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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NANUET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362019004224

HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

24 HIGHVIEW AVE, NANUET, NY 10954 · (845) 627-3480 · Rockland County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
101 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 315549%
Grade 415951%
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
11737%
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
12540%
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
289%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
3511%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
93%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
15951%
Female
15549%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLA MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOLNANUET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
GEORGE W MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKG02
Based on grade levels within NANUET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 5 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2559.0%71.0%
2023-2453.0%66.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 →

Where HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Rockland County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
62.4%#657 of 2,335#11 of 33
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
71.0%#677 of 2,342#9 of 33
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
59.0%#995 of 2,343#14 of 33
Enrollment
ranked largest first
314#1,901 of 2,585#30 of 36
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.4:1#1,420 of 2,338#23 of 35
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
68.2%#310 of 2,388#9 of 35
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-5.4%#1,450 of 1,757#13 of 18
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.

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
314
-18 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 15.1:1
% White
37%
was 45%
% Hispanic
40%
was 29%
% Black
9%
was 5%
% Asian
11%
was 19%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree or reduced lunch
2024-2531425.312.4:132% (101)
2023-2431724.413.0:135% (112)
2022-2331225.612.2:135% (110)
2017-183322215.1:127% (91)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Among the schools in NANUET, New York, is HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school. Classes run from 3 through 4, and the school has 314 students. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 29% smaller than average.

The district, NANUET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 4 schools serving 2,103 students.

No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The largest is Hispanic students, at 40%. The remaining shares are 37% White, 11% Asian, 9% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Rockland County's population at about 21%. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The teaching staff at HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 32%. The rate at public schools in Rockland County averages 48%, higher than here.

On a poverty-adjusted basis, HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 62.4% actual against 63.2% predicted.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Rockland County show that the median household income is $109,959, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 66 public schools in the county.

The next-closest public school is GEORGE W MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.

In the federal locale system, HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The school enrolled 314 students in 2024-25, 18 fewer than the 332 it had in 2017-18. The Hispanic share was 29% in 2017-18 and 40% in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.1:1 to 12.4:1.

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Rockland County at a glance

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Population
341,883
Census ACS
Median income
$109,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
41,335 students

Quick facts

School name
HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
NANUET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
24 HIGHVIEW AVE, NANUET, NY 10954
Phone
(845) 627-3480
County
Rockland County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
03–04
Total enrollment
314
Teachers (FTE)
25
Student–teacher ratio
12.4:1
Free/Reduced lunch
101 (32%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
362019004224
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How large is HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 314 students in grades 03-04.
What age range does HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade 03 through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 37% White, 40% Hispanic, 9% Black, 11% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of NANUET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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