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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361155000910
BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL
325 W MERRICK RD, FREEPORT, NY 11520 · (516) 867-5255 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
9.9:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
326 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 57% smaller than its 4th grade class (103).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
84.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
68.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL
BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL's state test result (68.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL this school | 515 | 63.3% | 68.6% |
| POWELLS LANE SCHOOL WESTBURY | 476 | 61.3% | 39.7% |
| LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL FREEPORT | 519 | 66.5% | 61.9% |
| PARK AVENUE SCHOOL WESTBURY | 557 | 67.9% | 26.7% |
| VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY NEW WINDSOR | 500 | 58.2% | 39.2% |
| DEAUVILLE GARDENS WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COPIAGUE | 427 | 65.8% | 41.3% |
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 BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #441 of 2,335 | #78 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #252 of 2,342 ▲ 125 | #46 of 172 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #690 of 2,343 ▲ 307 | #98 of 172 ▲ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #754 of 2,585 | #53 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #395 of 2,338 | #26 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #1,609 of 2,388 | #151 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.3% | #1,100 of 2,534 | #18 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #943 of 1,757 | #41 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
515
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 515 | 52.3 | 9.9:1 | 63% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 49 | 10.4:1 | 65% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 46.7 | 11.1:1 | 69% (355) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 43 | 12.4:1 | 76% (408) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 43 | 13.8:1 | 74% (441) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 42 | 15.3:1 | 74% (478) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 48 | 11.4:1 | 54% (297) |
| 2000-01 | 648 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 29% (191) |
| 1990-91 | 603 | 49 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL.
About BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL
BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in FREEPORT, New York. The school serves 515 students in kindergarten through 4 in 2024-25.
FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 6,125 students in 8 schools, including BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL.
BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL is 75% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining students are 19% Black and 3% Asian. Among people living in Nassau County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL's diversity index is 40%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 52.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 9.9 students per teacher. That is 3.0 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 63% of students. The 31% average for public schools in Nassau County is 32 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL is A. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 85% 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 51.7% for BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL. The school posts 68.6%, 16.9 points above the prediction.
In Nassau County (population about 1,389,591), the median household income is $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to ARCHER STREET SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
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.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 19 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.4:1 to 9.9:1.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,244 students
- JOHN W DODD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 924 students
- CAROLINE G ATKINSON SCHOOLMiddle · 882 students
- LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOLElementary · 519 students
- ARCHER STREET SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
- NEW VISIONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
Other schools in FREEPORT
- FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,244 students
- JOHN W DODD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 924 students
- CAROLINE G ATKINSON SCHOOLMiddle · 882 students
- LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOLElementary · 519 students
- ARCHER STREET SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
- NEW VISIONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
Nearby schools
- ARCHER STREET SCHOOL0.5 mi · 433
- FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 2,244
- JOHN W DODD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 924
- NEW VISIONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 433
- LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL0.8 mi · 519
- CAROLINE G ATKINSON SCHOOL1.0 mi · 882
Frequently asked questions
About BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOLHow many students attend BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL?
BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 515 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL serve?
BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL is approximately 9.9:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL?
At BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 75% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL public or private?
BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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