Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361434001184
FORK LANE SCHOOL
4 FORK LN, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801 · (516) 733-2342 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
137 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 26% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 59% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 45.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like FORK LANE SCHOOL
FORK LANE SCHOOL's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORK LANE SCHOOL this school | 270 | 50.7% | 42.4% |
| DUTCH LANE SCHOOL HICKSVILLE | 216 | 52.3% | 51.5% |
| WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOL HICKSVILLE | 277 | 42.6% | 58.7% |
| PS 186 CASTLEWOOD BELLEROSE | 319 | 48.0% | 72.3% |
| BURNS AVENUE SCHOOL HICKSVILLE | 263 | 55.1% | 64.9% |
| LEE AVENUE SCHOOL HICKSVILLE | 436 | 52.1% | 61.2% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where FORK LANE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #1,504 of 2,335 | #157 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,369 of 2,342 ▲ 122 | #153 of 172 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,426 of 2,343 ▲ 142 | #148 of 172 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #2,146 of 2,585 | #173 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #358 of 2,338 | #23 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #330 of 2,388 | #33 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #1,382 of 2,534 | #38 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #1,630 of 1,757 | #103 of 116 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
270
0 (0%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 261
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 9.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 270 | 27.7 | 9.8:1 | 51% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 289 | 27.8 | 10.4:1 | 46% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 29.6 | 9.9:1 | 50% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 270 | 28 | 9.6:1 | 33% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 277 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 32% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 275 | 19 | 14.5:1 | 29% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 276 | 18 | 15.3:1 | 17% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 333 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 8% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 261 | 17 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FORK LANE SCHOOL.
About FORK LANE SCHOOL
HICKSVILLE, New York, is home to FORK LANE SCHOOL, a small elementary school. It enrolls 270 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. It has 39% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
FORK LANE SCHOOL is part of a district of 9 schools: HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 5,285 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at FORK LANE SCHOOL is Asian, with 41% of students. Other groups make up 34% Hispanic, 19% White, and 4% multiracial. Nassau County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, FORK LANE SCHOOL scores 68%.
FORK LANE SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1, with 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 51% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County, the school's rate is higher.
FORK LANE SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of New York public elementary schools.
A school with FORK LANE SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 56.3%. FORK LANE SCHOOL scores 42.4%, 13.9 points below that line.
For Nassau County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $146,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 315 public schools and about 200,775 students.
About 0.5 miles separate FORK LANE SCHOOL from the closest public school, NORTHSIDE SCHOOL. The five-mile area around FORK LANE SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: FORK LANE SCHOOL ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 42.4% versus a 58.6% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 270, close to the 270 recorded in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to FORK LANE SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Nassau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,389,591
Census ACS
Median income
$146,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
315
200,775 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HICKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,215 students
- LEE AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 436 students
- OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 394 students
- EAST STREET SCHOOLElementary · 389 students
- WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 277 students
Other schools in HICKSVILLE
- HICKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,215 students
- LEE AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 436 students
- OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 394 students
- EAST STREET SCHOOLElementary · 389 students
- WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 277 students
Nearby schools
- NORTHSIDE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 560
- DUTCH LANE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 216
- HICKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,825
- LEE AVENUE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 436
- OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL1.0 mi · 394
- HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,215
Frequently asked questions
About FORK LANE SCHOOLHow many students attend FORK LANE SCHOOL?
FORK LANE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 270 students in grades KG-05.
Is FORK LANE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FORK LANE SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at FORK LANE SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at FORK LANE SCHOOL.
How diverse is FORK LANE SCHOOL?
FORK LANE SCHOOL reports a student body of 19% White, 34% Hispanic, 1% Black, 41% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees FORK LANE SCHOOL?
FORK LANE SCHOOL is overseen by HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
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