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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362856003837
BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
181 COLD SPRING RD, SYOSSET, NY 11791 · (516) 364-5790 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
41 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
72.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
86.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
75.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (75.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 450 | 9.1% | 75.4% |
| JUDY JACOBS PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAINVIEW | 467 | 10.1% | 82.8% |
| NORTH SIDE SCHOOL EAST WILLISTON | 510 | 6.9% | 84.8% |
| OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL OLD BETHPAGE | 407 | 7.6% | 80.8% |
| ANDERSON SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 521 | 9.2% | 98.3% |
| WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WOODBURY | 391 | 11.0% | 83.7% |
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 BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #255 of 2,335 | #52 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #221 of 2,342 ▲ 17 | #44 of 172 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #469 of 2,343 ▼ 183 | #68 of 172 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #1,078 of 2,585 | #85 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #630 of 2,338 | #49 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #876 of 2,388 | #88 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.1% | #2,443 of 2,534 | #156 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.2% | #200 of 606 | #17 of 70 |
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
450
+67 (+17%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 318
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 8.5:1
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 | 450 | 42.7 | 10.5:1 | 9% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 38.5 | 11.8:1 | 8% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 38 | 11.8:1 | 7% (32) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 45 | 8.5:1 | 3% (11) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 34 | 11.6:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 31 | 12.5:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 34 | 12.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 443 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 318 | 19 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in SYOSSET, New York. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 450 students.
SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 10 schools and 6,980 students, and BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
At BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 54% of students are White. After that, the student body is 36% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Census estimates put Nassau County at about 57% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
The school had 42.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.5:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. The school reported 9% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 31% average for public schools in Nassau County is 22 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 82% of New York public elementary schools.
BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (75.4%) and its predicted rate (71.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
In Nassau County, home to about 1,389,591 people, median household income comes to about $146,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 315 public schools in the county, enrolling about 200,775, BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Of the public schools around it, BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 8.
For locale, NCES codes BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 450, up from 383 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 10.5 students per teacher, compared with 8.5 in 2020-21.
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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 SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 951 students
- SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 802 students
- ROBBINS LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 460 students
- SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
- BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 416 students
Other schools in SYOSSET
- SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 951 students
- SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 802 students
- PS 256Combined · 543 students
- ROBBINS LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 460 students
- SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 802
- SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 2,400
- VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 379
- PS 2560.9 mi · 543
- WEST SIDE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 215
- WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 450 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 10.5:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 54% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 36% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.