HEMLOCK SCHOOL

HEMLOCK SCHOOL operates as a modestly sized elementary school in GARDEN CITY, New York, one of the schools within GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 184 students spanning grades K through 1. Enrollment runs roughly 58% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Within GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 7 schools and 3,932 students, HEMLOCK SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, HEMLOCK SCHOOL logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 12% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the resource side, On paper, HEMLOCK SCHOOL has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting HEMLOCK SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 2% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate median household income runs about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. HEMLOCK SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

The closest other public school is HAMPTON STREET SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 215 students in 2018 compared to 184 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment climbed from 3% to 12% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.