Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 426 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362094002973
JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL
2100 WALTOFFER AVE, NORTH BELLMORE, NY 11710 · (516) 992-3114 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
79 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 39% larger than its 6th grade class (49).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +22.0pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
67.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL
JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL's state test result (67.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL this school | 440 | 18.0% | 67.6% |
| JOHN H WEST SCHOOL BETHPAGE | 473 | 18.0% | 55.3% |
| JOHN STREET SCHOOL FRANKLIN SQUARE | 483 | 19.7% | 68.9% |
| NEW CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW CITY | 446 | 17.5% | 63.2% |
| RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL CARLE PLACE | 407 | 23.8% | 70.8% |
| GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GLEN HEAD | 379 | 18.2% | 85.0% |
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 JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #466 of 2,335 | #80 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #386 of 2,342 ▼ 4 | #69 of 172 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #541 of 2,343 ▲ 417 | #80 of 172 ▲ 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #1,127 of 2,585 | #90 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,787 of 2,338 | #154 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #633 of 2,388 | #62 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.0% | #2,280 of 2,534 | #120 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.6% | #141 of 606 | #9 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
440
+69 (+19%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 440 | 32.3 | 13.6:1 | 18% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 32.4 | 13.2:1 | 14% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 31.5 | 12.6:1 | 13% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 13% (50) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 27.5 | 13.4:1 | 7% (27) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 12% (47) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | 28 | 12.3:1 | 6% (20) |
| 2000-01 | 376 | 27 | 13.9:1 | 5% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 315 | 16 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL.
About JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL
JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in NORTH BELLMORE, New York. The grade span is kindergarten through 6, and enrollment is 440 students.
JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL is run by NORTH BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, whose 5 schools enroll 2,128 students.
White students are the majority at JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL, with 55% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 22% Hispanic, 17% Asian, and 3% Black. That is close to the 57% White share among all Nassau County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL was 13.6:1. This ratio sits 0.8 above the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 18%. It compares with 31% for public schools in Nassau County.
JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 72% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 67.6% is within a point of the 68.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Nassau County, the median household income is $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 is home to 315 public schools and about 200,775 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 67.6% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 69 students since 2020-21, to 440.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 NORTH BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 700 students
- NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
- MARTIN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 328 students
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 324 students
Other schools in NORTH BELLMORE
- SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 700 students
- NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
Nearby schools
- WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,141
- HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 286
- NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOL1.1 mi · 336
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 324
- SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL1.1 mi · 700
- LEE ROAD SCHOOL1.2 mi · 312
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOLHow many students attend JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL?
JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 440 students in grades KG-06.
Is JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL.
How diverse is JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL?
JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL reports a student body of 55% White, 22% Hispanic, 3% Black, 17% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL public or private?
JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORTH BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.