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What do students at HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
721
High
DISTRICT 803 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009803154
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS
105-25 HORACE HARDING EXPW, CORONA, NY 11368 · (718) 271-8383 · Queens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL721 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
630 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high 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
75.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +30.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in New York's top 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
721
-96 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 17.0:1
% White
5%
was 5%
% Hispanic
79%
was 77%
% Black
5%
was 8%
% Asian
9%
was 8%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 878 students
Nearby schools
- PS 220 EDWARD MANDEL0.1 mi · 616
- PS 14 FAIRVIEW0.2 mi · 986
- JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY0.4 mi · 1,611
- PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 522
- PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 710
- ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 878
Frequently asked questions
About HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESSHow many students attend HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS enrolls approximately 721 students in grades 09-12.
Is HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS an elementary, middle, or high school?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS is approximately 13.9:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS?
At HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS, the student body is approximately 5% White, 79% Hispanic, 5% Black, 9% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS public or private?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.