Enrollment
258
Elementary
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008805971
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION
3441 STEENWICK AVE, BRONX, NY 10475 · (718) 794-6160 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
249 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
26.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 33.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION this school | 258 | 96.5% | 28.0% |
| PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH NEW YORK | 249 | 94.4% | 35.9% |
| PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY BROOKLYN | 264 | 97.3% | 50.8% |
| PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY NEW YORK | 229 | 97.4% | 32.8% |
| PS 59 THE DAWN BEST SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 265 | 95.1% | 26.1% |
| PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES NEW YORK | 218 | 98.6% | 42.2% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #2,083 of 2,335 | #186 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #2,031 of 2,342 ▼ 120 | #183 of 212 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #2,186 of 2,343 ▼ 283 | #205 of 212 ▼ 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #2,203 of 2,585 | #194 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #939 of 2,338 | #69 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #905 of 2,388 | #36 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.5% | #111 of 2,534 | #55 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.6% | #254 of 1,757 | #81 of 153 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
258
-64 (-20%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 399
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 258 | 23 | 11.2:1 | 97% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 24.3 | 11.5:1 | 94% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 276 | 20.9 | 13.2:1 | 88% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 322 | 27 | 11.9:1 | 88% (282) |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 89% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 89% (360) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 35 | 11.4:1 | 87% (349) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION.
About CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION is a low-enrollment elementary school located in BRONX, New York. The school enrolls 258 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 is the local district for CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION. It runs 62 schools with 30,138 students.
Hispanic students account for 52% of enrollment at CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION. Smaller groups are 40% Black and 4% Asian. For comparison, Bronx County is about 55% Hispanic. CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION counts 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.2 students for each one. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION would be expected to post about 39.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.0%.
Bronx County has these Census figures: median household income is about $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION is among the 472 public schools in Bronx County.
The shortest distance from CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA). The five-mile area around CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION ranks 8th on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 322 to 258.
The CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Bronx County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,404,779
Census ACS
Median income
$48,676
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
472
202,028 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA)0.0 mi · 165
- PS 7230.1 mi · 381
- CAPITAL PREPARATORY BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 488
- BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING0.4 mi · 532
- PS 111 SETON FALLS0.5 mi · 397
- BAYCHESTER ACADEMY0.5 mi · 339
Frequently asked questions
About CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTIONWhat is the total enrollment at CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION?
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION enrolls approximately 258 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION serve?
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION.
How diverse is CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION?
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION reports a student body of 2% White, 52% Hispanic, 40% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION public or private?
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.