BARNUM WOODS SCHOOL

BARNUM WOODS SCHOOL is a primary school of sprawling scale in EAST MEADOW, New York, operated by EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 797 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 80% above typical.

Across the 9 schools in EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (7,793 students total), BARNUM WOODS SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, BARNUM WOODS SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BARNUM WOODS SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 82.8%.

Zooming out to the county, Nassau County reports that the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which BARNUM WOODS SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BARNUM WOODS SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 57.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 7%: 748 students in 2018 compared to 797 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 54% to 37%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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