HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS

HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS is a moderately sized senior high in CORONA, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. The school caters to 721 students in grades 9 through 12.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 runs 57 schools in total, collectively educating 48,008 students. HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS is one of those campuses.

On demographics, HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS logs that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 9% Asian, 5% White, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 87% of students at HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Queens County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 42.9%; this one delivers 63.3%, a residual of +20.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Queens County put 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%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 220 EDWARD MANDEL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS's enrollment has contracted 12% since 2018, when it stood at 817 (now 721). Class-load math has fell: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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