BROOKLYN AVENUE SCHOOL

Located at 24 BROOKLYN AVE, in VALLEY STREAM, New York, BROOKLYN AVENUE SCHOOL is a tight-knit elementary-level community that teaches 357 students (grades K through 6), overseen by VALLEY STREAM 24 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

BROOKLYN AVENUE SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by VALLEY STREAM 24 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 1,036 students overall.

Looking at the student body, BROOKLYN AVENUE SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% Black, 22% Asian, 12% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting BROOKLYN AVENUE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BROOKLYN AVENUE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.5%; this one delivers 52.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Nassau County put median household earnings sit near $146,202, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), BROOKLYN AVENUE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BROOKLYN AVENUE SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 67.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. BROOKLYN AVENUE SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 8% since 2018, when it stood at 331 (now 357). Asian enrollment moved from 11% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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