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GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 96 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in GLEN HEAD, New York, GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary-level community, operated by NORTH SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 386 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Within NORTH SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 2,544 students, GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 69% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 16% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Nassau County's rate of about 31%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.6%; this one delivers 86.3%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Nassau County put median household earnings sit near $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. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
NORTH SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 83.6%.
GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 442 students in 2018 compared to 386 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment increased from 7% to 16% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.
On the community side, members of the GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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