CANTIAGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CANTIAGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in JERICHO, New York, overseen by JERICHO UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 436 students in grades K through 5.

JERICHO UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,231 students; CANTIAGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, CANTIAGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 77% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school reports 11% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting CANTIAGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Nassau County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CANTIAGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.3%; this one delivers 81.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Nassau County shows median household income runs about $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%. CANTIAGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

Nearest neighbor: JEFFREY RATNER-ROBERT SEAMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CANTIAGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 67.5%.

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

Five-year trend. CANTIAGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 10% since 2018, when it stood at 396 (now 436). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 32% to 11% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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