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Enrollment
687
Elementary
DISTRICT 789 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009806060
PIONEER ACADEMY
40-20 100TH ST, CORONA, NY 11368 · (718) 779-5068 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL687 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
640 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
8%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
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 PIONEER ACADEMY
PIONEER ACADEMY's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIONEER ACADEMY this school | 687 | 93.2% | 34.8% |
| PS 1 BERGEN (THE) BROOKLYN | 660 | 92.0% | 33.5% |
| PS 81 JEAN PAUL RICHTER GLENDALE | 657 | 91.3% | 43.6% |
| PS 110 CORONA | 808 | 97.2% | 40.2% |
| LAUREL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 671 | 89.1% | 28.0% |
| PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL BRONX | 807 | 97.0% | 38.2% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 PIONEER ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #1,843 of 2,335 | #197 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,800 of 2,342 ▼ 347 | #195 of 219 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,983 of 2,343 ▼ 84 | #207 of 220 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 687 | #292 of 2,585 | #72 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #1,294 of 2,338 | #66 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.9% | #2,336 of 2,388 | #223 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.2% | #290 of 2,534 | #21 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.4% | #386 of 1,757 | #53 of 167 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
687
-133 (-16%) vs 2020
+17% since 2010-11, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 687 | 57 | 12.1:1 | 93% (640) |
| 2023-24 | 722 | 55.2 | 13.1:1 | 93% (671) |
| 2022-23 | 733 | 57.8 | 12.7:1 | 93% (683) |
| 2020-21 | 820 | 62 | 13.2:1 | 90% (738) |
| 2017-18 | 933 | 63 | 14.8:1 | 97% (908) |
| 2015-16 | 1,002 | 60 | 16.7:1 | 97% (974) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 43 | 13.7:1 | 96% (567) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PIONEER ACADEMY.
About PIONEER ACADEMY
PIONEER ACADEMY operates as a large elementary school in CORONA, New York. The school enrolls 687 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 55% above that.
PIONEER ACADEMY reports to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, which has 57 schools and 48,008 students.
The large majority of students at PIONEER ACADEMY, 96%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 2% Asian. Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, PIONEER ACADEMY comes in at 8%.
PIONEER ACADEMY's 57 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 93%. That is higher than the 77% average for public schools in Queens County.
PIONEER ACADEMY is graded C by allk12, scoring above 30% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PIONEER ACADEMY is 5.9 points below its prediction. Actual: 34.8%. Predicted: 40.7%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Queens County show that median household income is about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 392 public schools in Queens County, with a combined enrollment of about 268,205.
PS 19 MARINO JEANTET is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PIONEER ACADEMY is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for PIONEER ACADEMY is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 16%, from 820 to 687. The ratio was 13.2:1 in 2020-21 and 12.1:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
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- PS 1100.3 mi · 808
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- VOYAGES PREPARATORY0.5 mi · 155
Frequently asked questions
About PIONEER ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at PIONEER ACADEMY?
PIONEER ACADEMY enrolls approximately 687 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PIONEER ACADEMY serve?
PIONEER ACADEMY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PIONEER ACADEMY?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at PIONEER ACADEMY.
How diverse is PIONEER ACADEMY?
PIONEER ACADEMY reports a student body of 0% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees PIONEER ACADEMY?
PIONEER ACADEMY 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.