Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362112002989
HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL
1057 MERRICK AVE, NORTH MERRICK, NY 11566 · (516) 489-3090 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% 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.
- A-Beats 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
13.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
25 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 25% smaller than its 6th grade class (57).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
81.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
88.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
80.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% 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%.
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 HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL
HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL's state test result (80.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL this school | 286 | 8.7% | 80.4% |
| PS 89 NEW YORK | 342 | 9.4% | 88.7% |
| LITTLE TOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW CITY | 264 | 9.8% | 73.6% |
| STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST NYACK | 314 | 13.4% | 73.4% |
| NORTH RIDGE SCHOOL COMMACK | 335 | 9.3% | N/A |
| F E BELLOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAMARONECK | 318 | 14.8% | 76.9% |
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 HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #162 of 2,335 | #27 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #177 of 2,342 ▲ 126 | #31 of 172 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #235 of 2,343 ▼ 28 | #36 of 172 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #2,068 of 2,585 | #167 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #1,622 of 2,338 | #141 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #625 of 2,388 | #61 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.7% | #2,452 of 2,534 | #160 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.8% | #400 of 606 | #45 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
286
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 250
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 8.3:1
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 | 286 | 22 | 13.0:1 | 9% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 21.6 | 12.5:1 | 12% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 278 | 20.1 | 13.8:1 | 14% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 275 | 33 | 8.3:1 | 13% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 273 | 24 | 11.4:1 | 15% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 259 | 21 | 12.3:1 | 9% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 299 | 28 | 10.7:1 | 6% (17) |
| 2000-01 | 300 | 22 | 13.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 250 | 13 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL.
About HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL
HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in NORTH MERRICK, New York. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 286 students. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 35% lower.
NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 1,238 students, and its 3 schools include HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL.
More than half of enrollment at HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL is White: 56%. Other students are 19% Hispanic, 17% Asian, and 7% Black. Nassau County residents are about 57% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL reported 22 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.0:1. That is in line with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. There are 25 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 9% of enrollment. The 31% average for public schools in Nassau County is 22 points higher.
HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 87% of New York public elementary schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 71.8%. HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL scores 80.4%.
For Nassau County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $146,202 a year, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL, Nassau County has 315 public schools.
HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles from OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL, its nearest public school. HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 80.4% versus a 57.1% average.
HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% rise, from 275 to 286. Its ratio of students to teachers was 8.3:1 in 2020-21, and 13.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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 MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CAMP AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 491 students
- OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 461 students
Nearby schools
- OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL0.7 mi · 461
- WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,141
- JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL0.9 mi · 440
- ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 441
- TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 637
- ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,127
Frequently asked questions
About HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOLHow many students attend HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL?
HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 286 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL serve?
HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL is approximately 13.0:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL?
HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL reports a student body of 56% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, 17% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL in?
HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL is part of NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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