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What advice would you give to incoming students at LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 304 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWRENCE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361683001500
LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL
1 DONAHUE AVE, INWOOD, NY 11096 · (516) 295-6200 · Nassau County
GRADES 01–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest 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
11.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 166.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
340 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 1 | 127 | 30% |
| Grade 2 | 153 | 37% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 33% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL→LAWRENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT BROADWAY CAMPUS→LAWRENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL AT BROADWAY CAMPUS→LAWRENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within LAWRENCE 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
34.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL
LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL this school | 419 | 81.1% | 38.3% |
| PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON NEW YORK | 428 | 82.7% | 48.3% |
| BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HEMPSTEAD | 439 | 82.9% | 36.0% |
| PS 376 BROOKLYN | 466 | 78.5% | 66.8% |
| PS 128 AUDUBON NEW YORK | 441 | 85.9% | 42.2% |
| PS 145 ANDREW JACKSON BROOKLYN | 428 | 87.6% | 34.7% |
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 LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #1,700 of 2,335 | #162 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,735 of 2,342 ▼ 334 | #162 of 172 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #2,024 of 2,343 ▼ 160 | #169 of 172 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #1,264 of 2,585 | #106 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #1,199 of 2,338 | #104 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.1% | #1,926 of 2,388 | #179 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #736 of 2,534 | #4 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +34.7% | #69 of 606 | #3 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
419
-62 (-13%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 343
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 419 | 35.4 | 11.8:1 | 81% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 30.4 | 14.3:1 | 85% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 35.9 | 12.9:1 | 74% (342) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 83% (401) |
| 2017-18 | 311 | 27 | 11.5:1 | 83% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 31 | 12.7:1 | 79% (312) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 43 | 10.3:1 | 57% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 427 | 42 | 10.2:1 | 59% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 343 | 27 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL.
About LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL
LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in New York, with an address in INWOOD. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 419 students in grades 1 through 3.
LAWRENCE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT is the local district for LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL. It runs 5 schools with 2,156 students.
At LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 84% of the student body. Other students are 9% Black and 4% White. By comparison, Nassau County residents are about 19% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 28%.
Teacher staffing is 35.4 full-time equivalents, or about 11.8 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. About 81% of students, or 340, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Nassau County, the average is 31%.
allk12 grades LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL are 6.9 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (38.3% actual, 45.1% predicted).
Federal survey data for Nassau County show that median household income is about $146,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. A total of 315 public schools operate in Nassau County, serving about 200,775 students.
LAWRENCE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AT #4 SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL at 3rd of 8.
NCES assigns LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 419, 13% below the 481 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 11.8 students per teacher, compared with 14.2 in 2020-21.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 LAWRENCE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LAWRENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 764 students
- LAWRENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT BROADWAY CAMPUSMiddle · 475 students
- LAWRENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL AT BROADWAY CAMPUSMiddle · 309 students
- LAWRENCE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AT #4 SCHOOLElementary · 189 students
Other schools in INWOOD
- LAWRENCE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AT #4 SCHOOLElementary · 189 students
Nearby schools
- LAWRENCE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AT #4 SCHOOL0.4 mi · 189
- RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)0.8 mi · 542
- LAWRENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL AT BROADWAY CAMPUS0.9 mi · 309
- LAWRENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT BROADWAY CAMPUS0.9 mi · 475
- MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO1.0 mi · 235
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY1.0 mi · 728
Frequently asked questions
About LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL?
LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL enrolls approximately 419 students in grades 01-03.
What age range does LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL serve?
LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL serves students from grade 01 through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL.
How diverse is LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL?
LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL reports a student body of 4% White, 84% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL public or private?
LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAWRENCE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.