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Enrollment
646
Elementary
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361062000833
COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL
144 COVERT AVE, ELMONT, NY 11003 · (516) 326-5560 · Nassau County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
11.7:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
358 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (77).
Student demographics
68%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
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
81.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
70.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% 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 COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL
COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL's state test result (70.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL this school | 646 | 55.4% | 70.2% |
| PS 150 LONG ISLAND CITY | 657 | 58.8% | 71.1% |
| PS 99 KEW GARDENS KEW GARDENS | 758 | 61.2% | 70.2% |
| SHAW AVENUE SCHOOL VALLEY STREAM | 740 | 56.2% | 61.4% |
| EAST STREET SCHOOL HICKSVILLE | 389 | 54.5% | 52.0% |
| PS 222 KATHERINE R SNYDER BROOKLYN | 706 | 61.6% | 70.3% |
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 COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #396 of 2,335 | #71 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #334 of 2,342 ▼ 6 | #60 of 172 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #434 of 2,343 ▲ 106 | #63 of 172 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #363 of 2,585 | #21 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #1,122 of 2,338 | #97 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #322 of 2,388 | #32 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #1,262 of 2,534 | #29 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #842 of 1,757 | #31 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
646
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 646 | 55.5 | 11.7:1 | 55% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 55.9 | 11.8:1 | 51% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 635 | 58 | 10.9:1 | 55% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 59 | 11.3:1 | 52% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 763 | 58 | 13.2:1 | 62% (470) |
| 2015-16 | 744 | 55 | 13.5:1 | 57% (423) |
| 2010-11 | 727 | 56 | 13.0:1 | 46% (331) |
| 2000-01 | 665 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 17% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 29 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL.
About COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL
As a mid-sized elementary school, COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL serves students in ELMONT, New York. The school serves pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 646 students. That is 46% above the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
ELMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 3,387 students across 6 schools.
The largest group at COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 43%. Other students are 34% Asian, 10% Black, 8% White, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 19% Hispanic share among all Nassau County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL lists 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.7 students per teacher. The school's 11.7:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 55% of the student body. The 31% average for public schools in Nassau County is 24 points lower.
Among New York public elementary schools, COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL outscored 86%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 70.2%, compared with a predicted 54.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Nassau County, home to about 1,389,591 people, the median household earns about $146,202 a year, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Nassau County number 315, with about 200,775 students.
COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL is ahead of the 62.4% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased 3% over 4 years, reaching 646 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 ELMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CLARA H CARLSON SCHOOLElementary · 764 students
- DUTCH BROADWAY SCHOOLElementary · 715 students
- GOTHAM AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 515 students
- ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOLElementary · 405 students
- STEWART MANOR SCHOOLElementary · 342 students
Other schools in ELMONT
- ELMONT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,492 students
- CLARA H CARLSON SCHOOLElementary · 764 students
- DUTCH BROADWAY SCHOOLElementary · 715 students
- GOTHAM AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 515 students
Nearby schools
- SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,572
- FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,308
- STEWART MANOR SCHOOL0.9 mi · 342
- CLARA H CARLSON SCHOOL0.9 mi · 764
- WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL1.1 mi · 782
- POLK STREET SCHOOL1.1 mi · 594
Frequently asked questions
About COVERT AVENUE SCHOOLHow many students attend COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL?
COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 646 students in grades PK-06.
Is COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL?
At COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 8% White, 43% Hispanic, 10% Black, 34% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL public or private?
COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ELMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.