CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of sizable scale in UNIONDALE, New York, overseen by UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 730 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 65% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,995 students; CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Nassau County shows 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), CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 864 (now 730). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 30% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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