HEWLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HEWLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the low-enrollment elementary schools in HEWLETT, New York, operated by HEWLETT-WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 369 students on its rolls from grades 2 through 5.

HEWLETT-WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,745 students; HEWLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, HEWLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. Compared to Nassau County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HEWLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.3%; this one delivers 64.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate median household income runs about $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), HEWLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HEWLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 67.2%.

HEWLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 21%: 465 students in 2018 compared to 369 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 65% to 53%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 in 2025.

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