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What's the most underrated thing about CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 401 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHPAGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360474000218
CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
60 CENTRAL BLVD, BETHPAGE, NY 11714 · (516) 644-4301 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
138 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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 BETHPAGE 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
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
52.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 491 | 28.1% | 52.7% |
| PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS FOREST HILLS | 605 | 25.8% | 84.7% |
| GUILDERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GUILDERLAND | 470 | 25.1% | 67.0% |
| SPRUCE STREET SCHOOL NEW YORK | 441 | 23.8% | 83.6% |
| PARSONS MEMORIAL SCHOOL HARRISON | 480 | 22.9% | 59.3% |
| ABBEY LANE SCHOOL LEVITTOWN | 607 | 34.4% | 62.0% |
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 CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #1,054 of 2,335 | #139 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #967 of 2,342 ▼ 201 | #133 of 172 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,257 of 2,343 ▲ 298 | #142 of 172 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #873 of 2,585 | #61 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #273 of 2,338 | #18 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #394 of 2,388 | #42 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #2,020 of 2,534 | #73 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #1,250 of 1,757 | #67 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
491
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 491 | 52.1 | 9.4:1 | 28% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 50.6 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 49.5 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 47 | 10.5:1 | 10% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 51 | 10.5:1 | 13% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 50 | 10.4:1 | 24% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 524 | 57 | 9.2:1 | 10% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 506 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 8% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 35 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in BETHPAGE, New York, one of the schools in BETHPAGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The latest federal count shows 491 students in kindergarten through 5.
CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among 5 schools run by BETHPAGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 2,957 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 47%. Other groups include 28% Asian, 19% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Nassau County residents are about 57% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 52.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 9.4:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Roughly 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 64.7%. It scores 52.7%, 11.9 points below that figure.
Nassau County has these Census figures: the median household income is $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Nassau County is home to 315 public schools and about 200,775 public school students.
The next-closest public school is PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 52.7% compares with 70.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 494 in 2020-21, 491 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 10.5:1 to 9.4:1 over the same years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 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 BETHPAGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BETHPAGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 995 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 759 students
- KRAMER LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 358 students
- CHARLES CAMPAGNE SCHOOLElementary · 354 students
Other schools in BETHPAGE
- BETHPAGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 995 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 759 students
- PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 661 students
- JOHN H WEST SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- CHARLES CAMPAGNE SCHOOLElementary · 354 students
Nearby schools
- PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 661
- MICHAEL F STOKES SCHOOL0.9 mi · 511
- ISLAND TREES HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 701
- ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 725
- J FRED SPARKE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 323
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 759
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 491 students in grades KG-05.
Is CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 9.4:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 47% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 28% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BETHPAGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.