Enrollment
165
Middle
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008806107
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA)
3441 STEENWICK AVE, BRONX, NY 10475 · (718) 794-7970 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL165 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
153 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 62 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 41% |
Student demographics
54%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
31.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
27.9%
NY avg 57.4% . -14.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 27.9% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
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CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA)'s state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) this school | 165 | 92.7% | 38.0% |
| MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 176 | 91.5% | 43.8% |
| MS 113 RONALD EDMONDS LEARNING CENTER BROOKLYN | 194 | 90.2% | 32.9% |
| KAPPA BRONX | 143 | 96.5% | 46.2% |
| SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN BROOKLYN | 119 | 94.1% | 29.8% |
| YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP OF STATEN ISLAND STATEN ISLAND | 180 | 92.8% | 30.1% |
Matched among New York middle 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #636 of 766 | #44 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #718 of 768 ▼ 121 | #62 of 74 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #676 of 768 ▼ 106 | #61 of 74 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 165 | #731 of 796 | #63 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.7% | #107 of 773 | #56 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.2% | #48 of 524 | #20 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
165
-70 (-30%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 215
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 165 | 14.7 | 11.3:1 | 93% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 120 | 17 | 7.1:1 | 92% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 167 | 19 | 8.8:1 | 90% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 235 | 19 | 12.4:1 | 89% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 267 | 19.5 | 13.7:1 | 84% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 250 | 16 | 15.6:1 | 84% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 215 | 15 | 14.3:1 | 79% (169) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA).
About CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA)
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) is a public middle school run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 in BRONX, New York. It has an enrollment of 165 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in New York average about 531 students, which makes this school 69% below average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 serves 30,138 students across 62 schools.
The largest group at CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) is Black students, at 51%. Other students are 45% Hispanic and 2% White. By comparison, Bronx County residents are about 33% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
Staffing at CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) comes to 14.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.3:1. The school's 11.3:1 compares with an average of 10.3:1 for middle schools in New York. On the income side, 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Bronx County average a similar 90%.
On the allk12 Grade, CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) lands at C, ahead of 28% of New York public middle schools.
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) is 2.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (38.0% versus 40.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
The county, Bronx County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $48,676 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA), Bronx County has 472 public schools.
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) is less than a tenth of a mile from CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 43.6% on proficiency, and CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) is below that at 38.0%.
Locale data from NCES put CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 165, compared with 235 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.3:1, from 12.4:1.
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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 ACTION0.0 mi · 258
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
About CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA)How large is CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA)?
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) enrolls approximately 165 students in grades 06-08.
Is CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) an elementary, middle, or high school?
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA)?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA).
How diverse is CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA)?
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) reports a student body of 2% White, 45% Hispanic, 51% Black, 2% Asian.
Is CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) public or private?
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.
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