ARCHER STREET SCHOOL

ARCHER STREET SCHOOL is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in FREEPORT, New York, run under FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 433 students in grades K through 4.

ARCHER STREET SCHOOL is one of 8 schools operated by FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 6,125 students overall.

On the student-mix side, ARCHER STREET SCHOOL logs that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 15% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, ARCHER STREET SCHOOL reports 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting ARCHER STREET SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ARCHER STREET SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.0%, the actual is 50.3%, a residual of +3.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Nassau County put median household earnings sit near $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which ARCHER STREET SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ARCHER STREET SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 32%: 636 students in 2018 compared to 433 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 8% to 2% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 today.

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