FORK LANE SCHOOL

Located at 4 FORK LN, in HICKSVILLE, New York, FORK LANE SCHOOL is a small K-5 school that serves 270 students (grades K through 5), part of HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 39% below the state mean of about 443.

HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,285 students. FORK LANE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, FORK LANE SCHOOL logs that 41% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 34% Hispanic, 19% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, FORK LANE SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting FORK LANE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

After controlling for student poverty, FORK LANE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate 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), FORK LANE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NORTHSIDE SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FORK LANE SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 58.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FORK LANE SCHOOL has ticked down 3%, going from 277 students in 2018 to 270 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 36% to 19%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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