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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362112002988
CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL
1712 MERRICK AVE, MERRICK, NY 11566 · (516) 379-3732 · Nassau County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
42 students
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 8% smaller than its 6th grade class (75).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 72.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL
CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL this school | 491 | 8.6% | 67.3% |
| CHATTERTON SCHOOL MERRICK | 451 | 8.4% | 78.2% |
| PS 107 JOHN W KIMBALL BROOKLYN | 537 | 8.2% | 84.3% |
| PS 41 GREENWICH VILLAGE NEW YORK | 478 | 7.9% | 85.8% |
| DOWS LANE (K-3) SCHOOL IRVINGTON | 493 | 9.1% | 81.3% |
| SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL SEAFORD | 468 | 10.9% | 73.0% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #473 of 2,335 | #82 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #679 of 2,342 ▼ 164 | #104 of 172 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #620 of 2,343 ▼ 96 | #93 of 172 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #875 of 2,585 | #62 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #2,269 of 2,338 | #181 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.1% | #1,527 of 2,388 | #148 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.6% | #2,455 of 2,534 | #161 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #412 of 606 | #49 of 70 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
491
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 20.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 491 | 26.7 | 18.4:1 | 9% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 27.5 | 17.7:1 | 10% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 25.3 | 19.0:1 | 9% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 24 | 20.1:1 | 8% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 6% (27) |
| 2015-16 | 481 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 6% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2000-01 | 511 | 34 | 15.0:1 | 3% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 510 | 29 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL.
About CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL
CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL is a public medium-sized elementary school in MERRICK, New York. Its 491 students are spread across pre-K through 6.
The NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT system has 3 schools and 1,238 students.
By race and ethnicity, CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL is 75% White. It is also 12% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Nassau County is roughly 57% White. By the diversity index, CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL comes in at 42%.
Teachers at CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL total 26.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.4:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 42 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 9%. That is 22 points below the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County.
CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 67% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL would be expected to post about 71.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.3%.
CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL is located in Nassau County, where median household income is about $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 315 public schools in Nassau County, with a combined enrollment of about 200,775.
The closest other public school is SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL is 6th of 9 on proficiency.
CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (482) to 2024-25 (491). The ratio of students to teachers went from 20.1:1 to 18.4:1 over the same years.
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Nassau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,389,591
Census ACS
Median income
$146,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
315
200,775 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 461 students
- HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOLElementary · 286 students
Other schools in MERRICK
- SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,219 students
- MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLHigh · 848 students
- NORMAN J LEVY LAKESIDE SCHOOLElementary · 644 students
- BIRCH SCHOOLElementary · 588 students
- OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 461 students
- CHATTERTON SCHOOLElementary · 451 students
Nearby schools
- SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,219
- MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 848
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 324
- OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL0.7 mi · 461
- CHATTERTON SCHOOL0.8 mi · 451
- WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,211
Frequently asked questions
About CAMP AVENUE SCHOOLHow large is CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL?
CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 491 students in grades PK-06.
Is CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL are roughly 75% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 9% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL in?
CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL is part of NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.