BOWLING GREEN SCHOOL

As an expansive elementary school in WESTBURY, New York, BOWLING GREEN SCHOOL hosts 895 students from grades K through 5, overseen by EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 102% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 7,793 students; BOWLING GREEN SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, BOWLING GREEN SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 31% Hispanic, 27% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at school resources, BOWLING GREEN SCHOOL reports 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, BOWLING GREEN SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.2%; this one delivers 73.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate median household income runs about $146,202, 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 BOWLING GREEN SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: W TRESPER CLARKE HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BOWLING GREEN SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 65.5%.

BOWLING GREEN SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BOWLING GREEN SCHOOL has increased 13%, going from 789 students in 2018 to 895 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 45% to 33%. Class-load math has fell: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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