CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOL

Located at FLOWER RD & JERUSALEM AVE, in MASSAPEQUA, New York, CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOL is a mid-tier primary school that enrolls 524 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by PLAINEDGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 5 schools in PLAINEDGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,959 students total), CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder comes out to 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOL has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Nassau County) records that median household earnings sit near $146,202, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOL is one.

PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 73.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 489 (now 524). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 91% to 78%. Class-load math has grew: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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