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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363096004157
DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL
161 DREXEL AVE, WESTBURY, NY 11590 · (516) 876-5030 · Nassau County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
13.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
347 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 22% |
This year's 1st grade class (95) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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 WESTBURY 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
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL
DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL this school | 513 | 67.6% | 44.1% |
| PINE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 544 | 64.5% | N/A |
| CORDELLO AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CENTRAL ISLIP | 490 | 63.9% | 28.8% |
| SUSAN E WILEY SCHOOL COPIAGUE | 611 | 67.8% | 38.0% |
| ANTHONY ALFANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CENTRAL ISLIP | 491 | 73.3% | 30.4% |
| MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL CENTRAL ISLIP | 567 | 62.1% | 33.7% |
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 DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #1,428 of 2,335 | #153 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,162 of 2,342 ▲ 69 | #148 of 172 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,905 of 2,343 ▼ 256 | #167 of 172 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #768 of 2,585 | #55 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,745 of 2,338 | #150 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.2% | #1,894 of 2,388 | #177 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.6% | #1,020 of 2,534 | #12 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #1,128 of 1,757 | #55 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
513
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 513 | 38.2 | 13.4:1 | 68% (347) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 40.5 | 13.2:1 | 65% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 57% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 38 | 13.4:1 | 61% (312) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 47 | 12.2:1 | 75% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 579 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 91% (529) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 44 | 10.9:1 | 96% (460) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 39 | 12.0:1 | 81% (380) |
| 1990-91 | 466 | 27 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL.
About DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL
DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL is an elementary school in WESTBURY, New York, reachable at (516) 876-5030. It reported 513 students in grades 1 through 5 in 2024-25.
DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL is in WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district with 4,480 students across 6 schools.
By race and ethnicity, DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL is 83% Hispanic. Next come 8% Black and 7% White. The county population is about 19% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 29, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 12.8:1. A total of 347 students, or 68%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Nassau County average 31%.
DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of New York public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL is 6.0 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.1% actual, 50.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
For the population of Nassau County, median household income comes to about $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nassau County's 315 public schools enroll about 200,775 students and include DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL.
DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL's nearest public school is WESTBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL (about 0.5 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL is 5th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment went from 509 in 2020-21 to 513 in 2024-25, a change of 4 students.
The discussion board for DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,574 students
- WESTBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 945 students
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 557 students
- POWELLS LANE SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
- DRYDEN STREET SCHOOLElementary · 415 students
- NASSAU CO JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERElementary
Other schools in WESTBURY
- WESTBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 945 students
- W TRESPER CLARKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 898 students
- BOWLING GREEN SCHOOLElementary · 895 students
- CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 663 students
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 557 students
- POWELLS LANE SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
Nearby schools
- WESTBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 945
- CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 617
- WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,574
- DRYDEN STREET SCHOOL0.8 mi · 415
- CHERRY LANE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 283
- RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL?
DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 513 students in grades 01-05.
What grades does DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL serve?
DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL serves grades 01-05.
How many teachers does DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL have?
DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL are roughly 7% White, 83% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL public or private?
DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.