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Enrollment
2,131
Middle
DISTRICT 1,140 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009802263
IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI
98-50 50TH AVE, CORONA, NY 11368 · (718) 760-3233 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,131 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
12.4:1
172 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
2,037 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 652 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 700 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 777 | 36% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
37.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 40.5% |
% 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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 →
Schools most like IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI
IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI this school | 2,131 | 95.6% | 40.1% |
| IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZER JACKSON HEIGHTS | 1,397 | 92.3% | 51.0% |
| EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 1,108 | 87.3% | 43.1% |
| NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 1,051 | 85.2% | 38.4% |
| SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 975 | 86.2% | 42.6% |
| IS 93 RIDGEWOOD RIDGEWOOD | 954 | 92.1% | 40.2% |
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 IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #606 of 766 | #51 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #648 of 768 ▼ 34 | #49 of 57 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #660 of 768 ▼ 54 | #54 of 57 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,131 | #1 of 796 | #1 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #580 of 683 | #29 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.7% | #648 of 688 | #54 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #57 of 773 | #2 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #442 of 524 | #37 of 43 |
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
2,131
+11 (+1%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 2,213
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 2,131 | 171.6 | 12.4:1 | 96% (2,037) |
| 2023-24 | 2,170 | 173.5 | 12.5:1 | 96% (2,073) |
| 2022-23 | 2,079 | 169 | 12.3:1 | 94% (1,958) |
| 2020-21 | 2,120 | 174 | 12.2:1 | 94% (1,993) |
| 2017-18 | 2,225 | 158 | 14.1:1 | 96% (2,143) |
| 2015-16 | 2,144 | 155 | 13.8:1 | 94% (2,022) |
| 2010-11 | 2,213 | 144 | 15.4:1 | 92% (2,045) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI.
About IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI
IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI is a high-enrollment middle school in New York, located in CORONA. It educates 2,131 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 301% larger than the 531 average for middle schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 is the local district for IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI. It runs 57 schools with 48,008 students.
Federal enrollment data show IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI is 94% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 4% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 66 points above the 28% share among Queens County residents. IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI's diversity index is 12%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 171.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.4:1. That is 2.1 students per teacher above the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI reports 96% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Queens County, the average is 77%.
IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI is graded C by allk12, scoring above 33% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.1%, compared with a predicted 39.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Queens County show that the median household income is $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 392 public schools in Queens County, enrolling about 268,205 students in all.
The shortest distance from IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (2,120) to 2024-25 (2,131).
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- 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
- PS 143 LOUIS ARMSTRONGElementary · 1,344 students
Other schools in CORONA
- 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
- PS 92 HARRY T STEWART SRElementary · 867 students
Nearby schools
- ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 878
- CORONA ARTS AND SCIENCES ACADEMY0.3 mi · 761
- PS 1100.3 mi · 808
- PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE0.4 mi · 815
- CIVIC LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.5 mi · 580
- VOYAGES PREPARATORY0.5 mi · 155
Frequently asked questions
About IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCIHow many students attend IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI?
IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI enrolls approximately 2,131 students in grades 06-08.
Is IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI an elementary, middle, or high school?
IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI?
The student-to-teacher ratio at IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI is approximately 12.4:1 (172 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI?
Student demographics at IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI are roughly 1% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI?
IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCI 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.