Corning-painted Post High School, Corning NY

Original Research by School Decision on Corning-painted Post High School

Corning-Painted Post High School serves the city of Corning and surrounding areas in the Southern Tier with a mid-sized enrollment across grades nine through twelve. The school is a regular public high school operated by the Corning City School District, which also runs an elementary- and middle-school network across the region.

The school's enrollment reflects the broader Steuben County demographic profile: most students are white, with smaller shares of students identifying as multiracial, Hispanic, Asian, Black, and American Indian or Alaska Native populations. About one-third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school in a community with modest economic diversity. Specific data on special education enrollment and English learner populations were not available in the source materials.

State testing data for this school presents a notable gap. The available assessment results show no tested students in mathematics, English language arts, or science for the school. This pattern is consistent with the school's grade band: New York State administers these standardized tests in grades six, eight, and secondary-level science, and the school serves only grades nine through twelve. The school would have access to Regents exams and other high school assessments, but those results were not included in the provided data. Without high school proficiency results, a clear picture of academic performance is incomplete. A parent may want to reach out to the school directly to ask about recent Regents exam results, graduation rates, and college and career outcomes.

When measured against other districts in Steuben County on overall proficiency indices where data exists, the school sits in the bottom quartile relative to county comparables. However, this comparison reflects limited data points and may not represent the full academic scope of the school's performance.

Corning is a small city anchored by its downtown Market Street, a walkable district of Victorian commercial and residential architecture with restaurants, shops, and apartment housing. The city's identity is rooted in its glass-manufacturing heritage and Corning Incorporated, a Fortune company with global operations and headquarters in the city. The local housing market is modest in size: home values are below the state benchmark, and median rents are moderate. The area's unemployment rate is stable, and median household income is modest. For families considering the area, the school district has faced sustained budget pressure. In both 2024 and 2025, initial budgets proposing tax levy increases above the state cap were rejected at the polls before revised, smaller budgets passed on second votes. This pattern of budget volatility and property tax pressure is a consideration for any family evaluating the long-term cost of living in the district.

The district completed a district-wide capital improvement project in 2023 affecting all six elementary schools, the middle school, the high school, and support facilities, with renovations and upgrades to infrastructure across the system.

State assessment results for the school's served grades, a graduation rate, program listings, and detailed staffing and course information were not available in the source materials provided. A parent seeking to evaluate the school's fit should contact the district or school directly to discuss academic pathways, available Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate offerings, vocational and career programs, and recent outcome data.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

91.0%Cohort of 371 students · Class of 2021

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Advanced Placement & IB

32 subjects offered · 2023-24

Each card is one AP or IB subject. The headline number is the share of students scoring 3 or higher on the exam — the threshold for college credit at most universities. The bar below each rate shows the underlying distribution across performance levels.

Score:12· no credit345· extremely well qualified

Math and Computer Science

Calculus AB

22 tested

50.0%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

37 tested

56.8%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

85 tested · Grade 10

69.4%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Chemistry

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

16 tested

50.0%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

U.S. History

5 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

International Baccalaureate

Ib Biology HL

19 tested

52.6%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Biology SL

8 tested

62.5%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Business and Management HL

9 tested

77.8%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Business and Management SL

13 tested

69.2%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Chemistry HL

8 tested

50.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Chemistry SL

7 tested

57.1%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Computer Science HL

3 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Computer Science SL

3 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Design Technology SL

7 tested

85.7%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Environmental Systems SL

3 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib History Hl History of the Americas

60 tested

70.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Information Technology in a Global Society HL

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Information Technology in a Global Society SL

7 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language a Language and Literature English HL

78 tested

94.9%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language Ab Initio Chinese SL

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language Ab Initio French SL

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language B French SL

10 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language B Spanish SL

19 tested

73.7%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Mathematics Analysis and Approaches SL

42 tested

61.9%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Mathematics Applications and Interpretation SL

9 tested

88.9%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Music HL

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Music SL

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Physics SL

7 tested

71.4%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Visual Arts SL

7 tested

85.7%

scored 3 or higher

Other

World History

80 tested · Grade 10

87.5%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

3 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Social Studies	405	71.0%
Ela	367	77.0%
Math	236	78.0%

Math

Grade 60%

School 0% · District 40% · ▼ 40 pts below district

▼ 45 pts below state median · ▼ 35 pts below county median

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 11% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 37 pts below state median · ▼ 53 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 60%

School 0% · District 48% · ▼ 48 pts below district

▼ 46 pts below state median · ▼ 45 pts below county median

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 36% · ▼ 35 pts below district

▼ 48 pts below state median · ▼ 41 pts below county median

Science

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 21% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 37 pts below county median

This schoolCORNING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.