BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the expansive elementary-level communitys in MASSAPEQUA PARK, New York, operated by MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 696 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 57% larger than typical.

Within MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 9 schools and 6,461 students, BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (86%) are White; the rest consists of 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the income-and-resources front, BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 6% of students at BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 72.7%; BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 50.8%, -21.9 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 67.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has climbed 13%, going from 618 students in 2018 to 696 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.