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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINEOLA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361950001778
JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL
300 JACKSON AVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501 · (516) 237-2300 · Nassau County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% 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.
- CBeats 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
11.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
131 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 195 | 45% |
| Grade 4 | 234 | 54% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 2% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within MINEOLA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
51.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL
JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL this school | 436 | 30.0% | 51.2% |
| LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONGERS | 441 | 25.4% | 62.7% |
| GEORGE W MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NANUET | 409 | 28.6% | N/A |
| RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL CARLE PLACE | 407 | 23.8% | 70.8% |
| WOODGLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW CITY | 398 | 24.9% | 52.9% |
| BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BARDONIA | 351 | 30.2% | 59.9% |
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 JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #1,109 of 2,335 | #144 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,155 of 2,342 ▼ 38 | #147 of 172 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,307 of 2,343 ▼ 59 | #144 of 172 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #1,152 of 2,585 | #96 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #1,073 of 2,338 | #88 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #398 of 2,388 | #43 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.0% | #1,972 of 2,534 | #68 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #406 of 606 | #46 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
436
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 436 | 37.9 | 11.5:1 | 30% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 35.5 | 11.7:1 | 33% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 27% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 28 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 40.6 | 10.3:1 | 33% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 37 | 12.7:1 | 25% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 46 | 9.5:1 | 24% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 13% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 513 | 35 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL.
About JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL
JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of MINEOLA, New York. It enrolls 436 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 3 through 4.
JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL is part of MINEOLA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, where 5 schools serve 2,811 students.
About 44% of students at JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL are White, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 34% Hispanic, 16% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Nassau County, the White share is about 57%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
With 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.5:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL, 30% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County.
JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 43% of New York public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.9% for JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL. The school posts 51.2%, 12.8 points below the prediction.
The county, Nassau County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $146,202 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Nassau County has 315 public schools with about 200,775 students, including JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, MINEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL is 7th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL enrolled 434; in 2024-25, 436. Students per teacher dropped from 15.5 in 2020-21 to 11.5 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 MINEOLA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MINEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,090 students
- MINEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 653 students
- HAMPTON STREET SCHOOLElementary · 323 students
- MEADOW DRIVE SCHOOLElementary · 309 students
Other schools in MINEOLA
- MINEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 653 students
- HAMPTON STREET SCHOOLElementary · 323 students
Other Jackson Avenue schools
One other US public school is named Jackson Avenue. JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Jackson AvenueHACKENSACK, NJ · 438 students
Nearby schools
- MINEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 653
- MINEOLA HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,090
- HAMPTON STREET SCHOOL0.8 mi · 323
- GARDEN CITY HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,096
- CENTER STREET SCHOOL1.0 mi · 482
- GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL1.1 mi · 310
Frequently asked questions
About JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL?
JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 436 students in grades 03-04.
What grades does JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL serve?
JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL serves grades 03-04.
How many teachers does JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL have?
JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL are roughly 44% White, 34% Hispanic, 2% Black, 16% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL in?
JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL is part of MINEOLA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.