Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362637003611
GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7 SCHOOL ST, GLEN HEAD, NY 11545 · (516) 277-7701 · Nassau County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% 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.
- ABeats 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
11.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
69 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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 NORTH SHORE CENTRAL 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
87.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
91.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 91.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 92.0% |
% 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
85.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (85.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 379 | 18.2% | 85.0% |
| EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PS 267 NEW YORK | 353 | 17.3% | 88.6% |
| BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 376 | 15.4% | 71.8% |
| CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 377 | 17.2% | 60.0% |
| ROSENDALE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 376 | 17.6% | 74.5% |
| JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL NORTH BELLMORE | 440 | 18.0% | 67.6% |
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 GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #98 of 2,335 | #10 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #128 of 2,342 ▼ 38 | #16 of 172 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #128 of 2,343 ▲ 8 | #9 of 172 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #1,488 of 2,585 | #126 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #1,012 of 2,338 | #83 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #972 of 2,388 | #97 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.2% | #2,273 of 2,534 | #117 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.5% | #278 of 606 | #29 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
379
+20 (+6%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 279
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 9.0:1
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 | 379 | 33.3 | 11.4:1 | 18% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 32.6 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 32.5 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 40 | 9.0:1 | 13% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 346 | 36 | 9.6:1 | 12% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | 36 | 10.6:1 | 6% (21) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 39 | 11.7:1 | 4% (20) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 279 | 24 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in GLEN HEAD, New York, in Nassau County. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 379 students on the rolls.
GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls under NORTH SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 5 schools enrolling 2,544 students.
The student body at GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 62% White. The school is also 19% Asian, 13% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 11.4:1, based on 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 18% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Nassau County average 31%.
GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 94% of New York public elementary schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 68.3%. GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 85.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Nassau County show that the median household earns about $146,202 a year, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Nassau County has 315 public schools with about 200,775 students, including GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About 0.5 miles separate GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on proficiency.
GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 379, from 359 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 9.0:1 to 11.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 NORTH SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 776 students
- NORTH SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 642 students
- GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 386 students
- SEA CLIFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 361 students
Other schools in GLEN HEAD
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 776 students
- NORTH SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 642 students
- GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 386 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 776
- NORTH SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 642
- GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 386
- SEA CLIFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 361
- HARBOR HILL SCHOOL1.8 mi · 582
- CONNOLLY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 379 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
How diverse is GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 62% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 19% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by NORTH SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
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