CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION

Located at 3441 STEENWICK AVE, in BRONX, New York, CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION is a low-enrollment elementary-level community that serves 258 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11. That puts it 42% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, which oversees 62 schools and 30,138 students, CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION is one campus in the system.

On demographics, CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION lists that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 40% Black, 4% Asian. Compared to Bronx County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.5%, the actual is 28.0%, a residual of -11.5 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bronx County put the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION has declined 32%, going from 377 students in 2018 to 258 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 50% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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