GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL

GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL, a low-enrollment intermediate school in WEST HEMPSTEAD, New York, overseen by WEST HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 340 students, covering grades 4 through 6. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL sits 36% leaner than that benchmark.

GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by WEST HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 1,597 students overall.

Demographically, GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 18% Black, 14% White, 11% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.8%; this one delivers 49.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Nassau County) logs that median household income runs about $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is JOHN STREET SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.6%.

GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 5%: 324 students in 2018 compared to 340 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 27% to 14%.

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