team won the NYC championship in 2008. Future Business Leaders of America Cardozo's chapter of FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) consistently places among the top students/schools on the city-level and on the state level of the competitions in various competitive events such as Marketing, Economics, Personal Finance, Business Math, Cyber Security, Parliamentary Procedures, Networking Concepts, Business Procedures, Hospitality Management, Accounting I, Sports Management, and more. Students place in the top of their competitive events. In 2011, Cardozo FBLA went on to the national level of the competitions in Orlando, Florida. Athletics Cardozo also has a large number of acclaimed sports teams, some of which are: Boys: Track, Baseball, Football, Basketball, Cross country, Fencing, Golf, Handball, Lacrosse, Soccer, Tennis, and Volleyball. Girls: Track, Basketball, Cross country, Fencing, Golf, Gymnastics, Handball, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Stunt (sport), Swimming, Tennis, and Volleyball. Co-ed: Bowling and Wrestling. Enrollment As of the 2018–2019 school year, enrollment was 3,617 students, and there were 176.89 classroom teachers (based on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 20.45:1. There were 1,938 students (54% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 310 (9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. History Benjamin N. Cardozo High School opened in 1967. The building was designed by the firm of Eggers & Higgins. It was built for $7.571 million, and it was designed for a capacity of 3,213 students. In 1968, the Queens Chamber of Commerce gave Cardozo High School an award for excellence in design and civic value. In March 1970, the Black Students Union gave Principal Benjamin Michaelson a list of ten requests. The students wanted Black History and Art to be added to the curriculum, they wanted several racist teachers to be fired, and they wanted to have more input on which classes they took. They also wanted more teachers who were black, as there was only one at that time. The following month, the students had a sit in. A week later, twelve members of the Black Students Union met with Michaelson about the list. When Michaelson tried to postpone the discussion to another time, the students would not allow Michaelson to leave the office and prevented others to enter the room. The principal's assistant called the police, and four students were arrested. In March 1992, then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton met with Cardozo students and answered their questions. He returned in January 1998 and helped paint classrooms in