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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362478003427
HEWITT SCHOOL
446 HEMPSTEAD AVE, ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY 11570 · (516) 255-8913 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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.
- B+Beats 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
11.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
17 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
HEWITT SCHOOL→SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within ROCKVILLE CENTRE 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
78.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
81.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 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
76.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 HEWITT SCHOOL
HEWITT SCHOOL's state test result (76.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEWITT SCHOOL this school | 465 | 3.7% | 76.6% |
| UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA | 496 | 6.0% | 61.5% |
| INCREASE MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOLDENS BRIDGE | 479 | 6.7% | 82.0% |
| EASTPLAIN SCHOOL N MASSAPEQUA | 445 | 5.4% | 59.5% |
| WADING RIVER SCHOOL WADING RIVER | 438 | 5.3% | 62.7% |
| MILLER AVENUE SCHOOL SHOREHAM | 408 | 4.9% | N/A |
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 HEWITT SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #228 of 2,335 | #45 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #339 of 2,342 ▼ 1 | #63 of 172 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #308 of 2,343 ▼ 73 | #53 of 172 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #1,000 of 2,585 | #75 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #1,118 of 2,338 | #96 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #1,826 of 2,388 | #172 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.7% | #2,503 of 2,534 | #186 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #490 of 606 | #56 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
465
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 409
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 465 | 40 | 11.6:1 | 4% (17) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 42 | 11.0:1 | 4% (20) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 42.5 | 10.7:1 | 5% (24) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 41 | 11.5:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 37.5 | 12.1:1 | 8% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 35 | 12.8:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 47 | 9.5:1 | 5% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 473 | 25 | 18.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 409 | 20 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HEWITT SCHOOL.
About HEWITT SCHOOL
In ROCKVILLE CENTRE, New York, part of Nassau County, HEWITT SCHOOL is an elementary school. It reported 465 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 3,276 students in 7 schools, including HEWITT SCHOOL.
HEWITT SCHOOL is 82% White by enrollment. Next come 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 57% White among all Nassau County residents. The diversity index for HEWITT SCHOOL is 32%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
HEWITT SCHOOL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.6:1. The school's 11.6:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 4%. That is lower than the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County.
On the allk12 Grade, HEWITT SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 82% of New York public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, HEWITT SCHOOL is 2.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
The school's county is Nassau County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $146,202 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. HEWITT SCHOOL shares Nassau County with 314 other public schools.
HEWITT SCHOOL is about 0.8 miles from WILSON SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, HEWITT SCHOOL is ahead of the 71.0% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, HEWITT SCHOOL enrolled 473; in 2024-25, 465.
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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 ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 959 students
- SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 806 students
- WILSON SCHOOLElementary · 387 students
- WILLIAM S COVERT SCHOOLElementary · 286 students
- WATSON SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
- RIVERSIDE SCHOOLElementary · 149 students
Other schools in ROCKVILLE CENTRE
- SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 959 students
- SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 806 students
- WILSON SCHOOLElementary · 387 students
- WATSON SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
- RIVERSIDE SCHOOLElementary · 149 students
Nearby schools
- WILSON SCHOOL0.8 mi · 387
- WATSON SCHOOL0.9 mi · 224
- WILLIAM S COVERT SCHOOL0.9 mi · 286
- SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 806
- LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 261
- SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 959
Frequently asked questions
About HEWITT SCHOOLHow many students attend HEWITT SCHOOL?
HEWITT SCHOOL enrolls approximately 465 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does HEWITT SCHOOL serve?
HEWITT SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at HEWITT SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at HEWITT SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at HEWITT SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HEWITT SCHOOL are roughly 82% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees HEWITT SCHOOL?
HEWITT SCHOOL is overseen by ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
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