NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Corona, NY

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13 public K-12 schools in Corona from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
12,347
Students
30.4/100
Avg Resource Index
12.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Corona has more public-school enrollment than 85% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Corona's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Corona's 13 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

88.0% of enrollment in reporting Corona schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 2 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 15-point gap between Pioneer Academy and Is 61 Leonardo Da Vinci shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 15%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
13th percentile
Teacher staffing
85th percentile

Is 61 Leonardo Da Vinci accounts for 17.3% of all Corona public-school enrollment

That concentration means Corona-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Middle. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Corona school enrollment varies 8.0× across entities

Corona school enrollment ranges from 265 students (lowest) to 2,131 students (highest), a spread of 1,866 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Corona reports 88.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Corona student-teacher ratio is 12.4:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Pioneer Academy 40
2. Ps 19 Marino Jeantet 37
3. Corona Arts and Sciences Academy 37
4. Ps 92 Harry T Stewart Sr 35
5. Ps 28 Thomas Emanuel Early Childhood Center (the) 31
6. Ps 16 Nancy Debenedittis School (the) 30
7. Ps 143 Louis Armstrong 29
8. Ps 110 27
9. Ps 14 Fairview 26
10. Elm Tree Elementary School 26
11. High School for Arts and Business 26
12. Helen M Marshall School 26
13. Is 61 Leonardo Da Vinci 25

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Corona

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 High School for Arts and Business 36.3/100
  2. 2 Elm Tree Elementary School 23.8/100
  3. 3 Helen M Marshall School 15.1/100
  4. 4 Ps 28 Thomas Emanuel Early Childhood Center (the) 12.3/100
  5. 5 Ps 110 12.2/100

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Which Corona school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Pioneer Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Corona schools in this federal-data comparison at 40/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Corona, NY? ▼

Corona has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 12,347 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.