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Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361062000831
ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL
1835 CENTRAL AVE, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580 · (516) 285-8310 · Nassau County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of New York public elementary schools
- B+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
11.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
221 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 36 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 10% |
| Ungraded | 38 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (42).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
64.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL
ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL's state test result (59.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL this school | 405 | 54.6% | 59.6% |
| QUEENS COLLEGE SCHOOL FOR MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (THE) FLUSHING | 536 | 55.6% | 81.7% |
| PS/IS 266 BELLEROSE | 465 | 58.5% | 65.3% |
| FOREST ROAD SCHOOL VALLEY STREAM | 332 | 35.5% | 73.5% |
| PS 186 CASTLEWOOD BELLEROSE | 319 | 48.0% | 72.3% |
| PS 18 WINCHESTER QUEENS VILLAGE | 425 | 61.4% | 68.6% |
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 ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #768 of 2,335 | #113 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #928 of 2,342 ▼ 161 | #129 of 172 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #761 of 2,343 ▼ 268 | #107 of 172 ▼ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #1,331 of 2,585 | #114 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #871 of 2,338 | #76 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #582 of 2,388 | #58 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.6% | #1,281 of 2,534 | #32 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #1,435 of 1,757 | #81 of 116 |
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
405
0 (0%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 367
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 405 | 36.6 | 11.1:1 | 55% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 35.6 | 11.2:1 | 48% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 40.7 | 9.8:1 | 47% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 40 | 10.1:1 | 48% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 44 | 9.8:1 | 58% (248) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 42 | 10.8:1 | 57% (260) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 33 | 12.9:1 | 49% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 25% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 367 | 23 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL.
About ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL
ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL serves students in VALLEY STREAM, New York, as a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 405 students, from pre-K through 6.
ELMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 6 schools; together they serve 3,387 students.
ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Asian students are the largest at 45%. Other students are 39% Black and 13% Hispanic. By comparison, Nassau County residents are about 12% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
The school employs the equivalent of 36.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL is 55%. For comparison, public schools in Nassau County average 31%.
The allk12 Grade for ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL is B+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 69% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.9% for ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL. The school posts 59.6%, 4.7 points above the prediction.
Federal survey data for Nassau County show that median household income is about $146,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. A total of 315 public schools operate in Nassau County, serving about 200,775 students.
The closest other public school is DUTCH BROADWAY SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL at 6th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 405, close to the 405 recorded in 2020-21.
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Nassau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,389,591
Census ACS
Median income
$146,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
315
200,775 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ELMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CLARA H CARLSON SCHOOLElementary · 764 students
- DUTCH BROADWAY SCHOOLElementary · 715 students
- COVERT AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 646 students
- GOTHAM AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 515 students
- STEWART MANOR SCHOOLElementary · 342 students
Other schools in VALLEY STREAM
- VALLEY STREAM SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,229 students
- VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,121 students
- VALLEY STREAM MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 937 students
- SHAW AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 740 students
- WHEELER AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 608 students
- HOWELL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 599 students
Nearby schools
- DUTCH BROADWAY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 715
- PS 176 CAMBRIA HEIGHTS0.7 mi · 561
- SHAW AVENUE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 740
- ELMONT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,492
- HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL1.0 mi · 599
- VALLEY STREAM MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 937
Frequently asked questions
About ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOLHow many students attend ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL?
ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 405 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL serve?
ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL are roughly 0% White, 13% Hispanic, 39% Black, 45% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL public or private?
ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ELMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.