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What's the most underrated thing about JOHN STREET SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
483
Elementary
DISTRICT 620 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN SQUARE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361146000901
JOHN STREET SCHOOL
560 NASSAU BLVD, FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY 11010 · (516) 505-6955 · Nassau County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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.
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
12.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
95 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 33 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 29 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 25% smaller than its 6th grade class (61).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
83.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% 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 STREET SCHOOL
JOHN STREET SCHOOL's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN STREET SCHOOL this school | 483 | 19.7% | 68.9% |
| JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOL NORTH BELLMORE | 440 | 18.0% | 67.6% |
| JOHN H WEST SCHOOL BETHPAGE | 473 | 18.0% | 55.3% |
| WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STONY BROOK | 525 | 20.4% | 61.0% |
| NEW CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW CITY | 446 | 17.5% | 63.2% |
| GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL LEVITTOWN | 542 | 22.1% | 57.3% |
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 STREET SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #434 of 2,335 | #76 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #277 of 2,342 ▲ 123 | #47 of 172 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #689 of 2,343 ▲ 27 | #97 of 172 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #906 of 2,585 | #64 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #1,429 of 2,338 | #127 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #579 of 2,388 | #56 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.7% | #2,243 of 2,534 | #110 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #1,754 of 1,757 | #116 of 116 |
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
483
+43 (+10%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 432
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 483 | 38.8 | 12.4:1 | 20% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 40.6 | 12.3:1 | 16% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 36.3 | 13.3:1 | 12% (60) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 36 | 12.2:1 | 13% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 18% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 13% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 38 | 12.0:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 484 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 10% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 432 | 35 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN STREET SCHOOL.
About JOHN STREET SCHOOL
FRANKLIN SQUARE, New York, is home to JOHN STREET SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 483 students in pre-K through 6.
A total of 3 schools make up FRANKLIN SQUARE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,859 students enrolled.
About 53% of the student body at JOHN STREET SCHOOL is White. Other groups make up 22% Hispanic, 21% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Nassau County residents are about 57% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
JOHN STREET SCHOOL lists 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.4 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 20% of the student body. Compared with the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County, the school's rate is lower.
JOHN STREET SCHOOL earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 74% of New York public elementary schools.
JOHN STREET SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 68.9% and a predicted 67.8%.
In the wider Nassau County area, the median household earns about $146,202 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Nassau County, 315 public schools serve about 200,775 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL, is about 0.6 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, JOHN STREET SCHOOL places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
JOHN STREET SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 440 (2020-21) to 483 (2024-25).
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. 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 FRANKLIN SQUARE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOLElementary · 782 students
- POLK STREET SCHOOLElementary · 594 students
Other schools in FRANKLIN SQUARE
- H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,644 students
- VALLEY STREAM NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,260 students
- WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOLElementary · 782 students
- POLK STREET SCHOOLElementary · 594 students
- WILLOW ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 410 students
Nearby schools
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL0.6 mi · 340
- WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL0.6 mi · 782
- H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,644
- WEST HEMPSTEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 806
- CHESTNUT STREET SCHOOL0.8 mi · 120
- POLK STREET SCHOOL1.0 mi · 594
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN STREET SCHOOLHow large is JOHN STREET SCHOOL?
JOHN STREET SCHOOL enrolls approximately 483 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does JOHN STREET SCHOOL serve?
JOHN STREET SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at JOHN STREET SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at JOHN STREET SCHOOL.
How diverse is JOHN STREET SCHOOL?
JOHN STREET SCHOOL reports a student body of 53% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 21% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees JOHN STREET SCHOOL?
JOHN STREET SCHOOL is overseen by FRANKLIN SQUARE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.