Enrollment
310
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW HYDE PARK-GARDEN CITY PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362040001882
GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL
51 CENTRAL AVE, GARDEN CITY PARK, NY 11040 · (516) 434-2390 · Nassau County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
11.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
16 students
DISTRICT 6% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 11% larger than its 6th grade class (44).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
70.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL
GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL's state test result (70.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL this school | 310 | 5.2% | 70.6% |
| MANOR OAKS WILLIAM BOWIE SCHOOL NEW HYDE PARK | 320 | 9.1% | 80.0% |
| VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYOSSET | 379 | 12.4% | 84.8% |
| PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL NEW YORK | 364 | 9.9% | 98.9% |
| NEW HYDE PARK ROAD SCHOOL NEW HYDE PARK | 475 | 5.1% | 79.3% |
| WILLITS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYOSSET | 298 | 16.4% | 88.7% |
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 GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #384 of 2,335 | #70 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #427 of 2,342 ▼ 93 | #74 of 172 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #573 of 2,343 ▼ 106 | #88 of 172 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #1,931 of 2,585 | #158 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #1,169 of 2,338 | #103 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #639 of 2,388 | #63 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.2% | #2,489 of 2,534 | #179 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.7% | #250 of 606 | #24 of 70 |
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
310
+35 (+13%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 239
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 310 | 26.4 | 11.8:1 | 5% (16) |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 30.3 | 9.8:1 | 22% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 31 | 10.3:1 | 23% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 275 | 23 | 12.0:1 | 20% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 280 | 26 | 10.8:1 | 25% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 269 | 23 | 11.7:1 | 28% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 298 | 28 | 10.6:1 | 16% (48) |
| 2000-01 | 267 | 15 | 17.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 239 | 13 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL.
About GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL
GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL is an elementary school located in GARDEN CITY PARK, New York, in Nassau County. It educates 310 students in pre-K through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
District-wide, NEW HYDE PARK-GARDEN CITY PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 4 schools and 1,551 students.
Asian students account for 54% of enrollment at GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL. Smaller groups are 22% White, 21% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Nassau County is roughly 12% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
The count of teachers at GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL is 26.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 11.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. Around 5% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Nassau County report 31%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL is 2.5 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Nassau County has these Census figures: median household income is about $146,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL is among the 315 public schools in Nassau County.
Nearby, NEW HYDE PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles away. GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL's average proficiency of 70.6% compares with 80.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 310 was 13% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 275.
The GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 NEW HYDE PARK-GARDEN CITY PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NEW HYDE PARK ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 475 students
- HILLSIDE GRADE SCHOOLElementary · 446 students
- MANOR OAKS WILLIAM BOWIE SCHOOLElementary · 320 students
Nearby schools
- NEW HYDE PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,711
- MINEOLA HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,090
- NEW HYDE PARK ROAD SCHOOL0.7 mi · 475
- MANOR OAKS WILLIAM BOWIE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 320
- STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 638
- DENTON AVENUE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 599
Frequently asked questions
About GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOLHow large is GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL?
GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL enrolls approximately 310 students in grades PK-06.
Is GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL.
How diverse is GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL?
GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL reports a student body of 22% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 54% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL?
GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL is overseen by NEW HYDE PARK-GARDEN CITY PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
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