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What's the one class at GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 510 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361716001522
GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL
610 GARDINERS AVE, LEVITTOWN, NY 11756 · (516) 434-7451 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
11.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
120 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL
GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL's state test result (57.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL this school | 542 | 22.1% | 57.3% |
| ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST SETAUKET | 562 | 19.8% | 55.0% |
| SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL COMMACK | 550 | 20.9% | 56.7% |
| PS 199 JESSIE ISADOR STRAUS NEW YORK | 570 | 23.9% | 78.6% |
| BRETTON WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAUPPAUGE | 509 | 24.0% | 70.1% |
| SUNQUAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELVILLE | 538 | 24.0% | 65.6% |
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 GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #876 of 2,335 | #126 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #498 of 2,342 ▲ 167 | #82 of 172 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #992 of 2,343 ▲ 294 | #125 of 172 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #664 of 2,585 | #45 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #1,091 of 2,338 | #92 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #789 of 2,388 | #79 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.1% | #2,176 of 2,534 | #93 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #1,461 of 1,757 | #85 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
542
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 542 | 46.9 | 11.6:1 | 22% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 42.7 | 12.3:1 | 16% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 35.7 | 14.0:1 | 15% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 17% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 44 | 13.0:1 | 15% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 43 | 13.9:1 | 16% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 46 | 11.8:1 | 18% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 737 | 43 | 17.1:1 | 7% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 595 | 40 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL.
About GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL
As a medium-sized elementary school, GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL serves students in LEVITTOWN, New York. It educates 542 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 10 schools. Together they enroll 7,062 students.
GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL is 59% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 21% Hispanic, 16% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The White share in Nassau County as a whole is similar, at about 57%. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL operates with 46.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.6:1. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 11.6:1 here. GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL reports 22% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County.
allk12 grades GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL a B-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL are 9.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (57.3% actual, 66.8% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for Nassau County show that the median household income is $146,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Besides GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL, Nassau County has 314 other public schools.
The shortest distance from GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to JONAS E SALK MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 57.3% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (547) to 2024-25 (542). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.6:1, from 15.2:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,295 students
- DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,044 students
- JONAS E SALK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 899 students
- WISDOM LANE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- EAST BROADWAY SCHOOLElementary · 662 students
- ABBEY LANE SCHOOLElementary · 607 students
Other schools in LEVITTOWN
- GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,295 students
- DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,044 students
- JONAS E SALK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 899 students
- WISDOM LANE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 725 students
- ISLAND TREES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 701 students
Nearby schools
- JONAS E SALK MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 899
- GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,295
- ABBEY LANE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 607
- LEE ROAD SCHOOL0.8 mi · 312
- WISDOM LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 765
- PARKWAY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOLHow many students attend GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL?
GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 542 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL serve?
GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL.
How diverse is GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL?
GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL reports a student body of 59% White, 21% Hispanic, 2% Black, 16% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL in?
GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL is part of LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.