FRANKLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in HEWLETT, New York, FRANKLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER serves 386 students from grades pre-K through 1, one of the schools within HEWLETT-WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 5 schools in HEWLETT-WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,745 students total), FRANKLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FRANKLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER shows that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 26% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 12% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, FRANKLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 20% of students at FRANKLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Around the school, census data for Nassau County shows median household earnings sit near $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which FRANKLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is one.

The closest other public school is WOODMERE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FRANKLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 438 students in 2018 compared to 386 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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