CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL

Located at 1712 MERRICK AVE, in MERRICK, New York, CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary school that educates 491 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,238 students; CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL reports that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 12% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

With demographic context factored in, CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Nassau County reports that median household earnings sit near $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 73.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 4%: 470 students in 2018 compared to 491 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 80% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

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