DUTCH LANE SCHOOL

DUTCH LANE SCHOOL is one of the small elementary schools in HICKSVILLE, New York, run under HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 216 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 51% below the state mean of about 443.

Within HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 9 schools and 5,285 students, DUTCH LANE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, DUTCH LANE SCHOOL reports that 37% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 37% Asian, 21% White, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DUTCH LANE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.5%.

Around the school, census data for Nassau County shows the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), DUTCH LANE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DUTCH LANE SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DUTCH LANE SCHOOL has contracted 26%, going from 293 students in 2018 to 216 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 34% to 21% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.