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Enrollment
599
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEY STREAM 13 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362943003969
HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL
1475 HOWELL RD, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580 · (516) 568-6130 · Nassau County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL599 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
14.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
207 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 150 | 25% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 20% smaller than its 6th grade class (66).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
60.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL
HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL this school | 599 | 34.6% | 52.6% |
| TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS NEW YORK | 576 | 27.8% | 97.8% |
| WHEELER AVENUE SCHOOL VALLEY STREAM | 608 | 31.7% | 61.2% |
| PS/IS 217 ROOSEVELT ISLAND ROOSEVELT ISLAND | 689 | 29.5% | 69.3% |
| ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE THROUGH THE ARTS (THE) FOREST HILLS | 573 | 23.7% | 91.4% |
| 30TH AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) (G & T CITYWIDE) ASTORIA | 525 | 27.6% | 98.2% |
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 HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #1,060 of 2,335 | #140 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #988 of 2,342 ▲ 106 | #136 of 172 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #953 of 2,343 ▲ 137 | #123 of 172 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 599 | #468 of 2,585 | #33 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,916 of 2,338 | #165 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #227 of 2,388 | #17 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.6% | #1,854 of 2,534 | #56 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.9% | #267 of 606 | #28 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
599
+157 (+36%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 599 | 42.1 | 14.2:1 | 35% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 40.8 | 14.3:1 | 46% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 42 | 13.5:1 | 39% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 43 | 10.3:1 | 47% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 46.6 | 11.7:1 | 47% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 41 | 13.3:1 | 34% (188) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | 42 | 13.3:1 | 18% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 41 | 14.6:1 | 21% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 31 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL.
About HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL
Families in VALLEY STREAM, New York, are served by HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 599 students in pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 35% above average.
VALLEY STREAM 13 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 4 schools; together they serve 2,054 students.
Asian students account for 43% of enrollment at HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL, more than any other group. Other students are 25% Black, 23% Hispanic, and 6% White. By comparison, Nassau County residents are about 12% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
With 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Roughly 35% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 47% of New York public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL is 9.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 52.6%. Predicted: 62.3%.
In Nassau County, median household income comes to about $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nassau County counts 315 public schools with about 200,775 students.
HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL's nearest public school is JAMES A DEVER SCHOOL (about 0.5 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 599, compared with 442 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 14.2:1, from 10.3:1.
On allk12, people connected to HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 VALLEY STREAM 13 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WHEELER AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 608 students
- JAMES A DEVER SCHOOLElementary · 437 students
- WILLOW ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 410 students
Other schools in VALLEY STREAM
- VALLEY STREAM SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,229 students
- VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,121 students
- VALLEY STREAM MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 937 students
- SHAW AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 740 students
- WHEELER AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 608 students
- JAMES A DEVER SCHOOLElementary · 437 students
Nearby schools
- JAMES A DEVER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 437
- VALLEY STREAM MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 937
- WHEELER AVENUE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 608
- VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,121
- ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 405
- DUTCH BROADWAY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 715
Frequently asked questions
About HOWELL ROAD SCHOOLHow many students attend HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL?
HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 599 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL serve?
HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL is approximately 14.2:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL?
At HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 6% White, 23% Hispanic, 25% Black, 43% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL?
HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL is overseen by VALLEY STREAM 13 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.