IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI

As a big middle-grades school in CORONA, New York, IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI caters to 2,131 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. Enrollment runs roughly 301% larger than the state mean of about 531.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 runs 57 schools in total, collectively educating 48,008 students. IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI logs that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Asian. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI lists 172 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI higher than the state norm the norm. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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%.

After controlling for student poverty, IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Queens County shows median household earnings sit near $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI is one.

ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.3%.

IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 2,225 students in 2018 compared to 2,131 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 88% to 94% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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