1
What's the state of after-school transportation at GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORT WASHINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362358003290
GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
POPLAR PL, PORT WASHINGTON, NY 11050 · (516) 767-5250 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.9:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
22 students
DISTRICT 6% · 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 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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 PORT WASHINGTON UNION FREE 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
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
83.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 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
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% 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 GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 473 | 4.7% | 71.8% |
| JOHN J DALY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT WASHINGTON | 471 | 5.7% | 76.9% |
| JOHN PHILIP SOUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT WASHINGTON | 564 | 5.0% | 74.8% |
| PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL NEW YORK | 460 | 5.4% | 83.8% |
| OSBORN SCHOOL RYE | 469 | 2.6% | 86.0% |
| OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL MERRICK | 461 | 11.1% | 57.8% |
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 GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #339 of 2,335 | #66 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #283 of 2,342 ▲ 54 | #50 of 172 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #545 of 2,343 ▼ 132 | #81 of 172 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #952 of 2,585 | #70 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #809 of 2,338 | #70 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #736 of 2,388 | #72 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.7% | #2,496 of 2,534 | #183 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #791 of 1,757 | #28 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
473
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 473 | 43.3 | 10.9:1 | 5% (22) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 45.3 | 10.8:1 | 17% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 51.4 | 9.6:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 53 | 9.4:1 | 25% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 43 | 13.1:1 | 22% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 564 | 42 | 13.4:1 | 20% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 41 | 12.5:1 | 16% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 622 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 4% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 519 | 38 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in PORT WASHINGTON, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. The school's 473 students are in kindergarten through 5.
Besides GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PORT WASHINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 other schools. The district enrolls 5,298 students.
GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 59% White by enrollment. Other students are 21% Hispanic, 12% Asian, and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 57% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 43.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 10.9:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The school counts 22 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 5%. On average, public schools in Nassau County report 31%.
GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 73.3% at GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 71.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Nassau County, the median household income is $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nassau County is home to 315 public schools and about 200,775 public school students.
JOHN J DALY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the public school closest to GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 71.8% versus a 72.4% average.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
2024-25 enrollment was 473, a 5% decrease from 497 in 2020-21. The ratio was 9.4:1 in 2020-21 and 10.9:1 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. 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 PORT WASHINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PAUL D SCHREIBER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,643 students
- CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,213 students
- JOHN PHILIP SOUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 564 students
- MANORHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 499 students
- JOHN J DALY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 471 students
- SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 435 students
Other schools in PORT WASHINGTON
- PAUL D SCHREIBER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,643 students
- CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,213 students
- JOHN PHILIP SOUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 564 students
- MANORHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 499 students
- JOHN J DALY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 471 students
- SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 435 students
Nearby schools
- JOHN J DALY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 471
- JOHN PHILIP SOUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 564
- MANORHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 499
- PAUL D SCHREIBER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,643
- CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,213
- SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 473 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 10.9:1 (43 FTE teachers).
How diverse is GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 59% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PORT WASHINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.