HOMESTEAD SCHOOL

HOMESTEAD SCHOOL operates as a tight-knit primary school in GARDEN CITY, New York, operated by GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 205 students spanning grades K through 1. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 54% below typical.

GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,932 students; HOMESTEAD SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HOMESTEAD SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 18% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HOMESTEAD SCHOOL has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting HOMESTEAD SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 2% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which HOMESTEAD SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HOMESTEAD SCHOOL.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOMESTEAD SCHOOL has decreased 19%, going from 252 students in 2018 to 205 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share climbed from 4% to 18%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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