EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

Located at 10 CAMPBELL ST, in NEW HYDE PARK, New York, EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is a compact elementary school that educates 304 students (grades pre-K through K), part of GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 31% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 6,798 students; EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is among them.

In terms of who attends, EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER logs that 66% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 21% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 15% of students at EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Nassau County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Nassau County shows median household earnings sit near $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

Nearest neighbor: HILLSIDE GRADE SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER has declined 13%, going from 349 students in 2018 to 304 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 47% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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