BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 580 WOODBURY RD, in PLAINVIEW, New York, BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school that enrolls 416 students (grades K through 5), operated by SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Within SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 10 schools and 6,980 students, BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 55% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school reports 35% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Nassau County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.6%; this one delivers 80.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Nassau County put median household income runs about $146,202, 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 BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 79.3%.

BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 450 students in 2018 compared to 416 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 60% to 35%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.