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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 543 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERRICKS UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361428001174
CENTER STREET SCHOOL
240 CENTER ST, WILLISTON PARK, NY 11596 · (516) 305-8300 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
125 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 10 | 2% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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 HERRICKS 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
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
86.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 89.0% |
% 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
82.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 CENTER STREET SCHOOL
CENTER STREET SCHOOL's state test result (82.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTER STREET SCHOOL this school | 482 | 25.9% | 82.3% |
| SEARINGTOWN SCHOOL ALBERTSON | 549 | 24.6% | 82.2% |
| SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYOSSET | 433 | 19.6% | 85.2% |
| DENTON AVENUE SCHOOL NEW HYDE PARK | 599 | 21.0% | 85.3% |
| CANTIAGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JERICHO | 436 | 18.1% | 81.2% |
| ROBBINS LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYOSSET | 460 | 23.3% | 81.3% |
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 CENTER STREET SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #137 of 2,335 | #20 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #217 of 2,342 ▼ 91 | #41 of 172 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #167 of 2,343 ▲ 23 | #17 of 172 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #910 of 2,585 | #65 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #1,207 of 2,338 | #105 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.5% | #1,681 of 2,388 | #157 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.9% | #2,071 of 2,534 | #79 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #1,692 of 1,757 | #111 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
482
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 380
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 482 | 40.7 | 11.8:1 | 26% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 42.8 | 11.6:1 | 23% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 46 | 11.2:1 | 21% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 49 | 10.0:1 | 13% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 42 | 11.6:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 510 | 41 | 12.4:1 | 8% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 46 | 10.6:1 | 5% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 568 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 4% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 380 | 23 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTER STREET SCHOOL.
About CENTER STREET SCHOOL
CENTER STREET SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in New York, with an address in WILLISTON PARK. Its 482 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
A total of 5 schools make up HERRICKS UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 4,259 students enrolled.
Asian students are the majority at CENTER STREET SCHOOL, with 77% of enrollment. Other groups make up 15% White and 5% Hispanic. Nassau County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 38% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.8 students per teacher. That is 1.0 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 26% of students.
The allk12 Grade for CENTER STREET SCHOOL is A. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 94% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 65.5% for CENTER STREET SCHOOL. The school posts 82.3%, 16.8 points above the prediction.
Among Nassau County residents, the median household income is $146,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Besides CENTER STREET SCHOOL, Nassau County has 314 other public schools.
HERRICKS HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. CENTER STREET SCHOOL's average proficiency of 82.3% compares with 73.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 482, close to the 488 recorded in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 10.0:1 to 11.8:1.
Community posts for CENTER STREET SCHOOL can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 HERRICKS UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HERRICKS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,535 students
- HERRICKS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,094 students
- DENTON AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 599 students
- SEARINGTOWN SCHOOLElementary · 549 students
Other Center Street schools
One other US public school is named Center Street. CENTER STREET SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- CENTER STREET SCHOOLHORSEHEADS, NY · 306 students
Nearby schools
- HERRICKS HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,535
- DENTON AVENUE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 599
- SEARINGTOWN SCHOOL1.0 mi · 549
- HERRICKS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,094
- JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 436
- MINEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 653
Frequently asked questions
About CENTER STREET SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CENTER STREET SCHOOL?
CENTER STREET SCHOOL enrolls approximately 482 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does CENTER STREET SCHOOL serve?
CENTER STREET SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CENTER STREET SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at CENTER STREET SCHOOL.
How diverse is CENTER STREET SCHOOL?
CENTER STREET SCHOOL reports a student body of 15% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 77% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is CENTER STREET SCHOOL public or private?
CENTER STREET SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HERRICKS UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.