EAST STREET SCHOOL

Located at 50 EAST ST, in HICKSVILLE, New York, EAST STREET SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary school that caters to 389 students (grades K through 5), run under HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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

In terms of who attends, EAST STREET SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 35% Asian, 12% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, EAST STREET SCHOOL reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EAST STREET SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Nassau County reports that median household earnings sit near $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which EAST STREET SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, EAST STREET SCHOOL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. EAST STREET SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 404 (now 389). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 35% to 49% over that span.

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