P.S. 014 Fairview

About 23% of students are proficient in ELA and 32% in math, compared to roughly 51% and 55% across District 24 — a gap of more than 20 points in both subjects. Math has bounced around the high 20s to low 30s for most of the last decade, with a real dip in 2022 and a recovery this year back to 31.5%. ELA is more volatile — falling from 27% in 2016 to as low as 13% in 2024 before climbing back to 23% in 2025 — so the trajectory is genuinely unclear. The brighter spot is third and fourth grade math, where proficiency reaches the mid-30s, but fifth grade math drops to 23%, suggesting students lose ground as they approach the upper grades.

The school's strongest signal is its parent community: 97% of parents trust their teacher and 97% trust the principal, and 78% of families returned the survey — far higher engagement than typical for a struggling school. Teachers feel less positive, with instruction-quality ratings at 86% and safety perceptions at 89%, both noticeably below district averages. The single biggest red flag is chronic absenteeism at 67% — more than two-thirds of students missed enough school to be flagged — and attendance overall (91.5%) lags the district by about a point. The bright side of discipline is real: P.S. 14 has had zero suspensions for three straight years, which is uncommon and speaks to a restorative, not punitive, culture.

P.S. 14 draws an overwhelmingly Hispanic student body — about 94% of students identify as Hispanic, with a small Asian contingent and very few other groups represented, giving the school a diversity index of just 17%. That reflects the surrounding Corona neighborhood, where median household income sits around $66,000 and nearly 18% of households live below the poverty line, mirrored in the school's 82% economic-need index. About 17% of students have IEPs, which is in line with the district. Essentially every family walking through the door shares a similar cultural and economic backdrop, which makes for a tight-knit school identity but also means limited exposure to other communities.

Corona is a densely settled, working-class neighborhood where most households rent (only about 22% own their homes) and roughly a quarter of households include children. Median incomes sit in the mid-$60,000s and fewer than one in six adults has a bachelor's degree, which shapes both the challenges and the tight community bonds at the local schools. The area is family-dense and culturally cohesive, with a large Hispanic population anchoring neighborhood life.

The school is not an easy subway commute — the 111 St and 103 St-Corona Plaza stations on the 7 line are each about a 15-minute walk, and the 63 Dr-Rego Park stop on the M and R lines is closer to 18 minutes on foot, so most families likely arrive by bus, car, or on foot from the immediate blocks.