Queens residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher. The percentage of Bayside and Douglaston–Little Neck students excelling in math rose from 70% in 2000 to 88% in 2011, though reading achievement stayed at around 73% during the same time period. Bayside and Douglaston–Little Neck's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is less than the rest of New York City. In Bayside and Douglaston–Little Neck, 5% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year, the lowest in the city and lower than the citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 95% of high school students in Bayside and Douglaston–Little Neck graduate on time, more than the citywide average of 75%. Schools Bayside is home to Queensborough Community College, a branch of the City University of New York (CUNY) system. The college is located on a 37-acre site that was formerly the Oakland Golf Club. Bayside is part of the New York City Department of Education's district 26, the highest performing school district for grades K-9 in all of New York City. The district includes 20 elementary schools and 5 middle schools. District 25 also serves part of the neighborhood. Bayside is home to a number of New York City Public Schools: Bayside High School Benjamin N. Cardozo High School PS 203 Oakland Gardens PS 213 Oakland Gardens PS 31 The Bayside School PS 41 The Crocheron School PS 46 The Alley Pond School PS 169 PS 159 PS 162 (New York) John Golden PS 205 Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School IS 25 JHS 194 MS 74 Intermediate School Junior High School on Oceania Street MS 158 Marie Curie Middle School MS 294 Bell Academy Parochial schools include: Lutheran School of Flushing & Bayside (Lutheran school) St. Robert Bellarmine School (Catholic school) Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament School (Catholic school) Sacred Heart Catholic Academy (Catholic school) Libraries The Queens Public Library operates three branches in Bayside: The Bay Terrace branch at 18-36 Bell Boulevard The Bayside branch at 214-20 Northern Boulevard The Windsor Park branch at 79-50 Bell Boulevard Transportation Bayside's highways include the Clearview Expressway (I-295) and the Long Island Expressway (I-495), as well as the Cross Island Parkway. The north end of the Brooklyn–Queens Greenway is in Little Bay Park, under the Throgs Neck Bridge approaches, with convenient connection to the Utopia Parkway bicycle lane. It lies between Cross Island Parkway and