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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361434001187
LEE AVENUE SCHOOL
1 7TH ST, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801 · (516) 733-2352 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% 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.
- B+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
13.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
227 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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 HICKSVILLE 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
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
61.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 LEE AVENUE SCHOOL
LEE AVENUE SCHOOL's state test result (61.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE AVENUE SCHOOL this school | 436 | 52.1% | 61.2% |
| PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT REGO PARK | 545 | 49.0% | 77.3% |
| PS 186 CASTLEWOOD BELLEROSE | 319 | 48.0% | 72.3% |
| EAST STREET SCHOOL HICKSVILLE | 389 | 54.5% | 52.0% |
| PS 46 ALLEY POND BAYSIDE | 520 | 54.2% | 71.3% |
| FORK LANE SCHOOL HICKSVILLE | 270 | 50.7% | 42.4% |
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 LEE AVENUE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #703 of 2,335 | #104 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #809 of 2,342 ▼ 110 | #116 of 172 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #649 of 2,343 ▲ 69 | #94 of 172 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #1,150 of 2,585 | #94 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,705 of 2,338 | #147 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #337 of 2,388 | #34 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.1% | #1,343 of 2,534 | #37 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #1,538 of 1,757 | #92 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
436
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 32.8 | 13.3:1 | 52% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 30.4 | 15.5:1 | 46% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 32.6 | 14.4:1 | 50% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 36 | 12.7:1 | 38% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 36% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 26 | 19.0:1 | 38% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 24% (112) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 26 | 17.6:1 | 11% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 464 | 26 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEE AVENUE SCHOOL.
About LEE AVENUE SCHOOL
As a medium-sized elementary school, LEE AVENUE SCHOOL serves students in HICKSVILLE, New York. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 436 students.
HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 9 schools and 5,285 students, including LEE AVENUE SCHOOL.
LEE AVENUE SCHOOL has no majority group; Asian students are the largest, at 45%. The rest of enrollment is 31% Hispanic, 17% White, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the Asian share of Nassau County's population at about 12%. LEE AVENUE SCHOOL's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at LEE AVENUE SCHOOL is 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.3:1. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. About 52% of students, or 227, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Nassau County report 31%.
The allk12 Grade for LEE AVENUE SCHOOL is B+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
LEE AVENUE SCHOOL scores 61.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 55.9%.
Nassau County has about 1,389,591 residents, and the median household income is $146,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Besides LEE AVENUE SCHOOL, Nassau County has 314 other public schools.
HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is located about 0.3 miles from LEE AVENUE SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 61.2% is above the 52.7% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns LEE AVENUE 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.
Enrollment at LEE AVENUE SCHOOL declined 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 457 to 436 students.
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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 HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HICKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,215 students
- OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 394 students
- EAST STREET SCHOOLElementary · 389 students
- WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 277 students
- FORK LANE SCHOOLElementary · 270 students
Other schools in HICKSVILLE
- HICKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,215 students
- OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 394 students
- EAST STREET SCHOOLElementary · 389 students
- WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 277 students
- FORK LANE SCHOOLElementary · 270 students
Nearby schools
- HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,215
- HICKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,825
- EAST STREET SCHOOL0.8 mi · 389
- FORK LANE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 270
- OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL1.1 mi · 394
- BURNS AVENUE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About LEE AVENUE SCHOOLHow many students attend LEE AVENUE SCHOOL?
LEE AVENUE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 436 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does LEE AVENUE SCHOOL serve?
LEE AVENUE SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does LEE AVENUE SCHOOL have?
LEE AVENUE SCHOOL employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LEE AVENUE SCHOOL?
At LEE AVENUE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 17% White, 31% Hispanic, 2% Black, 45% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees LEE AVENUE SCHOOL?
LEE AVENUE SCHOOL is overseen by HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.