For the second consecutive year, a troubled Queens school district had the city’s highest rate of student-reported fights, according to Department of Education surveys.
District 29 — which includes Hollis, Cambria Heights and Springfield Gardens — was the only area to have more than 60 percent of students report fights “some” or “most of the time” during the 2017-2018 academic year.
A total of 9,026 district kids completed the annual DOE questionnaire — with 61 percent reporting regular fisticuffs.
Some 24 percent of respondents said there were fights “most of the time,” according to the data.
At IS 59 in Springfield Gardens, 86 percent of students reported skirmishes — with 49 percent saying those occurred “most of the time.”
At Queens United Middle School in Springfield Gardens, 72 percent of survey takers reported regular fighting, with 42 percent saying it was a constant feature of their environment.
Long marred by administrative turnover, District 29 also had the city’s highest rate — 53 percent — of student-reported bullying of the city’s 32 school districts.
It was the only district to have had more than half of its respondents report that bullying was taking place regularly.
Some 18 percent of District 29 kids said they saw kids being tormented “most of the time.”
The Queens district’s elevated fighting figures were easily the highest in the city.
For all respondents across the city, 43 percent of students reported regular fighting with 14 percent saying it occurred “most of the time.”
“Schools must provide safe and welcoming environments for all students, which is why we continue to make significant investments in trainings for staff on de-escalation and crisis intervention, and enhance resources for students and families,” said DOE spokeswoman Miranda Barbot. “Strengthening school communities is a priority, and we remain laser-focused on this work in District 29 in Queens and across the City.”