GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in PORT WASHINGTON, New York, part of PORT WASHINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 473 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 7 schools operated by PORT WASHINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 5,298 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 21% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% multiracial. Compared to Nassau County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 5% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.3%, the actual is 71.8%, a residual of -1.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is JOHN J DALY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 72.4%.

GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 565 (now 473). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 63% to 59%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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