HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 155 | 49% |
| Grade 4 | 159 | 51% |
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)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 year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 66.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
Where HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In 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 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 314 | 25.3 | 12.4:1 | 32% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 24.4 | 13.0:1 | 35% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 25.6 | 12.2:1 | 35% (110) |
| 2017-18 | 332 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 27% (91) |
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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