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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362499003460
CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
140 W CENTENNIAL AVE, ROOSEVELT, NY 11575 · (516) 345-7400 · Nassau County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
251 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (61).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 460 | 54.6% | 43.3% |
| ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROOSEVELT | 457 | 53.0% | 30.9% |
| SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UNIONDALE | 476 | 61.1% | 40.8% |
| NORTHERN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UNIONDALE | 612 | 56.9% | 39.5% |
| HORIZON-ON-THE-HUDSON SCHOOL NEWBURGH | 447 | 62.2% | 28.8% |
| PARLIAMENT PLACE SCHOOL NORTH BABYLON | 434 | 52.1% | 38.1% |
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 CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #1,471 of 2,335 | #155 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,623 of 2,342 ▼ 310 | #160 of 172 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,572 of 2,343 ▲ 68 | #153 of 172 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #1,026 of 2,585 | #78 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #556 of 2,338 | #40 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #1,212 of 2,388 | #117 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.6% | #1,282 of 2,534 | #33 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.1% | #474 of 1,757 | #12 of 116 |
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
460
-135 (-23%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 460 | 44.5 | 10.3:1 | 55% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 43 | 11.1:1 | 62% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 51 | 9.8:1 | 49% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 41 | 14.5:1 | 65% (384) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 47 | 12.9:1 | 72% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | 46 | 10.0:1 | 85% (391) |
| 2000-01 | 552 | 42 | 13.1:1 | 93% (512) |
| 1990-91 | 512 | 32 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in ROOSEVELT, New York, one of the schools in ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It covers pre-K through 6, with a total enrollment of 460 students.
CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among 5 schools run by ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 3,152 students.
CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 62% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 33% Black, 3% White, and 2% Asian. In Nassau County overall, about 19% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 10.3:1. This ratio sits 2.5 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 55% of students. That is 24 points above the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County.
The allk12 Grade for CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 33% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 11.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (43.3% versus 54.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Nassau County show that the median household income is $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in the county.
WASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOL is located about 0.4 miles from CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 46.0% proficiency; CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 43.3%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL dropped 23% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 595 to 460 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.5:1 to 10.3:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,127 students
- WASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOLElementary · 667 students
- ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 457 students
- ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 441 students
Other schools in ROOSEVELT
- ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,127 students
- ROOSEVELT CHILDREN'S ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 676 students
- WASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOLElementary · 667 students
- ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 457 students
- ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 441 students
Nearby schools
- WASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 667
- ROOSEVELT CHILDREN'S ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 676
- ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 457
- BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 236
- CAROLINE G ATKINSON SCHOOL0.8 mi · 882
- BALDWIN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,470
Frequently asked questions
About CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 460 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 62% Hispanic, 33% Black, 2% Asian.
Is CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.