.pdf|website=The New York Times|access-date=4 June 2015|date=October 4, 1933}}{{cite web|last1=Selby|first1=Alexandra|last2=Umpierrez|first2=Amanda|title=Baysides' 75th|url=http://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/hsjournalism/files/2010/11/Illo-Kim.pdf|website=baruch.cuny.edu|publisher=The Baysider|access-date=4 June 2015|date=February 2011}} The design was based on Kirby Hall in Gretton, Northamptonshire, England. Jackson High School was built with Public Works Administration funds, as was Bayside High School.{{cite web|last1=Tompkins|first1=Richard|title=PROGRAM SPEEDED FOR NEW SCHOOLS; $25,000,000 of Construction With PWA Funds Will Be Under Way by Christmas.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/10/13/93493029.pdf|website=The New York Times|access-date=4 June 2015|date=October 13, 1935}} The schools were designed as small campuses to provide a "somewhat collegiate atmosphere".{{cite news|title=New High Schools to Have Campuses; Architectural Plan of Jackson Building and Three Others to Be Collegiate in Style; Design is Modernistic; Besides Queens School, Two In the Bronx and One in Brooklyn Are to Be of This Type.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1931/12/27/96922914.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=December 27, 1931}} The design of Jackson High School and the other post-1930 schools, created by architect Walter C. Martin, was considered to be "a modern adaptation of the Adams, Lincoln, and Tilden High Schools", which had all been completed by 1929.

Jackson High School opened on May 10, 1937, with 2,500 students, at the cost of $2.5 million. It was the last of the sister schools to be completed.{{cite news|title=Queens High School to be Opened Monday: Andrew Jackson to Be Formally Dedicated in September-Gaynor Exercises Monday|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/05/06/94371029.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=May 6, 1937}} The school was officially dedicated on September 27, 1937, when its first full academic year began, with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in attendance.{{cite news|title=Mayor Tells Boys How to Get His Job|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/09/28/94430362.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=September 28, 1937}} Upon opening, the new school relieved the overcrowded Jamaica High School, as well as John Adams High School.{{cite news|title=New School Open Tomorrow|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/09/26/96749308.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=September 26, 1937}} The school originally served a mostly middle-class student demographic.

By 1959, the high school operated multiple academic sessions to accommodate its students.{{cite news|title=Student Transfers May Cut Crowding In Queens Schools|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1959/07/04/79701284.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=July 4, 1959}} By the mid-1960s, the school had transitioned from a predominantly White student body, to an enrollment that was nearly 50 percent Black, disproportionate to the student body of the rest of the borough. The changes coincided with an influx of African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans to the area, along with white flight.{{cite news|last1=Hechinger|first1=Fred M.|title=School Board Told To Rezone Queens: State Orders Move to End Rising Racial Imbalance in Jackson High by Fall|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/02/15/82588980.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=February 15, 1967}}{{cite news|last1=Farber|first1=M.A.|title=Donovan Orders Students to Shift: Rezoning Plan for Queens Protested in Jamaica|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/05/17/90341560.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=May 17, 1967}}{{cite news|title=Donovan Cancels Racial Directive: Withdraws Transfer of 60 White Students in Queens|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/09/30/90404151.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=September 30, 1967}} Around this time, the State Education Commissioner and the Board of Education began efforts to prevent "de facto" segregation in the school and the entire Queens borough; these efforts would involve transferring students to schools outside of their local district.{{cite news|last1=Farber|first1=M.A.|title=4-Point Ethnic Plan For Queens School Submitted to State|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/05/09/89663268.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=May 9, 1967}} In September 1965, the New York City Transit Authority created the {{NYC bus link|Q77}} bus route along Francis Lewis Boulevard, in order to better transport students from other districts to the high school.{{cite web|last1=Landers|first1=Jacob|title=Improving Ethnic Distribution of New York City Pupils|url=http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED011270.pdf|publisher=New York City Board of Education, United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare|access-date=July 3, 2017|date=May 1966}}{{cite news|title=Legal Notices|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201966%2FLong%2520Island%2520%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201966%2520a%2520-%25201782.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffff8bd9627d%26DocId%3D4269995%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D10%26hits%3D8ec%2B8ee%2B8ef%2B948%2B949%2Bb1f%2Bb21%2Bb22%2Bb23%2Bb24%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fNew%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201966%2FLong%2520Island%2520%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201966%2520a%2520-%25201782.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffff8bd9627d%26DocId%3D4269995%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D10%26hits%3D8ec%2B8ee%2B8ef%2B948%2B949%2Bb1f%2Bb21%2Bb22%2Bb23%2Bb24%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fNew%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false|access-date=4 July 2017|work=Long Island Star-Journal|agency=Fultonhistory.com|date=April 21, 1966|page=27}} In May 1967, Schools Superintendent Bernard E. Donovan announced plans to transfer 260 active and prospective students from Jamaica High School and Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village to Jackson High School, which led to protest from parents in those communities.{{cite news|last1=Farber|first1=M.A.|title=Donovan Proposes Racial Rezoning in Queens|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/02/14/89320603.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=February 14, 1968}}{{cite news|title=Brooklyn Parents Support a White as New P.S. 284 Principal|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/05/24/81838657.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=May 24, 1967}}{{cite news|last1=Kihss|first1=Peter|title=Queens Aide Says School Board Turns Local Officials Into 'Figureheads'|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/05/26/83120082.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=May 26, 1967}}{{cite news|title=Queens Suits Seek to Block Shift of White Students|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/06/01/90346900.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=June 1, 1967}} The plan was rescinded by September of that year. In 1968, Donovan proposed rezoning the entire Queens borough, requiring students to be bused to more distant high schools, which led to similar protests.{{cite news|last1=Currivan|first1=Gene|title=Queens Parents Defy Busing Plan: Hire Own Vehicle to Send 30 to Another School|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/09/14/76880866.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=September 14, 1968}} The situation was compounded by the New York City teachers' strike of 1968.{{cite news|title=Blast Damages Queens School; 16 Seized on 3d Day of Disorder|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/12/05/77185161.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=December 5, 1968}} The situation and ensuing civil unrest between the students led to increased police presence at the school,{{cite news|last1=Buder|first1=Leonard|title=40 Policemen Guarding Jackson High|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/03/01/76873060.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=March 1, 1969}} and a walkout on May 19, 1969.{{cite news|last1=Fried|first1=Joseph P.|title=Queens Students Stage Walkout: High School Protesters Ask Naming of Negro Official|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/05/20/90106328.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=May 20, 1969}} Rezoning and busing efforts continued into the 1970s, by which time the high school was predominantly Black and Puerto Rican. This included the establishment of gifted programs aimed at attracting students from other areas of Queens, including an offsite specialized school in Corona, Queens. .{{cite news|last1=Buder|first1=Leonard|title=School Rezoning In Queens Scored: Bergtraum Would End Plan Involving Hillcrest High|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971/04/30/91282037.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=April 30, 1971}}{{cite news|last1=Burks|first1=Edward C.|title=A Gain In Schools Sought In Queens: Blacks and Whites Seeking an End to Busing|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971/06/20/79666181.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=June 20, 1971}}{{cite news|last1=Buder|first1=Leonard|title=Rezoning Plan for Some Queens Schools, Outlined|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1975/01/19/76327150.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=January 19, 1975}}{{cite news|title=Manes Assails School Zoning|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1975/04/27/357648362.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=April 27, 1975}}

In 1977, the NAACP sued the Board of Education in Federal District Court for the lack of integration in the school, accusing the Board of intentionally segregating the school "to keep other schools predominantly white."{{cite news|last1=Buder|first1=Leonard|title=Trial Opening Today In Jackson H.S. Case|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1977/04/18/80299819.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=April 18, 1977}}{{cite news|last1=Seigel|first1=Max H.|title=Nyquist Defends the Segregation Of High School in Queens Section|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1977/04/20/75660600.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=April 20, 1977}}{{cite news|title=Status of Jackson High Called Pitiful By Judge|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1977/04/27/75664307.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=April 27, 1977}} On May 16, 1978, Judge John Francis Dooling Jr. ordered the Board of Education to create a plan to integrate the school within 45 days of the ruling, to be implemented for the 1978–1979 academic year;{{cite news|title=News Summary: Wednesday, May 17, 1978|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1978/05/17/110954315.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=May 17, 1978}}{{cite news|last1=Goldman|first1=Ari L.|title=The Jackson High School Decision: Patterns of Segregation and the Unanswered Question|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1978/05/18/110955369.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=May 18, 1978}} this deadline was suspended in June of that year.{{cite news|title=Judge Eases Deadline For High School Plan On Balancing Classes|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1978/07/06/110884639.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=July 6, 1978}} The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overturned this decision in April 1979.{{cite news|title=Abandoning Andrew Jackson High|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1979/04/27/111710586.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=April 27, 1979}}

Around this time, the school gained a reputation for poor academic performance, high truancy and dropout rates, and low graduation rates, which continued into the 1980s and 1990s.{{cite news|last1=Kurtz|first1=Howard|title=RACIAL QUOTAS AND THE 'TIPPING POINT'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/10/19/racial-quotas-and-the-tipping-point/a0000533-d6d4-4311-b03c-8d5971b48991/|access-date=2 August 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 19, 1987|location=New York}}{{cite news|last1=Chambers|first1=Marcia|title=...and Students at One of Them Discuss Integration|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1977/05/20/75287679.pdf|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=May 20, 1977}}{{cite news|last1=Fiske|first1=Edward B.|title=Education; Index Can Rate School Performance Numerically|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/17/science/education-index-can-rate-school-performance-numerically.html|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=January 17, 1984}} Some also accused the city of using the high school as a "dumping ground for the borough's most unwanted minority students." In 1986, Jackson High School was among the five worst city schools in terms of dropout rates and reading proficiency. By 1990, the school was among 14 city high schools that received bi-weekly metal detector screenings due to increasing violence.{{cite news|title=Teacher and Student Wounded in Queens|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/06/nyregion/teacher-and-student-wounded-in-queens.html|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=March 6, 1990}} In 1993, the city planned to create a small high school provisionally called "Andrew Jackson High School Magnet School" within the building by fall of that year, but the opening was pushed back.{{cite news|last1=Dillon|first1=Sam|title=Theme Schools Face Hurdles In Opening|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/19/nyregion/theme-schools-face-hurdles-in-opening.html|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=June 19, 1993}} In November 1993, Schools Chancellor Ramon C. Cortines began drafting new plans to close and reorganize Andrew Jackson High School, as well as James Monroe High School in the Bronx{{cite news|last1=Hevesi|first1=Dennis|title=Reorganization Has Familiar Ring at Queens High School|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/13/nyregion/reorganization-has-familiar-ring-at-queens-high-school.html|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=November 13, 1993}} On November 17, 1993, the Board of Education unanimously voted to close the high school and replace it with four smaller "magnet" or "thematic schools".{{cite news|title=Magnet Schools Approved|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/18/nyregion/magnet-schools-approved.html|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=November 18, 1993}} Jackson HS and Monroe were among the first former large high schools in New York City to be reopened as an "educational campus." The school closed in spring 1994, and was reopened during the fall semester as "Campus Magnet High Schools" with new freshman students in four new schools, each occupying a single floor of the facility.{{cite news|last1=Gootman|first1=Elissa|last2=Herszenhorn|first2=David M.|title=Getting Smaller to Improve the Big Picture|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/nyregion/getting-smaller-to-improve-the-big-picture.html|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=May 3, 2005}} At the time of its closure, Jackson was among 10 city schools with the most "violent or illegal incidents".{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Charisse|title=Report Shows Violence Rising in Schools|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/13/nyregion/report-shows-violence-rising-in-schools.html|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=August 13, 1994}} Half of the Jackson High School teachers were retained for the new schools. The building continued to employ metal detectors following its conversion into a campus;{{cite news|last1=Hemphill|first1=Clara|title=Small Isn't Always Better|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/08/opinion/small-isn-t-always-better.html|access-date=2 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=November 8, 2003}} other high schools-turned-campuses had ceased screenings as part of their transition.

Current schools include:

• Benjamin Franklin High School for Finance & Information Technology
• Health, Arts, Robotics, and Technology High School
• Institute for Health Professions at Cambria Heights
• Mathematics, Science Research and Technology Magnet High School

Former schools included:{{cite news|last1=Bockmann|first1=Rich|title=Campus Magnet gets new HS|url=http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2013/35/newcampusmagneths_tl_2013_08_30_q.html|access-date=2 August 2016|work=Times Ledger|date=August 30, 2013}}{{cite news|last1=McRae|first1=Tess|title=Two Campus Magnet Schools Will Enter Final Year|url=http://queenspress.com/two-campus-magnet-schools-will-enter-final-year/|access-date=2 August 2016|work=Southeast Queens Press|date=July 10, 2015}}

• Business, Computer Applications & Entrepreneurship High School
• Law, Government and Community Service High School

• 50 Cent (born 1975, did not graduate), rapper{{cite web| url= http://www.queenstribune.com/guides/BestofQueens2004/Pages/BestofQueensMusicians.htm |title= Best Of The Queens Music Scene: Behind The Beat|first= Stephen | last= McGuire |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120207151914/http://www.queenstribune.com/guides/BestofQueens2004/Pages/BestofQueensMusicians.htm |archive-date=February 7, 2012 | date= 2004| website= queenstribune.com | access-date= January 25, 2017}}
• Cindy Adams (born 1930), gossip columnist and writerNorwich, William. [https://observer.com/1997/10/only-in-new-york-kids-new-yorks-lady-of-dish-cindy-adams-on-her-new-perfume-called-what-else-gossip/ "Only in New York, kids! New York's lady of dish Cindy Adams on her new perfume called, what else, Gossip"], The New York Observer, October 27, 1997. Accessed September 26, 2019. "'I wasn't anything,' Mrs. Adams said, recalling when it looked like she would never even graduate from Andrew Jackson High School in Hollis, Queens-she couldn't pass the sewing requirement."
• Joel Benenson (born 1952), pollster and consultant known for his role as a strategist for Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.Capuzzo, Jill P. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/03robama.html "Obama Seldom Asks His Pollster to Play the Role of an Oracle"], The New York Times, February 3, 2008. Accessed September 26, 2019. "Mr. Benenson grew up in Laurelton, Queens, and attended Andrew Jackson High School, where, he said, battles over integration helped shape his political philosophy for life."
• Kurt Boone (born 1959), author known for his work documenting street culture, which includes graffiti, urban cycling, street photography, skateboarding, busking, and spoken word.Koplowitz, Howard. [https://nypost.com/2011/03/31/cambria-hts-author-delivers-his-message/ "Cambria Hts. author delivers his message"], New York Post, March 31, 2011. Accessed September 26, 2019. "'Me and my friends used to explore the city. I knew the streets pretty good,' Boone said during an interview at his Cambria Heights home, referring to his days as a track star at Andrew Jackson High School, where he attended many meets in the city."
• Bob Cousy (born 1928), professional basketball player{{cite news| last=Schwartz| first=Larry| url= https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00014144.html | website= ESPN.com| title= Celtics tried to pass on ultimate passer| access-date= 2015-11-21}}
• Lloyd Daniels (born 1967), professional basketball player
• Bob Gale (1925–1975), All-American college basketball player{{cite news|title=Cornell's center|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54530230/casper-star-tribune/|newspaper=Casper Star-Tribune|date=January 20, 1944|page=6|via =Newspapers.com|access-date = July 2, 2020}} {{Open access}}
• Linda R. Greenstein (born 1950), politician who represents the 14th legislative district in the New Jersey Senate.[https://books.google.com/books?id=zJrtBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA265 Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey: 2004 Edition], p. 265. Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC., 2004. {{ISBN|9781577411871}}. Accessed September 25, 2019. "Assemblywoman Greenstein was born June 7, 1950, in Brooklyn, N.Y. She attended public elementary school in Brooklyn and graduated from Andrew Jackson High School in Queens, N.Y."
• Karl Grossman, professor of journalism at the State University of New York at Old Westbury
• Lani Guinier (1950-2021), civil rights scholarGuinier. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/27/magazine/whos-afraid-of-lani-guinier.html "Who's Afraid of Lani Guinier?"], The New York Times, February 27, 1994. Accessed September 26, 2019. "My home address rooted me in the black community, but I also had many Jewish, Italian and Asian friends among the 6,000 students attending Andrew Jackson High School on triple session."
• Verna Hart (1961-2019), African-American artist known for her expressionist painting focused on jazz music.Roberts, Sam. [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/obituaries/verna-hart-dead.html "Verna Hart, Whose Art Expressed the Rhythms of Jazz, Dies at 58"], The New York Times, May 10, 2019. Accessed September 26, 2019. "Even before she graduated from Andrew Jackson High School in Queens, Ms. Hart took painting classes at the Cooper Union."
• Boo Harvey (born 1966), basketball player{{cite news| title= St. John's Boo Harvey Says Life Can't Get Any Better| date= March 11, 1990| first= Sandy| last= Keenan | work= Newsday; latimes.com | location= New York| quote= The fifth-year senior honored a commitment to speak to his former team at Andrew Jackson High about doing the right thing.}}|All- time leading scorer at Andrew Jackson High School, National JUCO championship 85-86-undefeated season at San Jacinto Junior College, 1990 6'under Naismith Best Player in the Nation, 1990 Haggerty Awardee, 4 time Player of the Week - Big East, Best 100 player -SJU History Awardee, MVP 1995 - Austrian Basketball League, European Professional Player, WBL Player, graduate of SJU.
• Jam Master Jay (1965-2002), musician, DJ, turntablist{{cite news| url= http://www.villagevoice.com/news/jam-master-jay-19652002-6412061 |title= Jam Master Jay, 1965–2002| work= Village Voice| date= November 5, 2002| first= Harry | last= Allen | access-date= January 25, 2017}}
• LL Cool J (born 1968), rapper and actor- but did not graduate
• Gladys Brown Keating (1923-2014), politician and civic activist{{Cite web |url=https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?142+ful+HJ5180ER+pdf |title=HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5180 |website=Virginia's Legislative Information System |date=2014 |access-date=2021-05-25}}
• Bill Kotsores (1924-1971), basketball player best known for his collegiate career at St. John's University in the 1940s.[http://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2018/05/bill-kotsores.html Bill Kotsores], Peach Basket Society, May 22, 2018. Accessed September 26, 2019. "Career Andrew Jackson High School - Queens (High School)"
• Robert Levin, American classical pianist, musicologist and composer.
• Vincent Matthews (born 1947), sprinter, winner of two Olympic gold medals, at the 1968 Summer Olympics and 1972 Summer Olympics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171635/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/vince-matthews-1.html Vincent Matthews]. sports-reference
• Joe Morton (born 1947), actor{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/joe-morton-57264850/|title=Joe Morton {{!}} Biography and Filmography {{!}} 1947| date= 2015-02-06|website= Hollywood.com| language=en-US|access-date= 2016-06-19}}
• Kyle O'Quinn (born 1990), professional basketball player for the New York Knicks{{cite web|last=Lupica |first=Mike |title=Lupica: New York tale at the NCAA Tournament |url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-03-18/news/31205821_1_coach-eric-barnett-basketball-players-ncaa-tournament/2 |date=March 18, 2012 |work=New York Daily News |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711060116/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-03-18/news/31205821_1_coach-eric-barnett-basketball-players-ncaa-tournament/2 |archive-date=July 11, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

• Jordan Parks (born 1994), professional basketball player{{cite web |title=Parks' best not enough for Campus Magnet in loss to 'Dozo |url=https://nypost.com/2010/12/15/parks-best-not-enough-for-campus-magnet-in-loss-to-dozo/ |last=Braziller |first=Zach |date=15 December 2010 |work=New York Post}}
• William Scarborough (born c. 1945), who represented District 29 in the New York State Assembly.[http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/pub/departments/childrensstudies/conference/pdf/scarborough_new_bio.pdf William Scarborough], Brooklyn College. Accessed September 26, 2019. "Graduating from Public School 140, Shimer J.H.S. 142, and Andrew Jackson High School, he is also a graduate of Queens College of the City University of New York, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Political Science."
• The Shangri-Las, musicians{{cite web| url= http://www.redbirdent.com/slas1.htm| title= The Shangri-Las!| website= Redbirdent.com| access-date= 2015-11-21| archive-date= June 22, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150622221317/http://www.redbirdent.com/slas1.htm| url-status= dead}}{{cite web| url= http://www.theshangri-las.com/Biography.htm| title= Biography| website= theshangri-las.com| access-date= 2015-11-21| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160908211904/http://theshangri-las.com/Biography.htm| archive-date= 2016-09-08| url-status= usurped}}
• Larry Smith (1952-2014), pioneering African-American musician and hip hop record producer.Staff. [https://www.complex.com/music/2014/12/larry-smith-king-of-beats-obituary "Larry Smith, the 'King of Beats,' Has Passed Away"], Complex (magazine), December 19, 2014. Accessed September 26, 2019. "He eventually dropped out of Andrew Jackson High School to master his craft by going on the road."
• Bo Snerdley (born 1955), radio host, radio producer and call screener. {{cite episode |title=Bo Snerldey's Rush Hour - 02-28-25 (sic) |series=Bo Snerdley's Rush Hour |network=WABC (AM) |url=https://wabcradio.com/episode/bo-snerldeys-rush-hour-02-28-25/

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• Lorenzo Thomas (1944-2005), poet and critic.Mitchell, Verner D.; and Davis, Cynthia. [https://books.google.com/books?id=dSyKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA325 Encyclopedia of the Black Arts Movement], p. 325. Accessed September 26, 2019. "Lorenzo Thomas was born in the Republic of Panama on August 31, 1944.... Upon graduating from Andrew Jackson High School, he enrolled at Queens College (now part of the City University of New York) and received a BA in English in 1967."

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