EASTPLAIN SCHOOL

EASTPLAIN SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in N MASSAPEQUA, New York, overseen by PLAINEDGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 445 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 5 schools in PLAINEDGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,959 students total), EASTPLAIN SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, EASTPLAIN SCHOOL logs that 78% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 13% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, EASTPLAIN SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting EASTPLAIN SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 5% 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 below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EASTPLAIN SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Nassau County put 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), EASTPLAIN SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JOHN H WEST SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, EASTPLAIN SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 64.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EASTPLAIN SCHOOL has edged up 44%, going from 308 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 94% to 78%. Class-load math has rose: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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