Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEY STREAM 30 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362949003977
CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL
60 CLEARSTREAM AVE, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580 · (516) 434-3553 · Nassau County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% 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.
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
14.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
177 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 17% smaller than its 6th grade class (52).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
78.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
83.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 | 78.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
76.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL
CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL's state test result (76.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL this school | 385 | 46.0% | 76.4% |
| BROOKLYN AVENUE SCHOOL VALLEY STREAM | 357 | 47.6% | 52.3% |
| ROBERT W CARBONARO SCHOOL VALLEY STREAM | 376 | 35.4% | 60.9% |
| PS/IS 266 BELLEROSE | 465 | 58.5% | 65.3% |
| FOREST ROAD SCHOOL VALLEY STREAM | 332 | 35.5% | 73.5% |
| WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL VALLEY STREAM | 303 | 36.0% | 69.9% |
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 CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #233 of 2,335 | #46 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #289 of 2,342 ▼ 108 | #53 of 172 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #310 of 2,343 ▲ 1 | #54 of 172 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #1,451 of 2,585 | #124 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,974 of 2,338 | #168 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #200 of 2,388 | #14 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.0% | #1,519 of 2,534 | #42 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #550 of 606 | #67 of 70 |
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
385
+17 (+5%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 326
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 385 | 26.4 | 14.6:1 | 46% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 24.9 | 15.4:1 | 47% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 29.1 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 30 | 12.3:1 | 43% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 23 | 16.5:1 | 44% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 398 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 46% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 37 | 11.9:1 | 30% (134) |
| 2000-01 | 480 | 31 | 15.5:1 | 10% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 326 | 19 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL.
About CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL
CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL is a public mid-sized elementary school in VALLEY STREAM, New York. It had 385 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 6.
In VALLEY STREAM 30 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 3 schools enroll a combined 1,457 students.
At CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL, Black students make up the biggest share, 37%. Smaller groups are 31% Hispanic, 25% Asian, and 6% White. County-wide, 11% of Nassau County residents are Black. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.6:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 46% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Nassau County, the average is 31%.
CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of New York public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL, the prediction is 58.1% and the result is 76.4%.
In Nassau County, the median household earns about $146,202 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Nassau County, 315 public schools serve about 200,775 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, SHAW AVENUE SCHOOL, is the closest to CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL. CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 12.3 in 2020-21 to 14.6 in 2024-25.
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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 VALLEY STREAM 30 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SHAW AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 740 students
- FOREST ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 332 students
Other schools in VALLEY STREAM
- VALLEY STREAM SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,229 students
- VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,121 students
- VALLEY STREAM MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 937 students
- SHAW AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 740 students
- WHEELER AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 608 students
- HOWELL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 599 students
Nearby schools
- SHAW AVENUE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 740
- FOREST ROAD SCHOOL0.8 mi · 332
- PS 38 ROSEDALE0.9 mi · 223
- VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,121
- VALLEY STREAM SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,229
- VALLEY STREAM MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 937
Frequently asked questions
About CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOLHow many students attend CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL?
CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL serve?
CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL are roughly 6% White, 31% Hispanic, 37% Black, 25% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL in?
CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL is part of VALLEY STREAM 30 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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