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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362091004736

BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

108 BARNUM ST, NORTH BABYLON, NY 11704 · (631) 620-7505 · Suffolk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of New York public elementary schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-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

Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
198 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten5414%
Grade 16718%
Grade 26116%
Grade 34512%
Grade 47019%
Grade 57821%

This year's kindergarten class (54) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).

Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
9525%
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
16544%
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
7019%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
216%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
226%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
21056%
Female
16544%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→ROBERT MOSES MIDDLE SCHOOL→NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within NORTH BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2549.0%40.0%
2023-2433.0%38.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school37552.8%37.4%
WILLIAM E DELUCA JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTH BABYLON
40151.6%18.8%
PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN
NEW YORK
43855.0%57.6%
CENTRAL VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CENTRAL VALLEY
37546.9%46.8%
ELLA BAKER SCHOOL
NEW YORK
33750.7%67.4%
PS 165 ROBERT E SIMON
NEW YORK
44856.0%49.5%
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 BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Suffolk County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
37.4%#1,741 of 2,335#127 of 168
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
40.0%#1,863 of 2,342
▼ 91
#141 of 169
▼ 7
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
49.0%#1,389 of 2,343
▲ 241
#87 of 169
▲ 18
Enrollment
ranked largest first
375#1,521 of 2,585#138 of 209
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
9.6:1#329 of 2,338#32 of 196
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
70.1%#223 of 2,388#11 of 197
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
52.8%#1,327 of 2,534#33 of 200
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-12.2%#1,013 of 1,757#55 of 137
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 2024-25
Enrollment
375
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 336
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-25375399.6:153% (198)
2023-2437234.810.7:157% (212)
2022-2337039.29.4:152% (193)
2020-213873710.5:147% (182)
2017-184273312.9:133% (142)
2015-163792415.8:131% (118)
2010-114212715.6:137% (156)
2000-015663516.2:122% (125)
1990-913362414.0:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

The public elementary school BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in NORTH BABYLON, New York. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 375 students.

NORTH BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL along with 6 other schools, enrolling 4,603 students in total.

Enrollment at BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 44%. After that, the student body is 25% White, 19% Black, 6% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Census figures show Suffolk County is about 23% Hispanic. BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

The school reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 9.6 students per teacher. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 53%. The gap from the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County is 14 points.

Measured against New York public elementary schools, BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.4%, compared with a predicted 55.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.

Census Bureau estimates for Suffolk County show that median household income is about $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County, which together enroll about 222,439 students.

FOREST AVENUE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th of 8 on proficiency.

For locale, NCES codes BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.

A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 3%, from 387 to 375.

The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.

Suffolk County at a glance

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Population
1,530,146
Census ACS
Median income
$130,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
343
222,439 students

Quick facts

School name
BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
NORTH BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
108 BARNUM ST, NORTH BABYLON, NY 11704
Phone
(631) 620-7505
County
Suffolk County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
375
Teachers (FTE)
39
Student–teacher ratio
9.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
198 (53%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
362091004736
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in NORTH BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Other Belmont Elementary schools

12 other US public schools in 12 states are named Belmont Elementary. BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 7th largest of the 13.

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Frequently asked questions

About BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How many students attend BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 375 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 25% White, 44% Hispanic, 19% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of NORTH BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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