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Enrollment
878
Elementary
DISTRICT 789 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009806430
ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
50-51 98TH ST, CORONA, NY 11368 · (929) 208-4860 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL878 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
849 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
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
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
878
+578 (+193%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 11.5:1
% White
3%
was 1%
% Hispanic
87%
was 94%
% Black
4%
was 1%
% Asian
5%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the high-enrollment K-5 schools in CORONA, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, with 878 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 98% larger than that benchmark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 runs 57 schools in total, collectively educating 48,008 students. ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%). Other groups include 5% Asian, 4% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.5%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Queens County) reports that median household income runs about $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).
IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.7%.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.
Over the past 7-year window. ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 193% since 2018, when it stood at 300 (now 878). Hispanic enrollment moved from 94% to 87% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.
On the community side, members of the ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Queens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,323,052
Census ACS
Median income
$86,136
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
392
268,205 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24
- IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCIMiddle · 2,131 students
- NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- IS 73 FRANK SANSIVIERI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,581 students
- PS 19 MARINO JEANTETElementary · 1,506 students
Other schools in CORONA
- IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCIMiddle · 2,131 students
- PS 19 MARINO JEANTETElementary · 1,506 students
- PS 143 LOUIS ARMSTRONGElementary · 1,344 students
- PS 14 FAIRVIEWElementary · 986 students
- PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 931 students
- PS 92 HARRY T STEWART SRElementary · 867 students
Nearby schools
- IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI0.1 mi · 2,131
- PS 1100.3 mi · 808
- CORONA ARTS AND SCIENCES ACADEMY0.3 mi · 761
- PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE0.4 mi · 815
- PAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 482
- CIVIC LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.4 mi · 580
Frequently asked questions
About ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 878 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 68 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
How diverse is ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 3% White, 87% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian.
Who oversees ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.