JAMES A DEVER SCHOOL

JAMES A DEVER SCHOOL is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in VALLEY STREAM, New York, one of the schools within VALLEY STREAM 13 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 437 students in grades K through 6.

Across the 4 schools in VALLEY STREAM 13 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,054 students total), JAMES A DEVER SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, JAMES A DEVER SCHOOL logs that 35% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 28% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting JAMES A DEVER SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, JAMES A DEVER SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.9%; this one delivers 67.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Nassau County put median household income runs about $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which JAMES A DEVER SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JAMES A DEVER SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JAMES A DEVER SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 56.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 476 students in 2018 compared to 437 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 13% to 28% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.