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Enrollment
931
Elementary
DISTRICT 789 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009804146
PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE)
41-15 104TH ST, CORONA, NY 11368 · (718) 505-0140 · Queens County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL931 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.3:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
901 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 110 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 173 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 211 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 179 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (179).
Student demographics
5%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
23.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
25.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE)
PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (25.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) this school | 931 | 96.8% | 25.5% |
| PS 14 FAIRVIEW CORONA | 986 | 94.3% | 23.1% |
| PS 110 CORONA | 808 | 97.2% | 40.2% |
| PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL BRONX | 807 | 97.0% | 38.2% |
| EQUITY PROJECT CHARTER SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 1,075 | 92.7% | 57.5% |
| ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORONA | 878 | 96.7% | 33.5% |
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 PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #2,144 of 2,335 | #212 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #2,096 of 2,342 ▼ 246 | #210 of 219 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #2,243 of 2,343 ▼ 38 | #220 of 220 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 931 | #70 of 2,585 | #27 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #1,366 of 2,338 | #72 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.8% | #2,371 of 2,388 | #225 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #99 of 2,534 | #5 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.8% | #110 of 1,757 | #11 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
931
-367 (-28%) vs 2020
-41% since 2010-11, when it was 1,579
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
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 | 931 | 76 | 12.3:1 | 97% (901) |
| 2023-24 | 997 | 80 | 12.5:1 | 97% (963) |
| 2022-23 | 1,058 | 73.4 | 14.4:1 | 91% (968) |
| 2020-21 | 1,298 | 98 | 13.2:1 | 90% (1,166) |
| 2017-18 | 1,573 | 101.1 | 15.6:1 | 85% (1,343) |
| 2015-16 | 1,710 | 103 | 16.6:1 | 68% (1,159) |
| 2010-11 | 1,579 | 86 | 18.4:1 | 88% (1,387) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE).
About PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE)
PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) is a high-enrollment elementary school serving families in CORONA, New York. The school reports 931 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 110% larger than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
Enrollment across the 57 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 totals 48,008 students.
Federal enrollment data show PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) is 98% Hispanic. By comparison, Queens County residents are about 28% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 5%, meaning two students picked at random have a 5% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) is 76 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. The school counts 901 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 97%. On average, public schools in Queens County report 77%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE)'s average proficiency rate on state tests of 25.5% is 13.9 points below the 39.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Queens County, the median household income is $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Queens County is home to 392 public schools and about 268,205 public school students.
The closest public school to PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) is PIONEER ACADEMY, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) ranks 6th on average proficiency.
PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) has an NCES locale of City: Large.
The school enrolled 931 students in 2024-25, 367 fewer than the 1,298 it had in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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
- 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
- ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 878 students
- PS 92 HARRY T STEWART SRElementary · 867 students
Nearby schools
- PIONEER ACADEMY0.2 mi · 687
- PS 19 MARINO JEANTET0.3 mi · 1,506
- OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 30.3 mi · 284
- CORONA ARTS AND SCIENCES ACADEMY0.3 mi · 761
- PS 28 THOMAS EMANUEL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER (THE)0.4 mi · 265
- PS 1100.4 mi · 808
Frequently asked questions
About PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE)What is the total enrollment at PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 931 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) serve?
PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) is approximately 12.3:1 (76 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE)?
At PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE), the student body is approximately 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian.
Is PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) public or private?
PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) 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.