E M BAKER SCHOOL

As a moderately sized elementary school in GREAT NECK, New York, E M BAKER SCHOOL works with 651 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so E M BAKER SCHOOL sits 47% bigger than that benchmark.

Within GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 10 schools and 6,798 students, E M BAKER SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, E M BAKER SCHOOL records that Asian students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder breaks down as 28% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, E M BAKER SCHOOL has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

After controlling for student poverty, E M BAKER SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.7%; this one delivers 83.3%.

Zooming out to the county, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), E M BAKER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is VILLAGE SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), E M BAKER SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 85.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 661 students in 2018 compared to 651 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged up from 37% to 59%.

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